Comboni Missionaries South Sudan
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" Mt 5,9
13 March 2017 – A group of 45 grassroots church leaders from 14 Catholic parishes of the Archdiocese of Juba has attended a three days training workshop on Justice and Peace. The activity was held at the Good Shepherd Peace Centre in Kit, outskirt of Juba, from 09-11 March 2017. The participants, which included 11 priests and 11 women, have […]
» Read more
By Salvatori Adit – Bishop Rudolph Deng and I are old timers. He is older to me for two years. First time I met him was in 2001 in AMCEA office because I was told to go to Nazareth Parish Wau, and needed visas, I was told his relative was working in the Ministry of Religious Affairs in Khartoum. He […]
» Read more
Fr. Guido Oliana is a Comboni missionary priest and Professor at St. Paul Major Seminary in Juba. With nearly 30 years of missionary experience in Africa, Fr. Oliana has just written a book entitled “The Transforming Power of the Gospel. The Kairos of Mission. Explorations in Comboni Missionary Perspective”. The book is a collection of articles that have been written […]
» Read moreThe following is the full text of the Holy Father Francis’ message for Lent 2017 on the theme “The Word is a gift. Other persons are a gift”. Dear Brothers and Sisters, Lent is a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ’s victory over death. This season urgently calls us to conversion. Christians are asked […]
» Read more2017 LENT PASTORAL MESSAGE Ash Wednesday, March 1st 2017 WE PROLAIM A HUMILIATED CRUCIFIED CHRIST (1COR.1-36) Beloved brothers and sisters in our Lord, Jesus Christ, Great Lent, which we now begin, is traditionally a time in which we take a careful look at ourselves, our lives, and the direction in which we are going. In the common language of the […]
» Read more
28 February 2017 – South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) has made an appeal on the current humanitarian crisis of South Sudan. The appeal is addressed to the members of the International Community, International Ecumenical Church members through the World Council of Churches, and All Africa Conference of Churches, Friends of the People of South Sudan, ACT Alliance and Caritas […]
» Read more
24 February 2017 – The Provincials and Delegates of the Comboni Missionaries worldwide, gathered in Rome from 06-24 February, have sent a message of hope and encouragement to the people of South Sudan. In their message, the missionaries pray for peace and that South Sudan’s political leaders “may look beyond personal or group interests, and engage in a deep national […]
» Read more
16 February 2017 – Fr. Louis Okot Tony, the Provincial Superior of the Comboni Missionaries in South Sudan, writes to his fellow missionaries as he begins his three years term as Provincial, to express his gratitude, to encourage them in the making of a six year plan for the mission and to live the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of […]
» Read more
09 February 2017 – Fr. Jesus Aranda, the parish priest of the Catholic Sacred Heart Parish in South Sudan’s Kajo-Keji has said in a communication that he and the other missionaries working in that area are all fine. However, they “feel afflicted, downhearted and sad for what has taken place in Kajo-Keji County over the past few weeks”. In January […]
» Read more
06 February 2017 – The Justice and Peace Office of the Comboni Missionaries in South Sudan has produced and published a Justice and Peace Manual – a Tool for Parish Justice and Peace Committees. It is a comprehensive Justice and Peace handbook that has been produced in English and translated into Bari, Nuer, Dinka and Arabic. […]
» Read more