De La Salle College, Colombo

De La Salle College

Location
130, De La Salle Street Mutwal, Colombo 01500 Sri Lanka
Information
Type	Roman Catholic School
Motto	Latin: Indivisa Manent (Remain Undivided)
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Established	1905
Founder	Rev.Br. Junianus Edward FSC
Rector	Rev.Fr. Newman Muthuthambi OMI
Grades	1 to 13 Local Syllabus
Gender	Boys
Enrolment	1,250
Colour(s)	Red & Blue
Affiliation	De La Salle Brothers of the Christian Schools
Alumni	Old LaSallians
Website	delasalle.lk

De La Salle College, Colombo is the only school in Sri Lanka dedicated to the Patron Saint of Christian Teachers St. John Baptist de la Salle, founder of the congregation of De La Salle Brothers of the Christian Schools in Latin: "Fratres Scholarum Christianarum"(FSC).

Houses

It was in the time of Rev.Bro.Director Luke Gregory that introduced House System, to encourage boys to take part in extra curricular activities. There are Four Houses known as Edward, Augustine, Luke & Hermenegild, each named after a De La Salle Brother. This system is used for events such as inter-house sports & athletics.

De La Salle College Houses:
	Edward	Named after Rev.Br. Junianus Edward FSC
	Augustine	Named after Rev.Br. Augustine Paul FSC
	Luke	Named after Rev.Br. Luke Gregory FSC
	Hermenegild	Named after Rev.Br. Hermenegild Joseph FSC

Edward House

Named after the Founder of the school Rev Bro. Junianus Edward, guardian and the presiding genius of the De La Salle School from 1 February 1905 to 15 July 1925. German Br. Junianus Edward was appointed Director of De La Salle Brothers' Mother House in Mutwal, Colombo on 8 July 1904 and was appointed the first Provincial Visitor of the De La Salle Brothers newly erected District of Colombo on 1 September 1919.
Colour : Green

Augustine House

Named after the First Director of the school Rev.Br. Augustine Paul.
Color : Blue

Luke House

Named after Rev. Br. Luke Gregory.
Color : Red

Hermenegild House

Named after Rev.Br. Hermenegold Joseph.
Color : Yellow

Battle of the DEs

Our big inter-school cricket match was against St. Mary’s College - Pettah, Red & Blue Vs Pink & Blue later it was with St. Joseph’s College, Grandpass. Inter staff matches brought about much camaraderie between the teachers of the competing school. Mr.J.M.Pillar, coached our hockey. Bro. Oliver and Claude Wijesinghe handle the cricket teams. Mathew, Shelton Kingsley, Cabral, Godfrey, Andriesz Brothers, Douglas, Justin, the Foul stone Brothers are some of the cricketers we produced.

The Mazenodian-LaSallian (The Battle of the DEs) was an annual cricket encounter between De Mazenod College, Kandana and De La Salle College, Mutwal in since 1955. It is known as The Battle of the DEs due to the names of the two schools. (Written by Rev.Bro.Edward Norbet for the College Diamond Jubilee Souvenir in 1980)

External links

Associated Catholic Colleges
Christian Brothers De La Salle Emmanuel Mazenod Parade Salesian Simonds St Bede's St. Bernard's St Joseph's Whitefriars

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