Recollections & Impressions of Sister Adrian
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Courtesy . L. K. Hettiatarachi/Aloysian Magazine Fr. Peter Gomez has invited me to share with readers of The Aloysian, some of my recollections of the relationship that has existed between St.Aloysius College and Sacred i Heart Convent, the two premier Catholic institutions of the Galle Diocese as we liked to consider them. These will be random recollections, very personal impressions, laying claim to no historical exactness and having significance only for the writer. They are necessarily limited to the years from 1950 to 1975. Just to put things in perspective. The Sisters of Charity owe their presence in Galle (and later in other mission stations in the diocese) to a Belgian Jesuit Bishop, the Rt.Rev.Mgr. J. Van Reeth, who had at heart the education of youth. He appealed to our Mother House in Ghent, Belgium, for Sisters of Charity to work alongside the Fathers in the Galle mission. The records tell us that 5 Sisters accompanied by Fr. Cooreman S.J. and Fr. D'Hearde arrived at ...
