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New Claretian Parish in the Diocese of Galle
Enselwatte, Sri Lanka. The Selvakanda quasi-parish, administered by the Claretian Missionaries since February 2020, was raised to the status of a parish on February 20, 2022 by Most Rev. Dr. Raymond Wickramasinghe, Bishop of Galle. The official name of the parish is “Our Lady of Madhu Parish, Enselwatte” or simply “Enselwatte Parish”. It covers 120 families spread in 13 places.
Fr. J.M.J. Jeyaseelan, CMF, Major Superior of St. Joseph Vaz Independent Delegation, Fr. Charles Hewawasam, Vicar General of Galle Diocese, and several priests and religious from Galle attended the ceremony. The faithful of the new parish and neighboring parishes and representatives from the estate management attended this grace-filled event which included the Holy Mass, during which 21 children received the Sacrament of Confirmation.