"MAW SEVANA" (Colombo)

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The Legion of Mary, a lay people's organisation for the spiritual uplift of its members a Worldwide Society with its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland has been rendering a variety of social work in Sri Lanka, for over 75 years for the legionary his spiritual uplift is the very foundation or the springboard from which he tries to reach to those he seeks to serve through the Legion.


The Matrons and inmates at Maw Sevena
Way down in about early 1973 these Legionaries in Sri Lanka realised the need to sort out family problems, like the placement of boys born out of wedlock, children abandoned with nowhere to go, etc. Whilst there were some Homes for girls in the Convents, there was virtually no homes for boys.

A few legionaries with Godwin Mendis, a great legionary then, along with Maurice Lord set out on their mission to set up a Home for Destitute Boys under the great Legion System, as laid out in the Hand book of the Legion, better known as its bible, a heavily inspired work by the Legion Founder the late Frank Duff, whose cause for Sainthood in the Catholic Church is now being taken up for his admirable work.

In response to a request by the legionaries, Cardinal Thomas Cooray gave the land donated by the late D.M.J. Corea at Mattakkuliya for the proposed Home.
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