Serving from Borella.
About this place
Serving from Borella.
Colombo Oblate House is one of the communities served through the Oblate Community / Fathers’ House of the Oblate Province of Jaffna.
How the mission serves here
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Colombo Oblate House — Borella
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Colombo Oblate House, Borella 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 Borella 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 Colombo Oblate House serves today.
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Under the Provincial Superior, Colombo Oblate House 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”