Formal education is one of the Province’s continuing missionary commitments, supporting children and young people through schools, formation, learning and values-based education.
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Formal education is one of the Province’s continuing missionary commitments, supporting children and young people through schools, formation, learning and values-based education.
St Patrick's College is one of the communities served through the Formal Education of the Oblate Province of Jaffna, within the Schools group.
How the mission serves here
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St Patrick's College
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St Patrick's College 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 the Province 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 St Patrick's College serves today.
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Under the Provincial Superior, St Patrick's College 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”