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Rev Miss Thayalini Thiyagarajah
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The Rev Miss Thayalini Thiyagarajah who was recently ordained as a presbyter of the JDCSI grew up at the Harriet Winslaw Girls' Home at Pandaterruppu. She graduated from the Christian Theological Seminary in 1997.
She was awarded the best outgoing student of her batch that year. Apart from a Diploma in Theology from the seminary, she got a second upper class in Bachelor of Theology from the University of Serampore, India. She was ordained as the Deacon of the Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India in 2001. She has served churches in Jaffna and Batticaloa. Currently she ministers in the Cheddikulam and Veerapuram areas in the Wanni.
(It appears some readers of the JDCSI Newsletter have gathered the impression that the person who was ordained was the Bishop Amma, the Dr Thayalimi Thiagarajah.)
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Lily Nesamani Kanagaratnam
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With faith she ran her course
Lily Nesamani Kanagaratnam, wife of the late Jaremiah C Kanagaratnam who together ministered in several of the JDCSI parishes, passed away Saturday 7 August 2010 at Vaddukoddai. Her funeral was held at the Cathedral Church, Vaddukodai the following day after which her mortal remains were interred at the Vaddukoddai JDCSI Memorial Gardens. The Rt Rev Dr Daniel Thiagarajah assisted by the Reverends Solomons and Nadarajah, and Arnold who paid a fine tribute to her life and service. Bishop Thiagarajah’s sermon was centred on the verses from 2Tim.4.6-8 and Phil 1.21. The service was largely attended. She leaves behind her children Jebaranjini Jebaratnam, Jebanesan, Selvaranjni Rasiah, Satyaranjini Arunthavaiswaran, Jeevaranjini and Jebaranjan and several grandchildren. |
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சிறந்த முன்னுதாரணமாகும்
ஆவுஸ்திரேலியத் தமிழர்கள்.
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சின்ன மாமியே நித்தி கனகரட்னம்
இறைசேவகராக இலங்கை செலகிறார்
மெல்பேனில் வதியும் விவசாய விஞ்ஞானியும் பொப்பிசைப்பாடகருமாகிய நித்திகனகரடனம் அஸ்திரேலிய திருச்சபையால்; இறைசேவகராக சத்தியபிரமாணம் எடுத்துக்கொண்டு வட மாகாண மக்களுக்கு சேவை செய்வதற்காக இரு கிழமைகளில் இலங்கை செல்கிறார். இவரது சத்திய பிரமாணம எடுக்கும் நிகழ்சி கடந்த ஞாயிறுக்கிழiமை 18 / 07 / 2010 செயிட் ஜோச் தேவாலயத்தில் நடந்தது; இவர் தென்இந்திய திருச்சபையின் கீழ வடமாகாணத்தில் பணியாற்றுவார். இவர் வடமாணத்தில பிற்நதாகவும தற்போது அங்கு உள்ள நலிவுற்றமக்களுக்கு உதவி செய்வது தனது கடமையாக நிபை;பதாகவும் கூறினார். இந்த நிகழ்சியில் பல சமய பிரமுகர்களும் பல தமிழ் ஆவுஸ்திரேலயர்களும கலந்து சிறப்பித்து பண உதவியும் அளித்தார்கள். தகவல் டாக்டர் நடேசன்
Thanks THENEE WEB :OnlineNewspaper in Tamil
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| The Annual Prize Giving of Jaffna College |
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Vice Chancellor: "Energize ourselves with the power of positive thinking."
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The Annual Prize Giving of Jaffna College took place in the College Quadrangle Thursday July 8, 2010 presided by Mr Noel Vimalendran, the principal. The distinguished chief guests were Professor N Shanmugalingam, the Vice Chancellor of the Jaffna University and Mrs Shanmugalingam of Vembadi Girls College. In his Prize Day Address, Professor Shanmugalingam stressed on the need to discover ourselves, the strengths and the weaknesses and energize them into positive thinking in our quest for answers and solutions. Principal Vimalendran presented an impressive report on the school’s achievements and the Challenges we face as we address ourselves to the needs of our community in these crucial times. Mrs Shanmugalingam honoured the evening by giving away the prizes. (A detailed report will appear in the August issue of the JDCSI Newsletter. )
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Thank you Deborrah Edwards for the fine gesture of dispatching toys and play materials for children in need from Hong Kong. This is greatly appreciated. Our thanks also to her uncle Daya Ariam Winslow in Germany for his continued interest in respect of Jaffna College and the Cathedral Church at Vaddukoddai. This is another example of the Pilgrimage of Solidarity that is gathering great interests among many of our friends overseas.
