Oblate Province of Jaffna

*On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Fr. Eugene de Mazenod’s becoming a formator at Saint Sulpice, 1812-2012*

Introduction to the Novena

As we begin to prepare ourselves for the bicentennial of our Congregation in 2016, with this novena, we would like to refer on an important moment in the life of Saint Eugene prior to the founding. Exactly 200 years ago, from January until October 1812, Eugene de Mazenod served as one of the directors of the diocesan seminary of Saint Sulpice in Paris. Perhaps this is a little known time in his life. Napoleon Bonaparte ruled in France at that time and he tried to limit to the utmost the freedom of the Church. Consequently, Pope Pius VII himself and a large number of the cardinals from his Curia were taken to Paris and, for all practical purposes, became Napoleon’s prisoners.

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SUHA VAZHVU – The Wholistic Health Centre (WHC) was established in 1997 in order to respond to the needs of traumatized persons especially children and widows, who were returning to the Jaffna Peninsula following the mass exodus and multiple displacements, which occurred during 1995. This Institution was registered under the provisions of the voluntary social service organization act No.31 of 1980 with registration number JA/GA/P/CA/16.

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