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“Healing infirmities or forgiving sins, Jesus always responds to a prayer offered in faith: “Your faith has made you well; go in peace.”

- Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Catechism Of The Catholic Church -

Vision

Let us move towards a Synodal Church with deep faith, hope and charity.

Mission

Catechizing and educating our children, youth and adults on how to lead a good Christian life in the Catholic Church of Sri Lanka.

Values

The values that should be followed by catechists and students

  • We commit to service in love
  • We give priority to the doctrine of faith
  • We put into practice what is being taught and what is being learned
  • We witnessing to happiness
  • We witness to faith in life
  • We Trust in God alone
  • Declaring the values of Christ in life
  • We give time and priority to the prayer

Objectives

4 Principal parts of catechism

The Profession of Faith (the Apostles Creed)

We need to practice what we profess in the Apostles Creed in liturgical celebrations. There are 12 truths  we believe as the Creed.

The celebration of the Christian mystery (sacred liturgy and specially the sacraments)

The second part of the Catechism explains how God’s salvation, accomplished once for all through Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit, is made present in the sacred actions of the Church’s liturgy (Section One), especially in the seven sacraments (Section Two).

3) Life in Christ (including the 10 commandments)

The third part of the Catechism deals with the final end of man created in the image of God: beatitude, and the ways of reaching it – through right conduct freely chosen, with the help of God’s law and grace (Section One), and through conduct that fulfils the twofold commandment of charity, specified in God’s Ten Commandments

Christian prayer (including the Lord’s prayer)

The last part of the Catechism deals with the meaning and importance of prayer in the life of believers (Section One). It concludes with a brief commentary on the seven petitions of the Lord’s Prayer (Section Two), for indeed we find in these the sum of all the good things which we must hope for, and which our heavenly Father wants to grant us.

Structure

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Jesus Christ

Our Supreme Teacher (Rabbi)
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Holy Father

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Most Rev.Dr. Raymond Wickramasinghe

The Chairman of the Commission
  1. Diocese: Bishop of Galle
  2. Date of Birth: 31-08-1962
  3. Date of Ordination: 05-08-1989
  4. Date of Episcopal Consecration: 31-08-2011
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Most Rev.Dr.Joseph Ponniah

The Vice Chairman of the Commission
  1. Diocese: Bishop of Batticaloa
  2. Date of Birth: 12-10-1952
  3. Date of Ordination: 03-04-1980
  4. Date of Episcopal Consecration: 24-05-2008
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National Director

Rev.Fr. Bennat Shantha Fernando

  1. Diocese: Chilaw
  2. Full Name: Fr. Bennat Shantha Fernando,
  3. Date of Birth: 10-05-1962
  4. Date of Ordination: 21-07-1991

Diocesan Directors

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Rev. Fr. Geron De Lima

  • Diocese: Batticaloa
  • Date of Birth: 21-04-1969
  • Date of Ordination: 02-09-1999
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Rev.Fr. Damian Perera

  • Diocese: Anuradhapura
  • Date of Birth: 22-02-1972
  • Date of Ordination: 08-09-2001
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Rev. Fr. Suranga Fonseka

  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Colomb0
  • Date of Birth: 27-05-1979
  • Date of Ordination: 12-01-2008
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Rev. Fr. Jayantha Perera

  • Diocese: Chilaw
  • Date of Birth: 29-08-1967
  • Date of Ordination:  22-07-1994
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Rev. Fr. Pradeep Nishantha

  • Diocese: Badulla
  • Date of Birth: 04-10-1984
  • Date of Ordination: 17-05-2014
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Rev. Fr. Camillas Jansz

  1. Diocese: Kandy
  2. Date of Birth: 02-07-1966
  3. Date of Ordination: 16-09-1997
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Rev. Fr. S. Douglas James

  • Diocese: Trincomalee
  • Date of Birth: 03-03-1977
  • Date of Ordination: 12-12-2005
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Rev. Fr. C. Anthonidas Dalima

  • Diocese : Mannar
  • Date of Birth : 
  • Date of Ordination : 27-04-1995
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Rev. Fr. S. Douglas James

  • Diocese: Ratnapura
  • Date of Birth: 29-10-1980
  • Date of Ordination: 15-04-2010
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Rev. Fr. C. Anthonidas Dalima

  • Diocese: Jaffna
  • Date of Birth: 15-11-1967
  • Date of Ordination: 21-06-1997
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Rev. Fr. Harold Leo Merril Pieris

  • Diocese: Galle
  • Date of Birth: 04-04-1973
  • Date of Ordination: 03-12-2011
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Rev. Fr. Tharanga Dilekshitha

  • Diocese: Kurunegala
  • Date of Birth: 14-01-1982
  • Date of Ordination: 26-02-2011

Diocesan Bishops

His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith - Archbishop of Colombo

Most Rev. Dr. Justin B. Gnanapragasam – Bishop of Jaffna

Most Rev.Dr.Joseph Ponniah - Bishop of Batticaloa

Most Rev.Dr.Cletus C. Perera - Bishop of Ratnapura

Most Rev.Dr. Emmanuel Fernando -Bishop of Mannar

Most Rev.Dr. Harold A. Perera - Bishop of Kurunegala

Most Rev.Dr. Norbert M. Andradi - Bishop of Anuradhapura

Most Rev.Dr. Devsritha Valence Mendis - Bishop of Kandy & the Apostolic Administrator of Chilaw

Most Rev.Dr.J. Winston S. Fernando - Bishop of Badulla

Most Rev. Dr. Raymond Wickramasinghe - Bishop of Galle

Most Rev. Dr. C. Noel Emmanuel - Bishop of Trincomalee

Most Rev. Dr. Maxwell G. Silva –Auxilliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Colombo

Most Rev.Dr.J.D.Anthony Jayakody - Auxilliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Colombo

Most Rev.Dr.Anton Ranjith -Auxilliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Colombo