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Good Shepherd Convent, Colombo is a semi-government fee-levying Catholic girls' school and the first Catholic convent in Sri Lanka. Good Shepherd Convent, Kotahena is a leading Catholic girls' school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Located in the neighbourhood of Kotahena, 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 and the Far East.Wright, p. 120 Nuns from this original convent opened Good Shepherd Convent, Kandy, St Mary's School in Pettah (closed) and St Bridget's Convent in Cinnamon Gardens.Wright, p. 272 In 1939, sisters based in Colombo expanded to Singapore, then part of the Straits Settlements, and present-day Malaysia.
Principals
periodName1869–1872 Mother Mary of Seven Dolores Joly1872–1876Mother Mary of John the Evangelist Dodsworth.1876–1882Mother Mary of Ignatius Lalor1882–1893Mother Mary of Rosalie Cleary1894–1895Mother Mary of Armedi Kennedy1895–1901Mother Mary of Veronica Curram1901–1911Mother Mary of Winifrid Crotty1911–1921Mother Mary of Prosper Walsh1921–1924Mother Mary of Francis Borgia Collection1924–1928Mother Mary of Prosper Walsh1928–1932Mother Immaculate conception Houghes On 10 March 1932, She became the Provincial Superior of Ceylon.1933–1936Mother Mary of John the Evangelist Mc Carthy.1936–1940Mother Mary of Gerard Connorton1941–1946Mother Mary of Isidore Conroy1947–1948Mother Mary of Paul of the Cross Williams1948–1955Mother Mary of St. Canice Kinsella1956–1961Sr. Mary of Isidore Conroy1962–1965Sr. Mary of St. Canice Kinsella1966–1972Sr. Mary of St.Sabine Crooz1973–1984Sr. Mary Agnes de Sampayo1985–1990Sr. Mary Rohini Mendis1991–1994Sr. Mary Lynnette Perera2000–2002Sr. Mary Rohini Mendis2002–2010Sr. Gertrude Vithanage2011–2019Sr. Renuka Silva2019– presentRev. Sr. Dilani Jayamanne
Notable alumni Tehani Egodawela (1986 - ) Olympic, national record-holding shooter Leonie Kotelawala (1944-2022), Actress Pearl Vasudevi (1915 - 1987) Actress Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya (1941 -) Actress
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