__NOTOC__ Good Shepherd Convent, Colombo is a semi-government fee-levying Catholic girls' school and the first Catholic convent in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

. Good Shepherd Convent, Kotahena is a leading Catholic girls' school in Colombo,

. Located in the neighbourhood of

Kotahena Kotahena is a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and is known as ''Colombo 13''. Places of worship Local houses of worship include: * St. Lucia's Cathedral (1881), Catholic * St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade, St. Anthony's Shrine, Catholic *St. ...

, the convent school educates girls from Kindergarten to age 19. The convent includes an

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, 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 The Good Shepherd (, ''poimḗn ho kalós'') is an image used in the pericope of , in which Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ is depicted as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep. Similar imagery is used in Psalm 23 and Ezeki ...

congregation marked the beginning of the sisters' mission to

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and the Far East. Nuns from this original convent opened Good Shepherd Convent, Kandy, St Mary's School in

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(closed) and St Bridget's Convent in

Cinnamon Gardens Cinnamon Gardens ( ''Kurundu Vaththa'', ) is an affluent neighbourhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka located 3 kilometers south-east of Colombo's centre. Cinnamon Gardens is named for the former cinnamon plantation in this area. In the year 1789, there w ...

. In 1939, sisters based in Colombo expanded to Singapore, then part of the

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, and present-day Malaysia.

Principals

Notable Alumni

* Tehani Egodawela (1986 - ) Olympic, national record-holding shooter * Leonie Kotelawala (1944-2022), Actress *

Pearl Vasudevi Pearl Peters (30 March 1915 – 19 June 1987 as පර්ල් වාසුදේවි) inhala, popularly known as Pearl Vasudevi, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema as well as a singer. Personal life Vasudevi was born as Pearl Peters in ...

(1915 - 1987) Actress *

Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya (born 2 December 1941 as ජීවරාණි කුරුකුලසූරිය) inhala, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. One of the most popular actresses in early Sinhala cinema, she pl ...

(1941 -) Actress

References

Sources

* Catholic schools in Sri Lanka Girls' schools in Sri Lanka Educational institutions established in 1869 Schools in Colombo 1869 establishments in Ceylon {{SriLanka-school-stub