De La Salle College, Colombo is the only school in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
dedicated to the Patron Saint of Christian Teachers St.
John Baptist de la Salle
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle () (; 30 April 1651 – 7 April 1719) was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He is a saint of the Catholic Church and the patron saint for tea ...
, founder of the congregation of
De La Salle Brothers
french: Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes
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of the Christian Schools in
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
: "Fratres Scholarum Christianarum"(FSC).
Directors / Principals
The college was inaugurated on 1 February 1905 by the LaSallian Brothers. Since then the school has been headed by many LaSallian Brothers as listed below.
Houses
Rev Br Luke Gregory, introduced a house system, with four houses: Edward, Augustine, Luke and Hermenegild, each named after a De La Salle brother. This system is used for events such as inter-house sports and athletics.
Edward House
*Named after the Founder of the school Junianus Edward, guardian and the presiding genius of the De La Salle School from 1 February 1905 to 15 July 1925. German Junianus Edward was appointed Director of De La Salle Brothers' Mother House in Mutwal, Colombo on 8 July 1904 and was appointed the first Provincial Visitor of the De La Salle Brothers newly erected District of Colombo on 1 September 1919.
*Colour : Green
Augustine House
* The first college hall was built by Augustine Joseph FSC during his tenure as director of the college between 1919 and 1923.
*Color : Blue
Luke House
*Named after Luke Gregory.
*Color : red
Hermenegild House
*Named after Hermenegold Joseph.
*Color : yellow
Battle of the DEs
The Mazenodian-LaSallian (The Battle of the DEs) was an annual cricket encounter between De Mazenod College, Kandana and De La Salle College, Mutwal in since 1955. It is known as The Battle of the DEs due to the names of the two schools.
References
External links
Old LaSallians UnionLa Sallian Federation of Sri LankaWorld Union of Lasallian Former StudentsLa Salle ColomboArchdiocese of Colombo{{ACC Colleges
1905 establishments in Ceylon
Educational institutions established in 1905
Schools in Colombo
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...