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Good Shepherd Sisters in Sri Lanka “Thankfulness gives birth to great and noble thoughts … Thank the Blessed Virgin, and again, express your gratitude to God with whom we are united by Eternal Bonds! Tell it over and over to future generations , carry it with you to your missions! Speak about it among yourselves in far off lands! May this memory be your conso- lation , your hope, and so you will always be filled with thankfulness. We are the children of miracles !” “You could apply to yourselves personally our Lord’s words: “Gather up all the pieces so that nothing is lost. ” With all those little details you could make a delightful dish which will nourish future generations!” (Words of St. Mary Euphrasia Pelletier.) Celebrating 150 Years ( 1869 - 2019 ) 1 Celebrating 150 Years ( 1869 - 2019 ) 2 Prayer for the Sesquicentennial Anniversary Gracious Father we praise and glorify you for the gift of St. Mary Euphrasia and her vision and mission which we inherited as Good Shepherd Sisters in Sri Lanka. Our hearts are filled with gratitude for the manifold Blessings we have received during the past 150 years & for the great mission that has been accomplished by our sisters all throughout. We now surrender the future to you. We ask You our Shepherd God to bless us with courage and strength as we go forward inspired and fired with the ardent Zeal and Commitment of St. Mary Euphrasia. May we reach out with Compassion, Love, Mercy and Forgiveness to those around us especially to the ones that are lost and beyond to all those who need healing in our broken world. Amen ! Celebrating 150 Years ( 1869 - 2019 ) 3 Celebrating 150 Years ( 1869 - 2019 ) 4 MESSAGE FROM Pierre Nguyen Van Tot Apostolic Nuncio With great gratitude to God and also with joy, I congratulate the Religious of the Good Shepherd for the years of their presence in Sri Lanka. Their arrival certainly benefited the Church immensely in carrying out its mission in preaching the Good News. “Nothing was too small, too arduous or too costly to put into action day or night for one of God’s lit- tle ones” was the true spirit of the Foundress, St. Mary Euphrasia. Inspired by these words, from the time of their foundation, the Sisters have been carrying on a wonderful work especially of promoting the welfare of young women and girls, enabling them to work for the good of Sri Lanka. Having begun their mission in the field of education, their untiring labor has formed thousands of stu- dents who have been shining in responsible positions both in Sri Lanka and abroad. The large school buildings put up by the Sisters in different parts of the Island, and shepherding some of the leading schools in Sri Lanka, bear testimony to their dedication. Right from the beginning, an all round edu- cation has been imparted to the students who come out with good leadership qualities. Women in desperate situations continue to receive the benefits of their apostolate of mercy. The love and care of Sisters have given new hope, to the orphans and elders. Thus mercy and compassion of Jesus, the Good Shepherd are being felt by His flock whoever comes in contact with them. It is our fervent hope and prayerful wish that the impressive apostolate carried out by the God Shep- herd Sisters up to now be continued, bearing much fruit and bring in a rich harvest to Sri Lankan society. While felicitating and extending my prayerful best wishes to the Good Shepherd Sisters, I hereby impart the Apostolic Blessings of the Holy Father Pope Francis. Colombo,27th December 2018 Pierre Nguyen Van Tot Apostolic Nuncio Celebrating 150 Years ( 1869 - 2019 ) 5 MESSAGE FROM His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith Archbishop of Colombo It is with deep gratitude to God that I am sending you these words of greetings, dear Sisters of the Good Shepherd, as you celebrate 150 years of your presence in Sri Lanka. This is a long period of time in which you, who stepped into Sri Lanka in 1869, at the invitation of the then Archbishop of Colombo, Most Rev. Dr.Hilarion Sillani OSB, in order to serve the people of Sri Lanka with your own special charism, especially in the field of education, have been part of our Christian presence in this little Island home. The small band of Sisters who landed on our soil with the grace of God have, through you, become a fairly large group of missionaries spread among all the different groups of people living in this country. God has blessed you, dear Sisters of the Good Shepherd, truly to render yeomen service to this coun- try and its people in the fields of education, social services, care of the under privileged and aban- doned children, centers for single mothers, protection and care of life, prison ministry and all types of other engagements in the