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 the service, he invited the oblates to ‘look at the past with gratitude,’ to ‘live out the present with passion,’ and to ‘embrace the future with hope.’
Basing on 2010 General Chapter theme, the long three year period of triennium was a animation of personal and communal conversion to Jesus Christ. At the end of the formal closing of Oblate Triennium, Fr. Provincial thanked Fr. S. M. Sebastian, OMI for his many meaningful initiatives throughout the Oblate Triennium.
As the Oblate Triennium is closed the missionary vision of the 2016 General Chapter will be our principal guide during the next six years. Thus, Jaffna Oblates underlined one of the highlights of the General Chapter, viz. The Mission with Youth by opening up a ‘Youth Empowerment Center,’ called “GNANATHEEPAM,” which was blessed and declared open for youth ministry.
Father singare was born on 2nd July 1920 at madhalegal. He was from the perishop Saint Thomas madhale in the dioces of jaffna. His parents were bastyam pillai Singh rare and rosama Sandhya pillai he was the elders in the family among four siblings to boys and two girls he had his primary education at Saint Thomas school at madhaghal and his secondary education both at Saint Patrick's college from 1934 to 1936 and at Saint Henry's college atullai from 1970 to 1940 his family was very religious in nature and all his brothers and sisters were strictly formed by the apparents to be pious and will disciplined.
Marudhasan Bose desirers of dedicating his whole life to serve God and his people by becoming an oblite religious priest from his early age he was attack by father is Peter or your mind the recommending oblite and by father beard who was the Paris priest.
