Asela Dassanayake

Asela Dassanayake is a freelance writer based in Sri Lanka. He contributes to magazines and platforms both in Sri Lanka and abroad. He is also a scriptwriter for radio, TV, and film, and promotes Catholic history, traditions, and worship through media and social platforms.

By Asela Dassanayake

Asian News

Sri Lanka: St. Anne’s Shrine Celebrates March Feast with Enshrinement of First-Class Relic

The Shrine of St. Anne in Thalawila, one of Sri Lanka’s major Catholic pilgrimage sites, celebrated its annual March feast on March 7–8, 2026, drawing large numbers of clergy, religious, and faithful.
Asian News

Sri Lankan Bishops Pilgrimage to Goa Rekindles Legacy of Servant of God Fr. Jacome Gonsalves

The Bishop of Kandy, Bishop Valence Mendis, and Bishop Emeritus Joseph Vianney Fernando recently visited Goa on a pilgrimage that highlighted the deep spiritual and historical bonds between Sri Lanka and the Church in Goa.
Asian News

Tewatta Basilica: The National Shrine of Our Lady of Lanka, Heart of Faith and Devotion in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church marked National Independence Day and the feast of Our Lady of Lanka, the country’s patroness, with solemnity and devotion on February 4 at the Tewatta National Basilica, led by Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo.

Asela Dassanayake

Sri Lanka: St. Anne’s Shrine Celebrates March Feast with Enshrinement of First-Class Relic

Sri Lankan Bishops Pilgrimage to Goa Rekindles Legacy of Servant of God Fr. Jacome Gonsalves

Tewatta Basilica: The National Shrine of Our Lady of Lanka, Heart of Faith and Devotion in Sri Lanka

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