Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Kandawala

Our Lady of Sorrow's Church, Kandawala
Our Lady of Sorrow's Church, Kandawala
	ශුද්ධවු වික්‍ෂෝප දේවමාතා දෙව්මැදුර, කඳවල
	Front view
	Our Lady of Sorrows Church
	7°14′14″N 79°52′21″E
Location	Kandawala, Negombo
Country	Sri Lanka
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Tradition	Roman Rite
History
Status	Roman Catholic Church
Dedication	Our Lady of Sorrow
Architecture
Completed	1957
Administration
Parish	Kandawala
Deanery	Katana
Archdiocese	Colombo
Clergy
Archbishop	Malcolm Ranjith
Priest in charge	Rev. Canicius Neris

The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows (Sinhala: ශුද්ධවු වික්‍ෂෝප දේවමාතා දෙව්මැදුර) (also known as Kandawala Church and Kandawala Palliya (Sinhala: කඳවල පල්ලිය)) is a Roman Catholic church located in Kandawala in the Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Altar of the Church

Kandawala parish was home to the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows at Kandawala, St. Theresa's Church at Batapattala and Church of Infant Jesus at Demanhandiya. The Mission House of Kandawala Parish is also located at the church Our Lady of Sorrows Premises.

Kandawala Parish has a long history of hosting Passion Plays, with Yagaya being the best known.

Feast

The annual Feast of our Lady of Sorrows Church is usually held in the 3rd Sunday of September or it will be held in the Sunday on or after September 15.[1]

Past Parish Priests

Rev. Fr. Francis Fernando[2]
Rev. Fr. Merril Wijesinghe
Rev. Fr. Reginald Saparamadu
Rev. Fr. H. D. Anthony
Rev. Fr. Sarath Thirimanne
Rev. Fr. Canicius Neris (Incumbent)[3]

Holy Family Convent

The Holy Family Convent is situated next to the church of Our Lady of Sorrows, established in 20 September 1902.[4]

References

"Our Lady of Sorrows Youth Federation Kandawala, Katana". Facebook.com. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
"Online edition of Daily News - News". Archives.dailynews.lk. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
"Sri Lankan Catholics". It-it.facebook.com. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
"EXPANSION OF THE HOLY FAMILY SISTERS PRESENCE AND MISSION IN SRI LANKA 1862 - 2012" (PDF). Holyfamilysistersjaffna.org. Retrieved 26 December 2018.

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[1] "Our Lady of Sorrows Youth Federation Kandawala, Katana". Facebook.com. Retrieved 26 December 2018.

[2] "Online edition of Daily News - News". Archives.dailynews.lk. Retrieved 26 December 2018.

[3] "Sri Lankan Catholics". It-it.facebook.com. Retrieved 26 December 2018.

[4] "EXPANSION OF THE HOLY FAMILY SISTERS PRESENCE AND MISSION IN SRI LANKA 1862 - 2012" (PDF). Holyfamilysistersjaffna.org. Retrieved 26 December 2018.