Volleyball Tournament At GNANATHEEPAM – Oblate Youth Empowerment Centre

A Volleyball Tournament was organized in union with Jaffna District Volleyball Association on February 22 – 25, 2017. Twenty Youth Sport Clubs from 15 villages participated in this tournament. There were 209 boys, age between 17 to 23 played in this match.  We want to record here that volleyball is defined as a national sport … Read moreVolleyball Tournament At GNANATHEEPAM – Oblate Youth Empowerment Centre

A New Mission for the Province of Jaffna

“Maniyan Thoddam,” one of the substations of Passaiyoor Parish, in the diocese of Jaffna, has been raised to the standard of a full-fledged parish by Rt. Rev. Dr. Justin Gnanaprahasam. This is the 60th newly established parish in the diocese of Jaffna. The Bishop of Jaffna has entrusted this new mission to the parochial administration … Read moreA New Mission for the Province of Jaffna

OMI Province of Jaffna is Blessed with a New Priest

Keethapongalan Bede Sujaharan, OMI, who completed his licentiate in practical philosophy at the Pontificia Università Gregoriana was ordained a priest on January 19, 2017, by His Lordship Justin Gnanaprahasam, the Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The priestly ordination ceremony took place at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Jaffna. The newly ordained priest celebrated his first Mass at … Read moreOMI Province of Jaffna is Blessed with a New Priest

Official Closing of Oblate Triennium

With praise and thanksgiving to God for the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Congregation, the Jaffna Oblates gathered at Gnanatheepam, Ariyalai, Jaffna for the formal closing of Oblate Triennium. Fr. S. M. Sebastian, OMI, the Jaffna Province Oblate Triennium coordinator, presided over the service assisted by the singing of the scholastics choir. During … Read moreOfficial Closing of Oblate Triennium