eLanka Newsletter – 22 July – 7th edition – Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Sydney Well-wishes donated SLR 116,711 for Dry Rations and welfare activities conducted by the Sri Lanka Embassy in State of Kuwait CARDINAL PELL TELLS” – By Des Kelly & MY TIME IN PRISON – by George Cardinal Pell”  Prime Minister – Joint Media Release – JobKeeper payment and income support extended CENTENARY OF ST. PETER’S COLLEGE – By Algi Wijewickrema Happy Wedding Anniversary : Gehan Gunasekera & Judith Annette Mountford Australian town ‘Badagini’ named by Sinhala migrant labour in 1880s? – By K.K.S Perera Death of Dhanasiri Weerasinghe – Funeral oration by Dr. Ranjith Hettiarachi Health & Views – July 3rd Issue – by Harold Gunatillake Noel News – By Noel Whittaker The Peterite Chorale: A Brief History “Brief introduction of the arrival of ...

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CARDINAL PELL TELLS” – By Des Kelly & MY TIME IN PRISON – by George Cardinal Pell   “CARDINAL PELL TELLS” – By Des Kelly  Cardinal George Pell wrote this letter which certainly bears reading, whether or not one thinks he was guilty of the crime he was jailed for. There is no doubt however, that Pell writes well. Readers of eLanka, decide for yourselves.             Desmond Kelly.          (Editor-in-Chief) eLanka.    MY TIME IN PRISON – by George Cardinal Pell Photo Source: Catholic Weekly Source: First Things  There is a lot of goodness in prisons. At times, I am sure, prisons may be hell on earth. I was fortunate to be kept safe and treated well. I was impressed by the professionalism of the warders, the faith of the prisoners, and the existence of a moral sense even in the darkest places. I was ...

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