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The annual blessing of the sick at the Shrine of Our lady of Lanka, Tewatta this year will be on August 27 with the theme ‘Win Peace Through Forgiveness.’

The usual healing and prayer service associated with the annual service will be preceded by a Tridium of Prayer commencing on the 23rd at 6.30 p.m. and continued on Thursday and Friday at the same time.

On August 26, also at 6.30 p.m. there will be the usual candle light procession from the Old Grotto to the Basilica. This will be followed by Vespers, presided over by the Archbishop Emeritus Dr. Nicholas Marcus Fernando.

On the 27th, there will be masses from 5 a.m. till 11 a.m. There will be a Mass in English at 9 a.m., in Tamil at 10 a.m. and in the evening at 5 p.m for late arrivals.

The Healing and Prayer service at 2 p.m. will be presided over by Dr. Oswald Gomis, the Archbishop of Colombo, Archbishop Emeritus, Dr. Thomas Saundranayagam, Bishop of Jaffna and Dr. Marius Peiris, Auxilliary Bishop.

Book on renowned personalities

‘Being Close To Them – Among Some Eminent Personalities,’ a book by former High Court Judge W. T. A. Leslie Fernando, will be released at the National Library and Documentation Services Board Auditorium, Independence Avenue, Colombo at 3.30 p.m. on August 21.

The book is an account of the life and times of 17 distinguished personalities, including Bishop Edmund Peiris, Fr. Marcelline Jayakody, Fr. W. L. A. Don Peter, Ven. Siyambalagouwe Sri Gunarathana Anunayake Theor, Philip Gunawardene, Dr. C. W. W. Kannangara and Dr. Hector Fernando. Anura Bandaranaike – Minister of Tourism will deliver the keynote address. The book is published by Godage Publishers (Pvt) Ltd.

Bollywood make-up artiste in Sri Lanka

The Sri Lanka Association of Hairdressers and Beauticians presents Indian Bollywood make-up artiste, Asha Hariharan, who will conduct four workshops/seminars in August/September 2006 at the following venues:
August 29 – Lumbini Hall – Gampaha
August 30 – Sampath Hall – Kandy,
September 1 – National Youth Centre – Maharagama
September 2 – Chamber of Commerce – Galle
These workshops are sponsored by Janet Cosmetics, and all products used by Asha will be on sale at the venues at reduced prices.
Please contact SLAHAB on 259621 for registration.

Ahasin Watunu Minissu

Veteran dramatist R. R. Samarakoon’s latest production Ahasin Watunu Minissu, which won four awards at the Drama Festival in 1971 will go on the boards at Negombo’s Rukmani Devi Theatre today, at 3.30 and 7.00 p.m.

The cast includes Thilak Kumara Ratnayake, Ramya Wanigasekera, Geetha Kanthy Jayakody, Wickrama Senevirathna and Ravindra Ariyarathne.

Commemorating Dr. Kovoor

After 27 years, the Ceylon Rationalist Association will hold a public meeting to commemorate Dr. Abraham Kovoor, the founder of the Association, on August 23, at 3.00 p.m. at the auditorium of the Public Library, Colombo.
All those with a rationalist frame of mind are invited to be present.