TOUCHED BY THE TESTIMONY OF ST. DANIEL COMBONI AND HIS MISSIONARIES: LIVES LIVED AT THE SERVICE OF CHRIST AMONG THE POOREST

By Komakech James Kenyi – Saint Daniel Comboni is to me such an extraordinary missionary with an inspiring vision and holistic missionary approach. He heroically managed to fulfil his dream to serve the people of the Vicariate of Central Africa and those who inherited his Charism carry on his mission. At the very beginning of his missionary endeavour Comboni used […]

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SOUTH SUDAN: A CUP OF TEA

By Bill Firman – The basic things we need for daily living we often simply assume they will be there. Not so in South Sudan where very little can be taken for granted. When I first came to South Sudan in 2009, I lived in Malakal. Most people there cooked on charcoal but we were lucky enough to be able […]

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VERY BASIC PROBLEMS IN SOUTH SUDAN

By Bill Firman – The fighting, the killing, the raping, the savagery of the civil war in South Sudan, make the headline news but among the quiet and peaceful, general populace there are some very basic problems facing the people, especially those who live in the PoC camps or the large towns. Powdered milk, tea, coffee, sugar and all kinds […]

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COMBONI MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN: ‘WE CONTINUE TO WORK AS MISSIONARIES IN EXILE’

Fr. Jesus Aranda is a Comboni missionary working among South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda. Fr. Aranda and other three missionaries were initially based in Kajo-Keji County, South Sudan, under the Catholic Diocese of Yei. These four Comboni missionaries and the people they evangelise have been forced to leave their parish and mission due to armed conflicts and insecurity in […]

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HOPE FOR PEACE! MESSAGE OF CAUTION ON THE 06TH YEARS SOUTH SUDAN INDEPENDENCE

Message of Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio & President of Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference Ref. NO MONEY! NO PEACE! NO CELEBRATION OF SOUTH SUDAN 06TH INDEPENDENCE DAY This fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary time, in our Catholic Liturgical Calendar coincides with the sixth years of independence of the Republic of South Sudan. How do I […]

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‘A HEARTFELT APPEAL FOR THE TRAGIC SITUATION IN SOUTH SUDAN’: POPE FRANCIS’ MESSAGE TO THE HEADS OF STATE AND OF GOVERNMENT OF THE G20

By Vatican Radio – Pope Francis has sent a Message to the participants in the G20 meeting taking place in Germany July 7-8. The Message is addressed to the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, and details what the Holy Father recognizes as four principles of action for the building of fraternal, just and peaceful societies: time is greater than space; […]

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“YES, GOD SO LOVED”

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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