The Pilgrimage of Solidarity is the driving force behind the Bishop’s Highway Mission which is an action-packed service to reconcile, re-habilitate and reconstruct the war-damaged communities.
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A reverential reminiscence of Reverend Jeyasingam
“He would surely have been a great bishop.”
By the Rt Rev Dr Daniel Selvaratnam Thiagarajah
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Two great American statesmen who never made it to the White House were Senator Hubert Humphrey and Adlai Stevenson. They are often referred to as the best presidents the US never had; the same could be said of Al Gore too. While Humphrey and Gore have served as Vice Presidents, Adlai Stevenson was appointed by President John Kennedy, who beat him for nomination at the Democratic Convention, as US Ambassador to the United Nations. In the hearts of the American people, they have earned a permanent niche of affection and respect.
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| The Rev K S Jeyasingam belonged to this class of great men and women who did not make it to the highest offices of their calling they so fully deserved. We were not privileged to have had him as our Chief Shepherd. Despite not achieving that honour, he continued to serve his church most loyally, faithfully and without any rancor or resentment. It is such that makes leadership qualities exemplary and legendary. FULL STORY |
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Agricultural mission to Sri Lanka,
a JDCSI Project
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| The Executive Committee of the Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India at a meeting held at the Diocesan Office, Vaddukoddai elected the Rev Dr Chandran Arnold, presbyter of the Uduvil Church as the new treasurer of the diocese. At a meeting in full attendance presided by the Rt Rev Dr Daniel Thiagarajah, the popular Rev Dr Arnold was elected unanimously. |
| The Rev Dr Arnold comes from a family that has been closely associated with the JDCSI and its predecessors for several generations. His parents the Rev J V J and Mrs Samathanam Arnold served in many of our parishes and were an inspiring couple to their parishioners and the community and so were his uncle and aunt the Rev J M and Thevy Singanayagam. His brother Dr Kirupa Arnold served with our mission for some years and his brother S T Arnold was on the staff of one of our mission schools before migrating to Australia with his family. One of his ancestors also served as a treasurer in the mission and acquired a name for himself for his integrity and efficiency. |
| Last year at a service of thanksgiving at the Uduvil Church to celebrate the doctorate conferred on him, the Rev Dr Arnold who travels great distances by push cycle said that forever his dedication is to serve his community in whatever capacity he is called and expressed his appreciation and gratitude for the dynamic leadership of Bishop Daniel Thiagarajah |
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Chavakacheri
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| On Saturday 10 April the Chavakacheri Church celebrated the 175th year of its founding appropriately as deserving of its unique tradition and equally as part of the family of the Jaffna Diocese as one of its main churches. Full Story |
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An Inexpressible Grief
By Rev John Bottomley
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We are pleased to present the excellent treatise An Inexpressible Grief by the Rev John Bottomley, chairperson of the Sri Lanka Partnership Project Committee in Australia, who participated as our guest at the 62nd Anniversary Festival of the Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India. In his foreword, the Rt Rev Dr Daniel Thiagarajah comments on it as a classic of our times written based on two workshops he conducted with our clergy and their experiences as frontline workers in the war-torn and tsunami affected regions. They too faced unbearable tragedies.
Please click here to read the report
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Obituary Notices |
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DR. PETER C. KULANAYAGAM. Beloved husband of Ranee (Nee Welch), loving father of John and Angela, Father-in-law of Nirmala (Nee Boniface) and Grandfather of Timothy, Joanna and Peter, brother of late Mr. C. Vanniasingam and late S. Kumarasigham and brother-in-law of late T. Vanniasingham and late N. Kumarasingham passed away peacefully on 26th March. Funeral Service at Southfields Baptist Church, 225 Wimbledon park Road, London, SW 18 5RH on Tuesday 6th April at 11am UK time, 200 Bridle Road Shirley, Croydon, CR0. 8HL. Tel 0044 208 777 inserted by James Jayaratnam 62A Muhandiram Dabare Mawatha, Col 05.
