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Yazha Thoni Sep., 2013     

Fr.Regikumar, omi, the new director of Oblate Lay Associates, organized the inaugural meetings with the lay people gathered from the parishes in the dioceses of Jaffna and in Mannar in the second half of August, 2013.

Fr.Fabio Ciardi, omi, the Director of Oblate Studies and Research, conducted two retreats; one in Kandy and the other at Madhu where the Oblates from both provinces; Colombo and Jaffna came together.  Fr.Preacher took the retreatants ‘back to Galilee- Aix-en-Provence’ to have a close and renewed look at the Oblate Charism and its beginnings.  Fr.Ciardi, … Read moreAnnual retreats

Three novices from the Province of Jaffna, Bro.Velichore Volantine Morris, Bro.Soosaipillai Anton Rex and Bro.Francis Manoharan Nijanthan Piragash professed their First Vows on the 22nd Aug., 2013 at the Sacred Heart Novitiate, Bandarawela.  Fr.Paul Nadchethiram, omi, the Provincial Superior, received their vows.  The three new Oblates  joined the Scholasticate Community at Ampitiya in September, 2013 … Read moreThree New Members to our Province