Comboni Missionaries South Sudan
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" Mt 5,9
Dear Confreres in South Sudan, We accompany the situation of the country and of our confreres. We are very sorry for all the suffering and destruction that is going through the lives of the people. We accompany you all with our prayers and fraternal care. With the words of the Apocalypse and Pope Francis in Evangelii Gaudium I wish you […]
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04 April 2017 – Fr. Daniel Moschetti, a Comboni Missionary and former Provincial of the Comboni Missionaries of South Sudan Province, has set on a journey this Monday 3rd April 2017 to soon join a pilgrimage on foot to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. “I will walk for over 1000 kilometres from St. Jean Pied de Port, near Lourdes in France, […]
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03 April 2017 – Fr. Fernando Galarza, a Comboni Missionary working in South Sudan has begun an Easter missionary programme in one of the most isolated areas of the country. He wrote to say that on Saturday 1st April he and his colleagues have set on a pastoral journey to visit Christian communities over the next three weeks. The missionaries […]
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30 March 2017 – A large crowd of faithful gathered in St. Theresa’s Cathedral in Juba to mourn the former Provincial of the Sacred Heart Sisters, Sr. Roser Jane Adyero, who passed away on Saturday 25th March 2017 in Kampala, Uganda. The body of Sr. Jane Adyero was brought to Juba this Wednesday 29th March. Mourners spent the night in […]
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29 March 2017 – Fr. Jesus Aranda is a Comboni missionary who has been evangelising in South Sudan. His mission in Kajo-Keji has been heavily affected by the current crisis and conflicts. The entire population has moved away in a massive exodus to refugee camps in Uganda. Fr. Aranda and the other missionaries have left the area too to stay […]
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28 March 2017 – Servant of God Father Ezechiele Ramin, a Comboni missionary, killed in Brazil on July 24, 1985 concluded. The official act took place in his home parish, St. Joseph’s church in Padua, in the presence of members of the diocesan ecclesiastical Court, Comboni representatives, missionaries and many believers. The courtroom proceedings will now be delivered to the […]
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24 March 2017 – The residence of the missionaries and a workshop used as a vocational training centre have been looted in Kajo-Keji, South Sudan. That workshop had been set up to train people to develop skills and learn different professions such as carpentry, ironmonger mechanic, masonry, weaving and bakery. It also produced good quality furniture for schools, churches and […]
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23 March 2017 – A large crowd has turned up at St. Theresa Cathedral in Kator, Juba, this Wednesday 22nd March to pray for Late Bishop Rudolf Deng Majak of the Catholic Diocese of Wau, who passed away on 6th March in Germany. The body of the Late Catholic Bishop arrived in Juba in the afternoon, at 3:30 PM, and […]
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21 March 2017 – (By Bill Firman) – Currently, I am on home leave in Melbourne. I shall be back in South Sudan on Easter Sunday. One evening last week, I attended a function, organized by the Lasallian Foundation, on the 89th floor of the Eureka Tower from where one can look out with a panoramic view of the city. ‘There are more […]
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19 March 2017 – The Comboni Missionaries, a society of priests and brothers founded in Verona, Italy, on 1st June 1867 by Daniel Comboni, celebrate 150 years of foundation this year. A whole range of activities have been planed world-widely to mark this event. In South Sudan, where the founder Daniel Comboni himself worked as a missionary, celebrations have already […]
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