The Name: Our College is named after St. Eugene de Mazenod.

Oblates: Innovative Educators /Teachers

From the beginning, the Oblate priests and Brothers in Sri Lanka, besides committing themselves to preaching the Word of God, have focused their attentionon education /teaching from primary to University levels since they considered education/ teaching as the key that would unlock life for the needy and the disadvantaged. They also committed themselves to promoting and nurturing genuinehuman, religious and spiritual values and virtues while maintaining discipline and decorum at all levels. The students who had been studying in St. Patrick’s College, Jaffna, St. Joseph College and St. Peter’s College, Colombo, St. Joseph’s College, Anuradhapura, Mazenod College, Kandana, St. Joseph’s College, Trincomalee and Aquinas University College, Colombo (to mention a few educational institutions which were under the Oblates) who have been guided by the Oblate educators/ teachers will certainly bear witness to the above-mentioned statements.The names of Oblate Priest Rectors /Principals,such Frs. Maurice J. Legoc OMI, Peter A. Pillai OMI, Basil Weeratunga OMI, C.S. Matthews OMI and Timothy Long OMI, who have been also great educationalists, have become household names in Sri Lanka.

A Desired Goal became viable in Anuradhapura.

Of late, the idea of starting a College for the poor and the disadvantaged was present in the mind of Oblate leadership of the Colombo Province of Oblates in Sri Lanka for some time. However, the realization / actualization of this idea in a concrete environmenttook sometime.The desired goal became real and actual when the Provincial Leader of the Oblate Province of Colombo, the Very Rev. Fr. Irwin Morais, OMI together with his Councillors made the decision with the blessing of Rt. Rev. Dr. Norbert Andradi, OMI, the Bishop of Anuradhapura and his Councillors, andauthorized Fr. Dileepa Jayamaha, OMI, the parish priest of St. Eugene de Mazenod Church, Pothanegama, Anuradhapura to commence work on the new project namely MAZENOD COLLEGE in Anuradhapura.He was ably supported by Fr. Emmanuel Fernando OMI, Fr. SavindhuSenarathne OMI and Fr. Shane Winston OMI.

The new MAZENOD COLLEGE began its classes on January 03, 2019 in the premises of the Rajabima Oblate Centre at 519/16, JayanthiMawatha, Anuradhapura,with Fr. Dileepa Jayamaha OMI as the Principal of the new College, with 35 children in Grade 01and three lady teachers.The official opening took place on January 07, 2018 in the presence of Very Rev. Fr. Irwin Morais, OMI, the Oblate Provincial Leader and Rt. Rev. Dr. Norbert AndradiOMI, Bishop of the Diocese of Anuradhapura. Among those present on this special occasion wereVenerable NugethanePagnanandaThero,the chief Incumbent of Sri SambuddhiJayanthiViharaya, Anuradhapura and Sivashri Balachandran, the Hindu Kurukkal (priest) of Anuradhapura.

The Motto of Mazenod College, Anuradhapura

Servire in amore = To serve in love

The Oblates dedicated to the ministry of education consider service as the inseparable twin of love. Therefore they will dedicate themselves to lead the children, the youth and their parents in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka to act with dignity as human beings, loving and respecting one another, therebymaintaining also equality among them. Since the students belonging to major Religious Faiths will also be beneficiaries of the services in Mazenod College, the Oblates educators / teachers will also try to enable them to embody in their lives the values and virtues of the Founders of their Religions.

Parents Meetings every month

We continue to touch the lives of families of the students who are mainly Buddhists. Every last Saturday of the month is a day dedicated to address the parents of the students. A month before we inaugurated the school, parents had their first meeting in Rajabima Centre on 8th of December, 2019. Mr. Benedict Perera, a veteran educationist spoke to the parents on the education system in our country and the fact that we need not only to form our children intellectually, but also to develop their skills and form them holistically.

I believe God’s powerful hand guiding us and Mother Mary and St. Eugene de Mazenod interceding for us.