Serving from Batticaloa.
About this place
Serving from Batticaloa.
District Hospital is one of the communities served through the Hospital & Prison Chaplaincy of the Oblate Province of Jaffna.
How the mission serves here
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District Hospital — Batticaloa
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District Hospital, Batticaloa grew out of the Oblate Province of Jaffna’s call to walk with people on the margins. Early teams gathered for prayer, catechesis and practical help.
Over time the work at Batticaloa settled into a steady pattern of presence — Oblates and lay collaborators sharing house, mission and hospitality.
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Visits, formation of local leaders and partnership with nearby parishes shaped how District Hospital serves today.
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Under the Provincial Superior, District Hospital continues to serve through accompaniment, celebration of the sacraments where applicable, and care for the most abandoned.
Source: Pathinathan Sathiyaseelan, OMI, “Present Ministries of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Jaffna Province”