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Immaculate Conception Catholic Church A Church owned by the Catholic Diocese of Galle We celebrate our annual feast on 2nd sunday of Every December

Happy Birthday to our Dear Mother Mary !! May the Blessed Virgin Mary continue to guide us, protect us and lead us close...
08/09/2026

Happy Birthday to our Dear Mother Mary !!

May the Blessed Virgin Mary continue to guide us, protect us and lead us closer to her Son, Jesus Christ. Amen!

With deep sorrow, we mourn the passing of Mrs. Latha Walpola nee Rita Genevieve Fernando, a cherished Sri Lankan Catholi...
29/12/2025

With deep sorrow, we mourn the passing of Mrs. Latha Walpola nee Rita Genevieve Fernando, a cherished Sri Lankan Catholic singer whose voice uplifted generations and whose life bore witness to faith, culture, and service.

As a community of faith, we commend her soul to the loving mercy of God and pray that the Lord, whom she praised through her talents, may grant her eternal rest.

Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. Amen.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.And he will be called...
25/12/2025

For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

Merry and blessed Christmas to all!

19/12/2025

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ!!!!

๐‡๐ข๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐จ XIV ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐•๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ. ๐…๐ซ. ๐’๐š๐ ๐š๐ซ๐š ๐‰๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž, ๐’๐’๐’, ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ง๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š.

๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐’๐ก๐ž๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐€๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž ๐†๐จ๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž.

๐€๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฌ, ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ž.
๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐Ž๐ƒ.......

15/12/2025

โ€œWhen I ascended higher my vision was dazzled, and the most difficult conquest came about in darkness; But since I was seeking love the leap I made was blind and dark.โ€ โ€”St. John of the Cross

The 132nd Annual Feast of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Balapitiya, was celebrated gloriously by His Lordsh...
14/12/2025

The 132nd Annual Feast of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Balapitiya, was celebrated gloriously by His Lordship the Right Reverend Dr. Raymond Wickramasinghe, Bishop of Galle, together with the Reverend Fathers (SBD), accompanied by parishioners and well-wishers.

We thank Almighty God for the abundant blessings showered upon us through Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception.

God bless you all!
Hail Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!

14/12/2025

Happy Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe!

One aspect of this beautiful Feast Day that always moves me is how similar Marian apparitions are in many places around the world. As in Lourdes, Fatima and Knock, Our Lady of Guadalupe appears to a poor person living in a marginal place.

In Lourdes, she speaks to Bernadette Soubirous in a garbage dump, not in French, but in Bernadette's native patois. In Fatima, she appears to three poor and very young children. In Knock, she appears to an entire crowd of people, in a small town.

At Tepeyac, in Mexico, Our Lady speaks to Juan Diego not in Spanish, but in Nahuatl, Juan Diego's language.

Mary often appears to the poor who live on the margins. But this makes sense, when you think about Mary's own life. After all, the Angel Gabriel came to Mary, who was a young woman, perhaps still just a teenager, living in what was then a marginal village: Nazareth had only 200 to 400 people. The jibe directed at her son Jesus by Nathanael, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?," was a put-down.

So it makes sense that Our Lady would also favor those who are poor, marginal, struggling. Her Magnificat says just that. God, she says, has "lifted up the lowly."

Mary is mother of all, but especially those who are poor or struggling in any way.

"Am I not here, I, who am your Mother?" she says to Juan Diego. "Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not the source of your joy? Are you not in the hollow of my mantle, in the crossing of my arms? Do you need anything more? Let nothing else worry you, disturb you."

We are invited to follow Our Lady's lead and be close to the poor, those on the margins and those who are struggling, as well.

Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us!

Pastor pastorum, Leo the Fourteenth!
17/05/2025

Pastor pastorum, Leo the Fourteenth!

11/05/2025

Pope Leo XIV's coat of arms offers a clear reflection of his Augustinian roots and the values he seeks to promote during his pontificate, particularly unity and communion within the Church.

The shield is divided diagonally into two sections. The upper half features a blue background with a white lily.

The lower half of the shield has a light background and displays an image that recalls the Order of Saint Augustine: a closed book with a heart pierced by an arrow. This is a direct reference to the conversion experience of Saint Augustine himself, who described his personal encounter with Godโ€™s Word using the phrase: โ€œVulnerasti cor meum verbo tuoโ€ - โ€œYou have pierced my heart with your Word.โ€

Pope Leo XIV has also chosen a motto that reflects this Augustinian tradition: In Illo uno unum, which means โ€œIn the One, we are one.โ€ The phrase is taken from Saint Augustineโ€™s Exposition on Psalm 127, where he explains that โ€œalthough we Christians are many, in the one Christ we are one.โ€

More: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-05/pope-leo-xiv-s-motto-and-coat-of-arms.html

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