De La Salle College, Colombo

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).

De La Salle College
Location
6.9623°N 79.8626°E / 6.9623; 79.8626 Mutwal, Colombo 01500 Sri Lanka
Information
Type	National School
Motto	Latin: Indivisa Manent (Remain Undivided)
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Established	1905
Founder	Rev. Br. Junianus Edward FSC
Director	Rev. Br. Joseph Jeyakanthan FSC
Grades	1 - 13
Gender	Boys
Enrolment	1250
Colour(s)	Red and blue
Affiliation	De La Salle Brothers of the Christian Schools
Alumni	Old LaSallians
Website	delasalle.lk

Directors / Principals

The college was inaugurated on 1 February 1905 by the LaSallian Brothers. Since then the school has been headed by many LaSallian Brothers as listed below.

Directors / Principals :

Junianus Edward	1905/02/01	Founder
Bartholomew Paul	1905/02/01	First Director
Edwin George	1905/02/01	First Sub Director
Augustine Joseph	1919 - 1923
Alexander Basil	1923 - 1925
Luke Gregory	1925 - 1931	Silver Jubilee
Claude Marie	1932 - 1933
Glastian Olivere	1933 - 1935
Wenceslaus	1935 - 1937
Caeser Albert	1937 - 1938
Emile OD Jeziza	1938 - 1940
Austin Anthony	1940 - 1943
Anselm Calixtus	1943 - 1945
Vincent Aloysius	1945 - 1946
Caeser Albert	1946 - 1949	Second Time
Glastian Olivere	1950 - 1951	Second Time
Austin Anthony	1951 - 1952	Second Time
Stanislaus Norbert	1952 - 1953	Acting Director
Hermenegild Joseph	1953 - 1958	Golden Jubilee
Stephen Harding	1958 - 1959
Vincent Joseph	1960 - 1961
T Alphonsus	1961 - 1966
Edwin Ambrose	1966 - 1969
Thomas Philip	1966 - 1967	Acting Director
Joseph Nicholas	1969 - 1972
A. Brenden	1972 - 1976
Eustace Bastian	1976 - 1978
Aloysius Stephen	1978 - 1986	Diamond Jubilee
Placidus Fernando	1986 - 1989
Ignatius Warnakula	1989 - 1992
Eustace Bastian	1992 - 1994	Second Time
Anil Fernando	1994 - 1995	Acting Director
Ernest Tarcisius	1995 - 2012	Centennial Jubilee
Newman Muthuthambi	2013 – 2020	OMI Priest
Joseph Jeyakanthan	2021 – up to now

House system

Rev Br Luke Gregory, introduced a house system, with four houses: Edward, Augustine, Luke and Hermenegild, each named after a De La Salle brother. This system is used for events such as inter-house sports and athletics.

Edward House

• Named after the Founder of the school Junianus Edward, guardian and the presiding genius of the De La Salle School from 1 February 1905 to 15 July 1925. German 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.
• House Colour : Green  

Augustine House

• The first college hall was built by Augustine Joseph FSC during his tenure as director of the college between 1919 and 1923.
• House Colour : Blue  

Luke House

• Named after Luke Gregory.
• House Colour : Red  

Hermenegild House

• Named after Hermenegild Joseph.
• House Colour : Yellow  

Sports & Games

Battle of the DEs

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.

External links

• Official website
• Old LaSallians Union
• La Sallian Federation of Sri Lanka
• World Union of Lasallian Former Students
• La Salle Colombo
• Archdiocese of Colombo