Sri Lanka, Sept. 6 -- The hallowed intention of this write-up is to share the moulding process at home, with those families having the potential to dedicate their family members to receive the vocation of the holy sacrament of the Priesthood. Towards such an end, we as siblings of Rt. Rev. Dr. Winston Fernando, S.S.S., the Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, having experienced and witnessed such a moulding process at our home, is humbly elated to recapitulate the same, which encouraged Winston to take up this long and dedicated sacred assignment of service in the Lord's Vineyard, as follows.

Winston was born in Moratuwa on January 16, 1945, as the 2nd son to our enduring Catholic Parents, viz. Joseph Eugene Victor Fernando (Govt. Servant) and C...