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Remembering DR. Peter Kulanayagam By Jesudason Atputharajah
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Excellence Honoured
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| Thanks Lyndal Irons : New South Wales Synod of the Uniting Church |
| Around 400 people gathered in the Red Gum Function Centre, Wentworthville, to celebrate the ministry of the Rev. John Jegasothy on March 20. Guests included the Rev. Niall Reid, Moderator of the Synod of New South Wales and the ACT; Dr Mano Mohan, Chairperson, Australian Medical Aid Foundation; and Jorge Aroche, Executive Director of STARTTS ( Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors). |
| The organising committee included many former refugees who have been helped by Mr Jegasothy and others admiring of his service to displaced people in Sri Lanka (1981 to 1986) and the asylum seekers and refugees who have come to Australia in the past 15 years. |
| Dorothy MacIntyre, long-term friend and team leader of the celebration’s organising committee, said she chose to help with Mr Jegasothy’s work despite having plenty of her own because of his simple, unadulterated focus on service and his love of the Tamil people. |
| Dr Mahan said a common reaction for troubled Tamil youths finding their feet in Australia was a feeling of obligation to repay Mr Jegasothy’s kindness with service to their new country. “In the Rev. John Jegasothy I see a shepherd, a man who lives by his word,” he said. |
| Speeches were interspersed with drama, dance and songs from Tamil culture and experience. Mr Jegasothy will continue his ministry to the Tamil people in conjunction with his new placement at Rose Bay/Vaucluse Uniting Church. |
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Uduvil Girls school’s oldest student
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Fragrantly she blossomed;
her life fruitfully planted
11/11/1907 - 05/04/2010
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Ruth Lee, beloved mother of Tan Sri Navaratnam of Malaysia and a loyal alumnus of Uduvil Girls College which she held very close to her heart forever reminiscing her schooldays, her teachers and friends said her final “Amen” Monday April 5 in Malaysia having accounted creditably a useful, warm and compassionate life of four score and ten years. At the time of her death, she was the school’s oldest student.
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| When she reconnected with her school, she felt a new lease of life and was most pleased. Uduvil was ingrained firmly in her heart. She leaves behind a lovely family both in Malaysia and Australia, friends in other countries and especially in Sri Lanka cherished by her children and grandchildren and their families with several great grand children to take pride in the life of a grand old lady. |
| When sweetness gathers fragrance, blooms, fruits, seeds and raises new plants God’s creations express their bliss in no small way. We are grateful for the lives of people like Ruth Lee. (We will have a detailed report in the JDCSI Newsletter - April Issue) |
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Bishop Daniel Thiagarajah comments highly
Thiru Arumugam’s book on our medical missionaries
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“Recently among the heart-warming surprises I have received in my mail box was a book on the American medical missionaries in Sri Lanka focused on Samuel Fiske Green and his pioneering contribution to medical science in Sri Lanka especially in the north,” said the Rt Rev Dr Daniel Thiagarajah while in Kilinochchi to describe the plans of the Jaffna Diocese to resume its medical work in the Wanni.
“Written by Thiru Arumugam, now an expatriate in Australia, the book is an excellent testimony to the commitment of Dr Green and how he recognized the work and knowledge of the Tamil traditional doctors and built on them with his expertise in modern medical science a unique system of medicine and medical service unparalleled in this field especially some one hundred fifty years ago,” observed Bishop Daniel Thiagarajah. |
| He added: “It was a pity he could not come back to Sri Lanka for a third term which would have enabled him to make a major leap in this field with the knowledge he had gathered in traditional medicine. It was incredible he could translate many well known medical books from English to Tamil and medical material from ola inscriptions in Tamil to English.” He commented the work of Thiru Arumugam very highly especially for the expression of appreciation with such profound gratitude for the contribution of the missionaries to our community. |
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An impressionistic reaction by Ernest Macintyre Click here
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First Anniversary
Sothy Teacher in heavenly repose
Paranchothy Rasaratnam
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| "Many women do noble things,but you surpass them all."Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;But a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.Give her the reward she has earned,and let her works bring her praise at the city gate." (Proverbs 31:31) |
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Fondly remembered and sadly missed by her children and their families.
