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eLanka Newsletter – June 7th edition – Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter Kerrigan La-Brooy #1, #2 & #3 “D.S.DAY” 19/6/1911 – 109th Birthday Anniversary – DUDLEY SENANAYAKE – By Des Kelly The ‘Prince’ of Cricket – Errol Fernando JESUS IS MY CUP OF TEA, SAYS DILMAH FOUNDER by BEN MCEACHEN Anton Swan, Dean of the Consular Corps of Queensland Sri Lankan Street Food by Dish (Sydney) – YOUR TASTE BUDS TOUR OF SRI LANKA CONTINUES ON 12TH JULY Spirituality, taste and labour: The story of Jaffna’s Nelli crush – By d.s. joseph Heart Failure, Basil and Spinach- by Dr Harold Gunatillake Vesak Lanterns – By Anuki De Silva St JOSEPHS COLLEGE COLOMBO: Past Cricket Captains – 1898 to 2020 Locked Down in Sri Lanka – By A Fernando “Need to change how we look at Test Cricket’: Kumar ...

Jun 24, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, eLanka Newsletters Tagged KUMAR SANGAKKARA, St Joseph’s College Comments 0

St Joseph’s College Colombo | Sri Lanka St. Joseph’s College is a Catholic educational institution located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was established in 1896 by French missionaries led by Rev Christophe-Etienne Bonjean. The college enrolls over 4,500 students with a staff of over 400. Distinguished former students include Cardinal Thomas Cooray, the first Cardinal from Sri Lanka[1] and President Ranasinghe Premadasa. The (Latin) motto of the college is In Scientia et Virtute, meaning “In Knowledge and Virtue”. The school is a non-fee levying school, whereby it receives some state funding, relying mostly on funds from an extensive network of alumni worldwide. ...

May 10, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Christophe-Etienne Bonjean, St Joseph’s College Comments 0

75th Death Anniversary of Very Rev. Fr. M.J. Le Goc, OMI The Man who saved Sri maha Bodhi-By D.C Jayasinghe Source:-Daily mirror St Joseph’s College Certainly, 75 years is a long period. It is a triple quarter centenary; more than a Diamond memory; Just a quarter less than a century. It is a well-fit occasion to be commemorated. Etymologically “Le Goc” means “The Cheerful Man”. True to the word, great in all respects, Fr. Le Goc was a cheerful person. His childlike simplicity, his charming and generous manner won the hearts of all. Today, as a teacher of St Joseph’s College, Colombo for almost 40 years (Of which I was the Principal of the Middle School for 10 years and another 10 years Principal of the Upper School) I am fortunate to have got an opportunity of writing on that great Rector, the unique Frenchman Very Rev. Fr. ...

Mar 19, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Dematagoda, Kelaniya, Sri Lankan government, St Joseph’s College, St Paul’s Waragoda, St Peter’s College at Bambalapitiya, St. John’s College Comments 0