St. Aloysius College Galle History, Highlights of a Hundred Years

St.   Aloysius College, Galle & the Irish Connection Introduction It is generally known that the College was established in 1895 by Jesuits from the Belgian Province of the Society of Jesus, & that later it was managed by Jesuits from the Neapolitan Province until the handing over of the College to the State  in 1971. The newly appointed Bishop of Galle, Rev. Joseph Van Reeth S. J. from Belgium who established the School , on his ad limina visit to Rome, toured UK & Ireland as well in order to identify suitable persons to augment the teaching resources at the School & as a result of this endeavour, among others, Rev. Fr. Dennis Murphy S.J., Rev. Fr. C. Piler S.J. and Rev. Fr. John Delaney S.J. from Ireland arrived in Ceylon. This article is an attempt to focus on their contribution as well as the friction that arose at the initial stages between them & the Belgian Jesuits, from an Irish perspective, as recorded in the Irish Jesuit Archives & 2 book...

Guy de Silva, Nigel Kerner, Harry Solomons   Illiyas Careem, Ariyaseela Wickremanayake, Dilith Jayaweera

  SAC Staff Trip to Jaffna in 1959 I n 1959, there were many young old boys  on the college staff. Among them were S. A. Perera, H. Wimalasundera, B. Wijesinghe, L. Premaratne, D. Alles, B. Ferreira, & several others, whom I cannot now remember. Towards the end of the term Fr. Peiris, the Principal, summoned us for stencilling the question papers & we did so on the ground floor corridor of the Father' residence directly supervised by Fr. Peiris. We were given short intervals to relax, & whilst we were having a cup of tea together, someone suggested that we do a trip to Jaffna during the holidays. The idea caught on & it did not take long for many of us to agree. The College had a School Bus, which could accommodate about 20 persons comfortably. Our request to hire the bus for a trip to Jaffna was approved by the Rector, Fr. Morelli & the trip was planned meticulously, with S. A. Perera playing the lead role. He also contacted a number of his friends i...