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St. Mary's College is a provincial school, which provides secondary education.

St. Mary's College, Chilaw Was Established As St. Mary's English School. It Was Situated In The Premises Of Late G.S. Perera At Jetty Street Chilaw. In 1905 This School Was Shifted To The Queen Victoria Memorial Hall, Which Was Situated Near The Cathedral Of Chilaw.

This Was A Mixed School Of Girls And Boys Where The Former Principals Were Rev. Father Joseph David Fernando And J. Robert Fernando Who Were Attached To Community Of Oblates Mary Immaculate. Messrs Len Karunaratne, Peter Lawrence Perera, A.G Cambal And Roach Were Former First Head Masters. It Appears That This Small School Was The Beginning Of The Present St. Mary's College Chilaw, Which Was Confined To Boys.

Sinhala, Tamil, English Languages Which Were Converted To Multilingual Medium College On 1 May 1933, Handed Over The Administration To The De La Salle Brothers And Its First Director Was Rev. Bro. Caesar Albert.

Message From Rt. Rev. Dr. Valence Mendis

I am glad to know that the Old Boys' Association of St. Mary's College Chilaw has planned to launch a Website on the 27th July 2019.
ln this age of advancing technology a Website would be greatly helpful for your work as you earnestly intend to be of service to the school.
Herewith I send my prayerful best wishes.

Message From Rev. Fr. Dhanushka Fernando

It is the fulfillment of a timely need that the college is entering the Cyber World. St. Mary’s College is renowned in the District of Puttalam and Island wide and this endeavor will bring it to Global level. I wish to appreciate this endeavor of the Old Boys’ Association of the College. It is in a way tribute to their ‘Alma Master’. Also wish God’s choicest blessings upon each and every one. The college together with Old Boys and parents, School Development Society may march towards success day by day, ensuring a brighter future.

Message From Rev. Fr. Jeewan Fernando

As St. Mary's College old boys association opens a new website before it's name i wish all the very best to their endevour. Old boys association has contributed immensely for the uplifting of the college thoughout the history it is pleasing to see they carry an their good work even at present. It's important that the association opens itself for the whole globe in this new era as many past students of its alma mater living all around the world. I wish and pray that the old boys association brings present sons through these erderours. may god bless you !

Message From Principal (Mr. Munasinghe Parakrama)

Our hope is that this website will provide Marians with the most up-to-date, relevant and important information so that all the stakeholders can stay informed.Please feel free to explore the website to learn more about the extra-curricular activities that are available to students, sports achievements, upcoming special events, important announcements, college and career information and so much more. On a regular basis, you will be able to review the many great accomplishments of our staff and students.
We are extremely proud of the consistent improvement in our student records.The College web Site will create an opportunity to publish to all the Marians across the globe.
I wish all the very best for the Executive Management Committee Of OBA ‘2019 and for initiating the Official web site and I have a feeling that this will lead the College to new era.

Message From Vice President of Old Boy's Association (Mr. Jan Samaranayake)

As the Vice President of Old Boys Association, St.Mary’s College I feel honoured and privileged to write this message at the launch of the new website. This new website is specifically designed to disseminate information about college OBA activities to Centralites worldwide. Its structure has user-friendly menus to readily access the various events and extra curricular activities of College including the latest news on Old boys’ Association. It gives me great pleasure to welcome our old boys, their families and our friends to celebrate this historic event of launching the Official web site to our “Almar Matar “St.Mary’s College,Chilaw Finally, I wish to thank my committee members and specialist Mr.Shalitha Soysa in our Association for his valuable contribution and for making this task less burdensome. Without their support, we could not have moved forward.

Message From Old Boy's Association Secretary (Mr. Rashmika Piumal Fernando)

While we realize and acknowledge that a website is as vital as to the identity and credibility of an entity, we strongly believe that the same will serve as a critical flat form for virtual communication, coordination and long-term relationship in today’s dynamic Rat Race where Old Marians live and thrive everywhere, globally. I am certain that the newly structured website will be of great opportunity to all Old Marians and the gradual build-up of the site will offer all possible features of an ideal website, in times to come. May I invite all “Marians” to visit us regularly and be part of this network to be updated on all the latest developments in St. Mary’s College, Chilaw.

The Message of the Divisional Director of Education, Chilaw.

It’s a Pleasure to offer my grattiude to the principal, OBA of St. Mary’s College, Chilaw for launching their official web site in 2019. The world has become a global village and it's a need to have a website to move and share the information with the relevant stakeholders of the school. I must appreciate the dedication of OBA to their regard and I like to say that the principal and OBA. has done a great work to develop the school with the help of OBA. That wil be a golden opportunity for the next generation and I would like to offer my sincere thank to all the stakeholders of school.

- R.M.T.W. Prasad, Divisional Secretary Education, Chilaw

The message by the Zonal Director of education, Chilaw

St.Mary’s Boys College has a golden image as a better school in Puttalm District and also throughout the country. The school has invented so many educated persons and professionals as well. The OBA and the principal of St.Mary’s Boys College is doing a remarkable task for the school. It is launching an official website and opening its doors to the whole world. I would like to offer my thanks to the principal and the OBA.

- S.M.A.M Saddhamangala, Zonal Director of Education. Chilaw

Ancestors Of SMC

Name	From	To
Bro.Caesar Albert	01.05.1933	-1935
Bro.Theodoret of Mary	17.06.1935	-1939
Bro.Antony Francis	30.04.1939	-1940
Bro.Vaclay Maria	25.08.1940	-1943
Bro.Hermenegild (acting	05.11.1943	-1944
Bro.Caesar Albert	16.01.1944	-1945
Bro.Cassian of Jesus	10.04.1945	-1946
Bro.Hugh Faringdon	01.01.1947	-1948
Bro.Anselm Calixtus	01.09.1948	-1950
Bro.Hugh Faringdon
Bro.Hermenegild Joseph	15.02.1950	-1953
Bro.Anselm Calixtus	02.05.1953	-1953
Bro.lawrence Justinian	26.06.1953	-1955
Bro.Glastian Oliver	29.06.1953	-1958
Bro.Hugh Faringdon	01.01.1959	-1959
Bro.lewis of Jesus	01.01.1960	-1965
(The school was handed over to Govt. on 08.10.1962)
Bro.Thomas Alphonsus	04.01.1966	-1968
Bro.Edwin Ambrose	01.06.1969	-1979
Bro.George de Silva	15.09.1979	-1986
Bro.Aloysius Stephen	20.10.1986	-1992
Bro.Placidus Fernando	15.01.1992	-1995
Bro.Sadalal Alwis	01.01.2011	-2016
Fr.Benate Shantha	01.01.2016	-2017

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St. Mary's College,
Puttalam Road, Chilaw,
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0322 222 390
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