Fr. Tillekeratne, new director Social Communication Centre
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Renowned musician and writer Visharadha Fr. Edmond Tillekeratne has been appointed as the Director of the Social Communication Centre of the Colombo Diocese. Fr. Tillekeratne, an experienced musician has released six compact discs (CDs) in which songs and hymns contain his lyrics and compositions.
They include ‘Naththal Tharumal’, ‘Yowun Ridma’, ‘Pahan Ridma’, ‘Paaduwawe Pelahara’, ‘Jude Gee Saraniya’ and ‘Premaye Mahimaya’. Fr. Tillekeratne recently presented a musical evening ‘Prema Sandhawaniya’ with a full musical orchestra.
He has written a collection of articles on the essence of Catholism and created visual directions for his hymns.
Fr. Tillekeratne owes a Batherlor of Theology (Bth) degree and MPhil and undergone an MSc course at London School of Economics.
Fr. Tilakaratne was lecture in Philosophy at the National Seminary, Ampitiya where taught to those who study to become priests for nearly 10 years. He studied music under veteran musicians P. Victor Perea and M. G. Sugathadasa.