St. Benedict's College Alumni Association

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Yesterday Rev. Father Malcolm Candappa celebrated his 13th ordination anniversary. We want to thank him for all the support and guidance given to us. We wish him good health and God's abundant blessing in the years to come.

He said... that he went to the Best School in Sri Lanka and today, he has achieved the pinnacle in business world. Chairman of McLerence Holdings, Guru in Sri... Lankan Badminton ...very loyal Old Ben Mr Rohan de Silva has named as Captain of Business in 2020 by the most respected LMD business magazine. What an achievement ! As the Benedictine family...we really proud of you and please accept our sincere wishes ! May God Bless You! See more

Best wishes to you and your families for a Blessed Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year, from the St Benedict’s College Alumni Association Canada!

OBU conducted the second stage of CSR project yesterday at college premisses Distributed 35 Grocery packs with College minor staff. Goods worth Rs. 3750/= in each pack.

Bens Valentine's Dance 2020 Saturday, February 8th, 2020 at Claireport Banquet Hall.

Bens Valentine's Dance 2020 Saturday, February 8th, 2020 at Claireport Banquet Hall.

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Dear Old Bens Rev Bro Pubudu Rajapakse assumed duties as Director of St. Benedict's College in June, 2020. Please see the link below for more information.... https://www.stbenedictscollege.edu.lk//71-our-new-director Best Regards Doyne Ramenaden General Secretary - St Benedict's College Alumni Association - Canada Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SBCAACan/ Website: St Benedict's College Alumni Association (Canada)

At the recent 30th AGM held online via Zoom on Saturday, June 20, 2020, the following were elected as members of the New Council for the year 2020/2021. Patron... - Rev. Bro. Director (SBC) Vice Patron - Dayan Baddeliyanage President - Beverly Kerner Vice President - Leroy Nimal Anthony General Secretary - Doyne Ramenaden Treasurer - Varathan Pathmanathan Social Secretary - Gaston Rodrigo Membership Secretary - James Jerome Sports Secretary - Adrian Dematagoda Social Media Secretary - Kevin Rosairo Assistant General Secretary - Tyrone Pulle Assistant Treasurer - Arjuna Kadawathage Assistant Social Secretary - Keith Livera Committee Members : Darrel Fernandopulle Pootharan Fernando Donald Bastiampillai Ralston Anandappa Floyd Joseph Bede Ekanayake Terrence Anthony Ramani Fernando Lucky Navaratne Hony. Auditor - Tyrone Devotta

AGM 2020 Fellow Old Bens, We will conduct the Annual General Meeting on Saturday June 27th at 7 pm via Zoom meeting. Please keep this time free and further information and documents will follow.... Best Regards, Mallory Wijesinghe

LENTEN RETREAT SATURDAY, APRIL 11 2020 The 5th annual Lenten Retreat originally planned for April 4th at St. Wilfred’s Roman Catholic Church was cancelled due... to the pandemic. However, inspired by our General Secretary Mallory Wijesinghe, the retreat was moved to an electronic platform on April 11th which was supported by Varathan Pathmanathan and Kevin Rosairo. The retreat was presented, as originally planned, by Bishop John Corriveau, a retired Bishop. He has several theological publications to his credit and from 1994 to 2006 he was domiciled in Rome as the worldwide head of the Capuchins. He now works at the St Francis Table in Toronto. The program started at 10.00 am. with the topic - Conversion: Living our Baptism, followed by the recitation of the Rosary, and the discussion topic The Cross: The mystery of Compassionate Love. After a short break the program continued with the discussion topic The Church: The Inspired Word, followed by the Stations of the Cross and the final topic Our Mission: Transforming Love. There was plenty of time between topics which provided for discussion and a leisurely day of reflection. There were more than 30 active connections, which could mean much more participants huddled together as family around computer or other electronic device. The electronic platform was handled flawlessly by Kevin and Varathan who were also able to stream beautiful ‘church’ music between presentations reaching our homes and hearts. In fact the facilitator, Bishop John Corriveau rated their technical expertise as ‘excellent’. Here are some of the comments: ...It was very inspiring and I personally enjoyed it very much. I want to thank everyone who worked hard to have it without giving up because we pleased our GOD Almighty and defeated the negatives. May our risen LORD JESUS raise up everyone in SBCAAC and keep all in HIS love and care .... Shirani. ...Please thank the association and team for giving us the opportunity to join in prayer during this very trying times. May God Bless each and everyone and Easter blessings to you all.... Alsace. The Association thanks you for your participation. Gaston Rodrigo Social Secretary.

LENTEN RETREAT SATURDAY, APRIL 11 2020 The 5th annual Lenten Retreat originally planned for April 4th at St. Wilfred’s Roman Catholic Church was cancelled due... to the pandemic. However, inspired by our General Secretary Mallory Wijesinghe, the retreat was moved to an electronic platform on April 11th which was supported by Varathan Pathmanathan and Kevin Rosairo. The retreat was presented, as originally planned, by Bishop John Corriveau, a retired Bishop. He has several theological publications to his credit and from 1994 to 2006 he was domiciled in Rome as the worldwide head of the Capuchins. He now works at the St Francis Table in Toronto. The program started at 10.00 am. with the topic - Conversion: Living our Baptism, followed by the recitation of the Rosary, and the discussion topic The Cross: The mystery of Compassionate Love. After a short break the program continued with the discussion topic The Church: The Inspired Word, followed by the Stations of the Cross and the final topic Our Mission: Transforming Love. There was plenty of time between topics which provided for discussion and a leisurely day of reflection. There were more than 30 active connections, which could mean much more participants huddled together as family around computer or other electronic device. The electronic platform was handled flawlessly by Kevin and Varathan who were also able to stream beautiful ‘church’ music between presentations reaching our homes and hearts. In fact the facilitator, Bishop John Corriveau rated their technical expertise as ‘excellent’. Here are some of the comments: ...It was very inspiring and I personally enjoyed it very much. I want to thank everyone who worked hard to have it without giving up because we pleased our GOD Almighty and defeated the negatives. May our risen LORD JESUS raise up everyone in SBCAAC and keep all in HIS love and care .... Shirani. ...Please thank the association and team for giving us the opportunity to join in prayer during this very trying times. May God Bless each and everyone and Easter blessings to you all.... Alsace. The Association thanks you for your participation. Gaston Rodrigo Social Secretary.