Oblate Province of Jaffna

   Any study on the Oblate formation in Jaffna would be traced back to the beginning of the Oblate mission in Sri Lanka. It was on 28 November 1847 four Missionaries of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O M I) landed in Sri Lanka, then called Ceylon, under the leadership of Father Stephen Semeria OMI. They were stationed in the Apostolic Vicariate of Jaffna in February 1848.[1] Though Father Stephen Semeria OMI was interested in raising the indigenous clergy from the beginning, he was able to implement his plan only when he became the Vicar Apostolic of Jaffna on 17 August 1856. The Bishop’s House of Jaffna became the first Seminary, and there were few young men who were guided directly by Mgr. Stephen Semeria OMI;[2] Bro. Paul Stephen Poorey OMI became the first Lankan Oblate scholastic when he made his first Oblation on 12 November 1859.[3]

Read moreScholasticate Formation in Jaffna Province: A Bird’s Eye View – written by Rev. Fr. V.A.Jerome OMI

Silence and Word: Path of Evangelization

[Sunday, 20 May 2012]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

As we draw near to World Communications Day 2012, I would like to share with you some reflections concerning an aspect of the human process of communication which, despite its importance, is often overlooked and which, at the present time, it would seem especially necessary to recall.

Read moreMESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI FOR THE 46th WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY

Read moreA few photos taken during the book release entitled “Codex Historicus and Diary of Nallur Mission”