WCCCLC 2013 Speaker

談雷濤神父

Father Leitao Joseph Tan

Fr_Tan

談雷濤神父

中國出生,澳洲培養,菲律賓初見穩成長;

一年來港,粵語初嘗,玫瑰堂服務漸入港;

三年到此,人地漸旺,跑馬地生活忙忙忙。

A fan of Backstreet Boys & Westlife! Oh, and did I mention tea, tea, & TEA?

BLOG: http://blog.sina.com.cn/wordflesh

雜談自己(談雷濤神父)

感覺自己對中國教友,對中國的教會有著獨鐘的熱愛與執著。最後卻用英文重新讀了一遍神哲學。據姑姑叔叔舅舅姨姨們講,我從小就是一個很會也很愛給別人講故事的人。知道有一天才發現,原來無論故事還是經歷的主角,只應該是主耶穌。從此以後,我成了一個講聖經的人。

總也忘不了,入修院的第一天,導師所講的:你離開了自己的父母、姊妹、親戚,放棄了擁有自己的孩子。那些你將服務的年紀如父母的人,就是你的父母;年紀如姊妹、子女的,就是你的姊妹、子女。從此,我就有了成千上萬的父母、兄弟、姊妹、子女去愛,去關懷;去被愛,去被關懷。

剛剛來到香港,就住在聖言會在香港唯一的一個小房子裏。然後,我申請去了聖言中學,住了九個月。在那時,一個教友教我廣東話。我是一個字,一個字的學啊。每天早上,去聖安當小學給住在那裡的修女做彌撒。間隔也會去聖愛德華做廣東話彌撒。九個月後,我被派遣到聖母玫瑰堂。堂區很小,但是人情味兒很濃。很像一個大大的家庭。一年又三個月之後。現在,我已經在跑馬地的聖瑪加利大堂服務將近九個月了。只有三個字:忙、忙、忙。

Short Bio written by Father Joseph Tan

Even though I studied Theology and Philosophy in English, I have always had a strong dedication and love towards the Chinese Catholics. According to my uncles and aunties, I have always liked to tell stories since I was little. One day I realized that all stories should only be about Our Lord Jesus. Since then, I became someone that talks about the Bible.

I will never forget what the instructor told us on the first day I entered the monastery, “You have left your family, but all the people that you will be serving, will now become your family.” Since then, I have thousands of family members to love and take care of, but also them to love and take care of me.

When I first came to Hong Kong, I lived in a small little room in HK of Society of the Divine Word (SVD). I then applied to go to Sing Yin Secondary School, where I lived for 9 months. I started to learn Cantonese since then, word by word. Every morning, I would celebrate mass for the nuns at St. Antonius Primary School. Sometimes I would go to St. Edward’s Catholic Primary School to celebrate Cantonese mass. After 9 months, I was sent to Our Lady of the Rosary Church. The church was really small, but all parishioners were like one big family. After a year and 3 months, I am now the Assistant Parish Priest of St. Margaret Mary’s Parish, located in Happy Valley, Hong Kong.

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