Caritas Norway organized a pastoral solidarity visit to Sri Lanka with a delegation of 10 persons representing the Catholic Church of Oslo, Lutheran Church of Oslo, Interreligious Dialogue Forum of Oslo and Caritas Norway from 13th– 18th August 2019. The visit was jointly facilitated by Caritas Sri Lanka SEDEC and the National Christian Council of…
Mr. Aron Halfen, Programme Adviser of Caritas Norway visited Sri Lanka on 13 August 2019 to review the progress of the island-wide Religious Amity and Food Security Programmes supported by NORAD, through Caritas Norway. Mr. Aron has made a visit to Jaffna and met with the families who are beneficiaries of the “addressing causes for…
Caritas Sri Lanka – SEDEC (CSL) has organized a series of panel discussion to create awareness on the present social political and religious atmosphere prevailing in the country. The first of its kind programme will be telecast on VERBUM television on 4th Saturday and 5th Sunday of May at 8.00 p.m. CSL plans to organize 10…
The Caritas Sri Lanka (CSL) played a pivotal role in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bomb blasts that devastated the island nation of Sri Lanka by joining hands and concentrating on the immediate requisites of the victims in close liaison with the government authorities as well as with the international and national voluntary organizations…
Representatives of the Karibu Foundation, based in Oslo, Norway visited Sri Lanka recently and made a courtesy visit to SEDEC on 26th of March 2019 with the objective of learning the activities that SEDEC has been implementing in peace and religious amity projects. The Karibu Foundation has a long history in supporting alternative voices from…
Caritas Sri Lanka – SEDEC in collaboration with Caritas Rathnapura – Sethmini organized a focus group discussion and a mid-line survey under the project titled, “Helping People move towards Reconciliation” on 27th of March 2019 in Rathnapura. The project is funded by CAFOD, the Catholic international development charity in England and Wales. A group of…
Three Pillars (Prayer, Fasting and Alms-giving) of Lenten programme is being organized in all the DCs in Sri Lanka according to the theme given by the NC, ‘Live Lent with Love’. This was given with a short prayer, to be recited during the season of Lent. Common Lenten activities in 2019: Prayer: Prayer cards and…
Caritas Sri Lanka held a Review Meeting recently under the Scholarship Programme funded by Caritas Poland. The objective of the event was to gather positive facts and outcomes of the current programme scheduled to come to an end on 31 May 2019. The meeting took place at the Conference Hall at Caritas Sri Lanka in…
Caritas Sri Lanka-SEDEC together with its’ 13 Diocesan Centres has been implementing the project “Creating a conducive environment for Religious Amity” from the year 2015. Under the project 65 interreligious groups have been formed around the country. They actively engage in addressing common social issues in their own localities. Caritas Sri Lanka together with Caritas…
