Serving from Ratnapura.
About this place
Serving from Ratnapura.
Hapurugala Parish is one of the communities served through the Parish Ministry of the Oblate Province of Jaffna.
How the mission serves here
Glimpses
Hapurugala Parish — Ratnapura
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Hapurugala Parish, Ratnapura 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 Ratnapura 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 Hapurugala Parish serves today.
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Under the Provincial Superior, Hapurugala Parish 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”