ST. PIO
DELEGATION OF SRI LANKA The Sri Lankan mission began with the idea of the
international solidarity of the Order gathering its momentum. At the
request of the then general minister Br. John Corriveau, who made a
personal plea to the Provincial minister and his Councilors to
assist the Vice Province of Pakistan in the formation of the novices
in Sri Lanka, the provincial minister, Br. Vincent Gabriel Furtado,
met the Archbishop of Colombo to see to the implementation of the
proposal. The Archbishop in his letter dated February 8, 2001 gave
the written permission to establish a religious house of the Order
in his Archdiocese. An agreement between the Archdiocese of Colombo
and the Holy Trinity province of Karnataka was signed on May 27,
2001. It envisaged the implantation of the Order and the opening of
a novitiate house to form brothers hailing from Pakistan. The
Provincial Chapter of Holy Trinity Province, Karnataka held from 16
– 21 April 2007 resolved to raise the mission of Sri Lanka to a
Province Delegation.
So from 2001 Brothers from Holy Trinity Province - Karnataka have
been tireless working and raising the local vocations. Thus for the
first time in ST. PIO Delegation SRI LANKA, we have two brothers
making their Perpetual Profession on27th November, 2014. Fr.
Provincial will be receiving the vows.