service of the poor. The services you render to the destitute, especially among children is something truly reflective of your name: the Good Shepherd. All of these have been possible due to the dream of your Foundress St. Mary Euphrasia whose Motto was “One person is worth more than the whole world”. While thanking God for you, I wish to congratulate you for this immeasurable service you are render- ing to the Church in Sri Lanka and to all our citizens. May I wish you Good Shepherd Sisters, many more years of happy mission in this land and elsewhere in the service of the Lord and of His flock. With best wishes and the assurance of prayers. Ad Multos Annos! March 2019 Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith Archbishop of Colombo Celebrating 150 Years ( 1869 - 2019 ) 6 MESSAGE FROM Bishop Vianney Fernando Bishop of Kandy Message for the Souvenir for the 150 years of the presence and ministry of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd Congregation in Sri Lanka. On this memorable occasion of the celebration of the 150 years of the presence and service of the Good Shep- herd Congregation in our Island Home, Sri Lanka, we, the local Church of Kandy join in the celebration by thanking God for the pioneering missionary Sisters who rendered yeoman service to the newly erected Vicar- iate in 1883 which became a diocese with the establishment of the hierarchy in 1887. On the request of the 1st Bishop of Kandy Rt. Revd. Clement Pagnani OSB, the Convent of Kotahena sent a Sister of St. Francis Xavier, Sr. Mary Agnes of Jesus to Matale, initially for a period of three months, but she ended up spending 52 years in Matale until her death. Thus began the arrival of the Sisters of St. Francis Xavier who along with more local vocations opened up several convents and schools in the diocese of Kandy, which comprises the Central Province of Sri Lanka. At the time of the amalgamation, in March 1958, of St. Francis Xavier Sisters with the Good Shepherd Congregation, there were seven houses and institutions with 49 Sisters laboring in the Diocese of Kandy. We are deeply grateful to those pioneering missionary Sisters, who toiled in the midst of many hardships and difficulties in looking after orphaned children and their education with great love and dedication. Due to the pioneering efforts of those Sisters, today, we have Good Shepherd Sisters serving in several Convents, namely, Wahakotte, Matale, Katugastota (both the Convent and the Centre for women and girls in crisis) ,Kandy, Home for the Elders in Mahaiyawa, Gampola, Nawalapitiya and Nuwara Eliya. With the takeover of schools, the Sis- ters engaged in the Christian formation of our children, through regular Catechetical camps by preparing them for first Holy Communion and Confirmation at a time when our present day Catechetical programs were not yet organized. The pioneering missionary Sisters have left behind a rich legacy of missionary dedication and com- mitment. It is now incumbent on the present and future generations of the Sisters to carry forward the flaming torch in the service of the Lord and His people according to the charism of the Foundress, St. Mary Euphrasia. Pope Francis, our Universal Shepherd’s voice must be heeded at this moment, which is a” Kairos moment” for the Congregation of the Good Shepherd Sisters. In “Evangelium Gaudii”, the Holy Father proposes a profound missionary renewal of the entire Church; certainly the Religious and Clergy are pivotal to this renewal. In the words of Pope Francis,” We need an evangelizing Church that comes out of herself “, not a Church that is “self-referential”, and “lives within herself, “for herself’ and “of herself’. “I dream of a “Missionary option”, that is a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything, so that the Church’s customs, ways of doing things, times and schedules, language and structures can be suitably channeled for the evangelization of to- day’s world than for her self-preservation… All renewal in the Church must have as its goal, the mission of the Church, if not it will fall prey to a kind of ecclesial introversion” (EG .27). While we congratulate the present leadership and the membership of the Congregation for all that has been over the past 150 years, it is our fervent prayer and hope that the Congregation would forge ahead in reviving the missionary thrust of the Congregation in fidelity to the Lord and the Church as well as its beloved Found- ress, St. Mary Euphrasia. +Bishop Vianney Fernando Bishop of Kandy Celebrating 150 Years ( 1869 - 2019 ) 7 MESSAGE FROM Rt. Rev. Dr. Valence Mendis Bishop of Chilaw It is with immense joy that I write this message as the Good Shepherd Sisters celebrate the 150th An- niversary of Presence in Sri Lanka.
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