Comboni Missionaries South Sudan
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" Mt 5,9
“The present article has been written as part of the celebrations to mark 150 years of the Comboni Institute and is intended to offer some elements for reflections about formation for missionary life in view of the future. The first part is basically a sharing about three missionary experiences that I have had. The second part gives some contributions for […]
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First of all, I thank God from the deepest of my heart for the gift of my life and I offer Him this life-giving gift in return. My name is Oswald Baptist Abakar Abushaka, originally from Wau Diocese in the South Sudan. I am a Comboni missionary priest. I come from a small South Sudanese ethnic community called Golo from […]
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We live in a world torn apart by a variety of forces. The scale of violence is on the rise. Look at our situation here in South Sudan, our neighbours in the Central African Republic, fundamentalism in the Muslim world, terrorism in the western world and other parts of the world. Try to have a glance on relationships! Things are […]
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The solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is celebrated this Friday, June 23. The General Council of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus sends a message to all members of their congregation: “Let us therefore live this Feast so dear to all of us with our gaze fixed on the Heart of Jesus, allowing ourselves to be […]
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Today’s secularization brought forth many side effects: youth find difficult to walk the right path of their vocation. Youth often prefer to choose the easy way of what they feel to do rather than what they are asked for. Youth are often attracted by what society proposes: great positions, career, easy money and success. But all these things hardly fulfil […]
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I cannot forget the amazing experience of my first arrival in the midst of my beloved people of Nyal, in South Sudan, on the past 3rd February 2017. When I got off the helicopter at the end of the trip all the way from Juba, my attention was immediately attracted by the songs and dances of so many people who […]
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“Save Africa by Africa“. This was the motto of Saint Daniel Comboni that echoes through time and beyond borders; as a result, many responded and crossed over oceans and borders to carry on the work the founder of the Comboni missionaries, St. Daniel Comboni, had began and believed in. God calls us with our qualities and weaknesses and entrusts us […]
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It is days since the worst happened on the day of Pentecost in which our beloved Dad in Christ returned home to his Father and our Father! I have just learnt of the sudden pass on of Rev. Fr. Pietro Ravasio, a Comboni priest from Italy. Fr. Pietro Ravasio worked in my diocese of Tombura-Yambio, South Sudan, for over 23 […]
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“The missionary who lacks a strong awareness of God and a lively interest in his glory and the good of souls is without the right attitude for his ministry, and will end by finding himself in a kind of emptiness and intolerable isolation”. – St. Daniel Comboni Thirty years have gone by since I first encountered Fr. Sina Ottorino Philip, […]
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On Saturday 10 June, Fr Francis Chemello, a Comboni Missionary, presented his new book to an audience of more than 100 invited guests. Some were diocesan clergy, religious and lay faithful. There were also about 30 students of Juba Comboni Secondary School. The book is entitled “The Comboni Missionaries in South Sudan – An Outline History”. It has two parts. […]
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