Good Shepherd Convent, Colombo

Good Shepherd Convent
Location
52 Wasala Rd, Colombo
Colombo
Sri Lanka
Information
Motto They Conquer Who Believe They Can
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 1869
Founder St. Mary Euphrasia
Principal Rev. Sr. Renuka Silva
Gender Girls
Color(s) Blue, White
Website goodshepherdconventkotahena.com

Good Shepherd Convent is a semi- government Catholic Girls' school founded in May 1869 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Located in the neighbourhood of Kotahena, the Convent- School educates girls from kindergarten to age 19.The students who are educated and guided by these good shepherd convent sisters are specially given the name 'shepherdians' where they use it with more pride.

The Good Shepherd congregation marked the beginning of the sisters' mission to British Ceylon and the Far East.[1] Nuns from this original convent opened Good Shepherd Convent in Kandy, St Mary's School in Pettah (closed) and St Bridget's Convent in Cinnamon Gardens.[2][3] In 1939, sisters based in Colombo expanded to Singapore, then part of the Straits Settlements, and present-day Malaysia.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Wright, p. 120
  2. ↑ Wright, p. 272
  3. ↑ "School History". goodshepherdconventkotahena.com.
  4. ↑ "Good Shepherd Sisters Singapore Mark 75 Years". Good Shepherd Mission – Singapore-Malaysia. 2006.

Sources

  • Wright, Arnold (1907). Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources. Reprinted by Asian Educational Services.


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