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Good Shepherd Convent is a semi-government Catholic girls' school and the first Catholic convent in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. Located in the neighbourhood of
Kotahena
Kotahena is a suburb part of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is an area known as ''Colombo 13''
Places of worship
Kotahena is the location of some places of worship:
*Dipaduttamarama, where in 1885 for the first time the Buddhist flag was shown and where ...
, the convent school educates girls from Kindergarten to age 19.
The convent includes an
auditorium, libraries, ICT and Science laboratories, Basketball and Netball Courts, and gyms.
Other works of Sisters of The Good Shepherd in Sri Lanka
The
Good Shepherd congregation marked the beginning of the sisters' mission to
British Ceylon
British Ceylon ( si, බ්රිතාන්ය ලංකාව, Britānya Laṃkāva; ta, பிரித்தானிய இலங்கை, Biritthāṉiya Ilaṅkai) was the British Crown colony of present-day Sri Lanka between ...
and the Far East. Nuns from this original convent opened
Good Shepherd Convent, Kandy
, motto_translation = Strength and Sweetness
, location = Peradeniya Road, Kandy, Sri Lanka
, zipcode = 20000
, coordinates =
, schooltype = Semi-Government
, religious_affi ...
, St Mary's School in
Pettah (closed) and
St Bridget's Convent in
Cinnamon Gardens. In 1939, sisters based in Colombo expanded to Singapore, then part of the
Straits Settlements
The Straits Settlements were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia. Headquartered in Singapore for more than a century, it was originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the British East India Comp ...
, and present-day Malaysia.
Vision and Mission
Vision
Our Vision is to make our school,
Good Shepherd Convent - Kotahena,
one of the most fruitful, well disciplined and a leading school in the Island.
Mission
Instill the Good Shepherd values in the students entrusted to our care, empowering them to face the 21st century with its advanced technology and creative skills, with strength and confidence.
Embed in our students, a deep love and respect for the country, appreciative of her culture and a desire to contribute towards her growth and development.
Inculcating the Gospel values in our students and enabling them to live their day to day life, in an integrated, self-disciplined life of good character.
Our mission, as a team of educationists, is to contribute to society, a future generation of sterling character, with dedication to God and service to all without distinction.
Principals
Alumni
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Tehani Egodawela
Tehani Egodawela (born 19 April 1986), also known as M. G. T. U. E. Egodawela, or Udeshika Egodawela is a Sri Lankan sports shooter and a current national record holder in shooting. She competed at the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
N ...
(1986 - ) Olympic, national record-holding shooter
*
Leonie Kotelawala
Leonie Ayuntha Weerasinghe ( si, ලියෝනි කොතලාවල; 18 September 1944 – 19 June 2022), popularly as Leonie Kotelawala, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. In a career spanned more than seven dec ...
(1944-2022), Actress
References
Sources
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External links
Official Website
Catholic schools in Sri Lanka
Girls' schools in Sri Lanka
Educational institutions established in 1869
Schools in Colombo
1869 establishments in Ceylon
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