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A Noble Servant, Goes to His Redeemer’s Rest Bishop Victor Gnanapragasam OMI-by The Francis D’ Almeida Source:Dailymirror Death came suddenly to Bishop Victor Gnanapragasam, the Apostolate Vicar of the city of Quetta, in the mountainous southwest Baluchistan region of Pakistan. Warned in travel advisories as an unsafe region, Baluchistan is often engulfed in bloody conflicts. In 2013, Bishop Victor, as he is affectionately known, narrowly escaped death when a bomb exploded near his residence. However, he suffered injuries. In Another gruesome attack, a suicide bomber killed eight and injured 44 worshippers in a Roman Catholic church in 2017. As recently as January 3, 2021, ten coal miners of the Hazar tribe of the Shiah Islamic faith were abducted and executed in the region, in what was claimed to be the work of ISIS. Despite such a perilous state of affairs and travel restrictions imposed by the army owing to an ...

99TH ANNIVERSARY OF ST. PETER’S COLLEGE As the College celebrates its 99th anniversary today, let these priest sons of St. Peter’s praise the Lord for all the blessings showered on our Alma Mater and ask the Lord to bless that it may continue to serve His people. A list of Peterites who labour in the Vineyard of the Lord or have gone to their eternal abode after faithfully serving Him. BISHOPS Rt. Rev. Dr. Joy Goonawardena Rt. Rev. Dr. Maxwell Silva PRIESTS Rev. Fr. Robert Abeynaike O Cist Rev. Fr. Percy Abraham SJ Rev. Fr. P A J Anthony Rev. Fr. Jagath Anthony Rev. Fr. Vincent Ashley Rev. Fr. Suren Danushka OMI Rev. Fr. Paul De Niese Rev. Fr. Sunil De Silva Rev. Fr. Udara Dharmaratne OMI Rev. Fr. Anton Eumal Rev. Fr. Ayal Indika Fernando Rev. Fr. Dilan Marius Fernando OMI Rev. Fr. Jude Lal Fernando Rev. Fr. ...

Jan 18, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Bernard Ramanayake, Bharath Rayen, Bob Rodrigo, Eranga Silva, Frank Sharma, Gihan Senadeera OMI, Jayantha Wickremasinghe, Jesu Ramesh, Mal Warnashantha, Marshall Rajanayagam, Michael P Rodrigo OMI, P N M Silva, Priyantha Silva, Rohitha Rodrigo, Ronnie Wickremasinghe, Shane Wickremasinghe, Shihan OMI, Shivantha Waas, St.Peter's College, Sunil Stanislaus, Sylvester Ranasinghe, The Peterite, Udara Dharmaratne

A tribute to a classmate and a national hero by Ivan Attanayake Source:Island Ivan Attanayake was my classmate from grade 1 to AL’s at St. Peter’s Collage Colombo 4. He was a very good student and passed all exams with extensions. Both of us took part in sports and extra curriculum activities and joined the school cadet corps initially as cadets and later as troop sergeants. I recall going to Diyatalawa for training, where we met late Denzil Kobbekaduwe, a cadet from Trinity College, Kandy. After his AL’s at the age of 19, he left for the UK for higher studies in Electrical Engineering and graduated in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Mid-Essex Technical College UK. His first appointment after graduation was with Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company in Essex, the first Electronic and Radio Communications equipment manufacturing company established by Marconi, the Nobel prize winner in 1909. On completing his ...

Jan 8, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Dr. Lakshman Weerasena, Ivan Attanayake, St.Peter's College

St. Peters College Old Boys Social Club Melbourne Inc. Newsletter: Summer 2020 Download the PDF file . ...

Jan 2, 2021 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged St.Peter's College

Ivan Attanayake: A tribute to a classmate and a national hero Source:Island Ivan Attanayake was my classmate from grade 1 to AL’s at St. Peter’s Collage Colombo 4. He was a very good student and passed all exams with extensions. Both of us took part in sports and extra curriculum activities and joined the school cadet corps initially as cadets and later as troop sergeants. I recall going to Diyatalawa for training, where we met late Denzil Kobbekaduwe, a cadet from Trinity College, Kandy. After his AL’s at the age of 19, he left for the UK for higher studies in Electrical Engineering and graduated in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Mid-Essex Technical College UK. ...