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Our Deepest Sympathy
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| We have just received the sad news that Ranjan Selvaratnam, the beloved and affectionate son of the Late Mr and Mrs Selvaratnam, nephew of Malar Selvaratnam, Mani Satkunarajah and Karunarajan Jeevartnam passed away suddenly this morning 5 00 AM at Vaddukoddai. Though Ranjan has been confined to the wheel chair from his childhood, he has been a great example of compassion and loving kindness and a real diplomat among his family, friends and neighbours. He had a fantastic memory, remembered people he came to know and always had soemthing good to share with them. |
| All those who had the good fortune to know him and his neighbours at Vaddukoddai will certainly miss Ranjan; great guy and a womderful gentleman; a real messenger of goodwill. We share our heartfelt feelings with his family and friends. |
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Church Bell Rings; Wanni Rises Again
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Photo by John Kanagasingham
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| Very much the first construction on the A9 Highway at Kilinochchi during the last four weeks has been the renovation of the Church of the Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India (JDCSI). Reverends Rajkumar, Joseph, Dickson and their colleagues and workmen with Bishop Daniel Thiagarjah giving a hand to them were seen at work with their cassocks tucked and folded at knee handling building, roofing and fencing equipment witnessing God’s stewards at work. |
| Note by the Editor: Wanni is very home to Bishop Daniel and Thaya Thiagarajah. During their ministry here before the war, they became totally committed to the spiritual and other needs of the people, so much so they came to be treated as the first parents of the community. The best witnessing one cam experience at a church is when little children express themselves without any inhibitions; to many in Wanni Bishop Daniel and Thaya are Appah and Ammah” and in their home, they are their grandkids |
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Fourth Anniversary Remembrance
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Dr Samuel Chandrarajan Sanders (Former Consultant Physician/Honorary Senior Lecturer, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, UK)
Born 1.7.1932 Entered Glory 1.4.2006
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In ever loving memory of Dr Samuel Chandrarajan Sanders, son of Mr & Mrs DS Sanders (Jaffna College). Sadly missed by his devoted wife Mangai (Irene); loving children, Roshini (Consultant Ophthalmologist), Sureshini (General Practitioner) and David (Professor of Gastroenterology) (all resident in the UK); their spouses Dharshan, Prem and Iman; and all his grandchildren Daniel, Rohini, Samuel, Rajan, Samira and Daniel Solomon. Four years have passed without our beloved father. Again we met to both commemorate and celebrate our father’s life. Although our lives ‘move on’ we have not forgotten that Appah (along with our mother) provided us with all the wonderful opportunities that we now have. Accepting God’s will is still difficult for all of us. We simply miss our father. We want to share our troubles and our successes with him. We try and take solace in knowing that he is watching and guiding our actions even if we can no longer see his physical presence. Most of all we see aspects of him in his grandchildren - Appah’s six grandchildren are blossoming and make us feel secure for the future of our family. As his principles served us we hope that we have imbibed them into this new generation. His grandchildren are a fitting tribute and legacy to his life. We are trying to accept that this is indeed the nature of life and we must come to terms with his absence and cherish our memories of so many wonderful years. We continue to abide by his and his forefathers’ mantra ‘in faith lies the victory’.
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Victor Jeyakumar, a popular member of the Jaffna College staff and a member of the Synod of Church of South India has been appointed as a Junior Vice Principal. Mr Jeyakumar who holds a University of Jaffna BSc degree in physics and also a Diploma in Education from the same university travels every weekend to Colombo to do his MSc in physics at the University of Colombo. He is the head of the Science Department of the Advanced Level; and also the patron of the Science Union.
He comes from a family of educationalists. His father was a principal of a Grade Two school, his wife a teacher too and his uncle Mr Daniel served as a Director of Education at the zone l level.
Mr Jeyakumar is a tireless and committed community worker.
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| Obituary Notices 13/ 12/ 2009 |
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MR CHELLIAH DAVID CHINNAKONE - (Ex Managing Director, Sri Lanka Ports Authority), beloved husband of Gnanasoundari Chinnakone, loving father of David Jeyaseelan and Sarah Jeyarathy, grandfather of Dhivya, Harin and Jonah, father-in-law of Mohan and Raji, brother of late Jesupathy Kandiah, late Radha Venayagam and Thirupathy Kanapathipillai, brother-in-law of Balasubramaniam, late Kandiah and Yogarajah, was called to be with Hits: 37964
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