Comboni Missionaries South Sudan
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" Mt 5,9
God is the God of surprises. And his surprises, even though challenging, carry always a blessing. I did not expect this appointment, but I welcome it with spirit of faith and availability. May the loving plan of God for the Church of Rumbek and South Sudan be accomplished. I am grateful to pope Francis and the Church for the love […]
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I take this opportunity to announce the publication of a book that I authored. Unfortunately, at the moment the book is available only in the Italian language as it is an Italian publication. I wrote to remember and celebrate my years spent in Fangak. I gave myself neither to a historical study nor to a theological reflection of the mission. […]
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The story of Father Stefano Trevisan (Freely translated from an article in AVVENIRE) Why should a young person who has succeeded in fulfilling the dream of his life and became a ski instructor on the mountains of Northern Italy choose to go to South Sudan, among the villages where everything is missing and where the greatest dream of people is […]
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“I make common cause with every one of you and the happiest of my days will be when I shall be able to give my life for you” (St. Daniel Comboni, Khartoum, Sudan, May 1873) On July 31, 1943, Modi Abel Nyorko, was born in Terekeka to Elizabeth Kaku Jube and Nyorko Jangara of Yoyom large family of Moridi […]
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My Name is Bro. Paolo Rizzetto. I am currently working in Mary Immaculate Hospital in Mapuordit. The hospital belongs the Diocese of Rumbek but managed by the Comboni Missionaries. It is located in Lakes State (South Sudan). I have been a Comboni Missionary since 2007 and I have been given the chance to live, study and work in three different […]
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This year the communities of provincial house and pre-postulancy have organized a public lecture at the Catholic University of South Sudan under the theme: St Daniel Comboni encountering the youth. It was held on Saturday 5 October. The context of the lecture was the extraordinary missionary month with the invitation: Baptised and sent. Fr. Louis Okot was the main speaker […]
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On Saturday 24th of August, about one thousand youth and children gathered at our Comboni community of Moroyok to celebrate the 54thanniversary of the martyrdom of Fr Barnaba Deng. Fr Louis Okot, provincial superior, celebrated the Holy Eucharist and stressed the theme of discipleship underlining the word given by Jesus to the two young men that wished to be his disciples: “Come […]
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On Sunday 28 July 2019, nearly thirty thousand people filled the playground of Christ the King Parish (Malakal) to attend the consecration of Fr Stephen Nyodho Ador as the new Bishop of Malakal diocese. His appointment follows a ten-year apostolic administration lead by Msrg. Roko Taban marked also by the conflict that started on December 2013 and the consequent terrible destruction. The city […]
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We experienced a great joy in St. Joseph the Worker parish, in Leer, Unity State. After more than 5 years the missionaries had the possibility to visit Mayandit and Koch counties, which had been unreachable for long time because of the situation of war and violence in the territory of the parish. For more than 4 years the missionaries were […]
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The two years in the noviciate of Lusaka had good contents in the formative encounters, conferences, apostolates, timetable. There was also a positive experience of internationality among the members of the community: Novices were coming from six different countries of Africa. This experience helped me to become free from by working on my thorn in the flesh, developing docility in […]
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