Sr. Milburga Fernando Archives

She was such a force and she reached so many! Sr. Milburga Fernando Source:Dailymirror “For God is self-emptying love who is enfleshed in the neighbour, through whom God becomes really present.” – Fr. Michael ‘Mike’ Rodrigo, OMI It feels absurd writing this now that she is gone. But my grief also feels absurd if I do not channel it into something useful, as Sr. Milburga Fernando would have done. I wish you had all known her so you, too, would have this beacon of service to emulate, to remind you that you can always be doing more for others. Sr. Milburga was a Catholic nun in Sri Lanka of the Salvatorian congregation. I would call her an activist though I’m not sure she would – she was involved in the people’s struggle, but that was her acting naturally on her Christian calling. She lived in service of others and nothing ...

FR. JOSEPH BENEDICT FERNANDO: A LIFE WELL SPENT-by Avishka Mario Senewiratne Source:Dailymirror A few days ago, we lost a pious presbyter who dedicated his entire life for the service of his Creator and the Creator’s greatest creation. Though being quite unassuming, humble, and modest ‘Fr. Joe Ben’, as we affectionately called him, was a man of our times, who generations now and tomorrow, will look as a figure of holiness, in its complete sense. Born in 1938 to a very respected family, which produced two other religious sisters, Fr. Joe Ben, received his first formation from home. His father was one of the initial teachers and later headmaster of St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya. Since his ordination as a presbyter some 59 years ago, Fr. Joe Ben has served some of the well-known institutions and Parishes of the Archdiocese of Colombo. This includes St. Aloysius’ Minor Seminary, St. Peter’s College and ...