Dec 31, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Denzil Kobbekaduwe, Ivan Attanayake, St.Peter's College

When Sri Lanka lost a famous son through dubious selections-BY DINESH WEERAWANSA St. Peter’s College prodigy Rohan Buultjens, who was adjudged Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year in 1981, then and now Source:Sundayobserver One of the promising cricketers of yesteryear who had been unfortunate not to go beyond the pinnacle of school cricket was Rohan Buultjens, who was adjudged Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year in 1981. The brilliant cricketer from St. Peter’s College, Colombo, was only the third cricketer to win the Observer Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year title after Ranjan Madugalle (1979 in the inaugural year) and Arjuna Ranatunga (second winner in 1980), both went on to captain Sri Lanka with distinction. Although Buultjens was outstanding during his school career, he was not able to go beyond that, confining his career only to five first class matches. But it was Buultjens’ extraordinary talent which deprived Ranatunga from going ...

Dec 25, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Director Finance Janaka Ranatunga, Rakhitha Abeygunawardhana, Rohan Fernando, Rohan Philip Buultjens, St.Peter's College

Carlton Bernadus – an excellent cricketer and coach-by Upananda Jayasundera Carlton Bernadus Carlton Bernadus, Head Coach of SSC School of Cricket from 2013 to date is an old boy of St.Joseph’s College,Colombo who is a versatile cricketer and coach who was guided during his school days by Fairlie Dalpathado who represented SSC and Ceylon team As a cricketer , when he represented his Alma Mater Carlton scored twin unbeaten half centuries in the ‘Big Match’ against St.Peters’ College,Colombo in the year 1976. He coached the Under 15 and Under 17 teams of his School, which emerged All Island Champions for two years. Carlton’s highest score in the Premier League is an unbeaten knock of 133 against Police SC. He was also a brilliant close-in fielder who was selected as the Best Fielder among Sri Lanka Schools in the year 1976 and also at the Single Wicket Cricket tournament organized by ...

Nov 28, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Colts Cricket Club, Malintha Gajanayake Thilina, St.Peter's College

Clive Inman kept our flag flying abroad scoring fastest 50 in 8 minutes – By Mahinda Wijesinghe Source:Daily Mirror Left-hand batsman, Clive Clay Inman (born 29-1-36), played for St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya, with great distinction, and crowned his school cricket career by scoring a glorious double century (204) in the ‘Big Match’ against St. Joseph’s College, Colombo. He played for the school’s First XI cricket team for five seasons, and captained it to victory in the Battle of the Saints – against St. Joseph’s College – in his final season in 1954-55. He also played first class cricket for Ceylon from 1956 to 1966, and for Leicestershire, in the English county season until 1971. Inman made his first class debut in 1956, representing Ceylon against India at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium. Inman would go on to play another 254 first class matches. ...

Oct 30, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged MAHINDA WIJESINGHE, P. Saravanamuttu, St.Peter's College Comments 0

Hamish Paternott excellent cricketer, athlete and ruggerite-by Althaf Nawaz Hamish Paternott Some of the yesteryear sports personalities have a proud record with regard to their school career, where several generations of them had their academic career in one school. Hamish Spencer Paternott, one of the leading sportsmen produced by St.Peter’s College, Colombo was one of them, where his father followed by his three brothers represented the same school and excelled in both education and sports there. Hamish who is in his sixties is the son of late Norman Paternott who contributed as a prolific Cricketer for St.Peter’s while becoming the first Cricket Captain of the school later turned out to be a businessman. Irene Paternott (nee Rozairo) was his mother who was a housewife. He was born with five other siblings with Patrick his eldest brother being a top athlete representing ...

Oct 29, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Brian Obeysinghe, C.L DeSilva, Dr. Maiya Gunasekera, Hamish Paternott, Harry Benedict, Jeremy Beiling, Nihal Weeratunga, Shariff, St.Peter's College Comments 0

Peterite Desmond Harridge led Havelocks to victory in Clifford Cup final-by Althaf Nawaz Desmond Harridge Source:Dailynews St.Peter’s College, Colombo one of the pioneer Catholic schools in the country played a significant role in producing several top class academics and sportsmen, who brought honour and fame for their ‘Alma Mater’ club and country. Desmond Harridge was a versatile sportsman produced by St.Peter’s College, Colombo. His father Noel was a businessman and mother Norma was a housewife from Colombo. He was born to a family of three with two elder brothers late Christopher who played Cricket and Rugby for college later represented the Colts Cricket Club while the other brother is Michael who is currently living in Colombo. ...

Oct 21, 2020 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Nimal Maralande, St.Peter's College Comments 0