Shehan Mario Fernando Kandanearachchi es a seminarian from the Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
His family consists of his parents and 2 siblings., of which the eldest is also a seminarian. His father is recently retired, his mother is a housewife and her younger brother continues with his civil studies.
"Thanks to my family's Christian upbringing my older brother and I. we were able to recognize the priestly vocation among our own family.. Upon completion of my studies and high school in a catholic school, I started working in a bank while I was studying. accounting and finance, although I could not finish it because of my entrance to the seminar..
Since I was a child I have felt love for the Eucharist and Our Lady, who are my great motives to become a priest, God willing.
I am very grateful for the formation and the seeds of priestly life that I received in the first years of my formation in my country. I have been in priestly formation for seven years, the first five of which were in my country. - one of minor seminary, one propaedeutic and three philosophy courses at St. Francis Xavier major seminary y Our Lady of Sri Lanka National Seminary. I have two years wonderful here at the Bidasoa International Seminar, which has been of great spiritual benefit and intellectual formation, a formation that gives birth and grows a desire to serve God through the Church. This has been a total adventure and a blessing., living and training in Bidasoa, place that presents me with high standards for a priest which only with love for Jesus the Eucharist can I achieve., in honor of the Blessed Virgin and loyalty to the Church."
"I am aware that the priestly vocation is not an isolated development., but a collaboration of spiritual, material and service support from many good-hearted people, of whom I have no doubt that they will see their reward in eternity. I remember them at every Holy Mass with much affection and gratitude from your sacrifices and generosity for this formation that God has designed for me..
While assuring my prayers for you, I commit to take every opportunity and every moment of my formation to grow and identify myself with Jesus in order to bring Him much closer to me as a priest, With God's grace."
