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By Fr. Phillip Andruga – It was during my retreat in Mwangaza Jesuit Centre that, an insight fleshed through my mind in a form of a question. And I asked myself, why all this inhuman, brutal and senseless war in South Sudan? And to make the matter worse, it seems to me some people were enjoying and making merry out […]

By Sr. Akumu Lily – “Teaching is a beautiful profession, it’s a pity teachers are badly paid… because it is not just about the time they spend in school, but the time they spend in preparation, the time they spend on each individual student…” (Pope Francis, 2015 – Italy). Teachers are fundamental resources in educational institutions everywhere in the world. They […]

08 April 2017 – Death with Life contended: combat strangely ended. Life’s own Champion, slain, yet lives to reign (Easter Sequence) Dear confreres, May the celebration of the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus grant you peace and joy to proclaim his Gospel to the ends of the earth. For 150 years, our Institute of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart […]

07 April 2017 – My dear friends in the Risen Lord: On the first Easter morning the sorrowing women came to anoint the body of Jesus and are greeted with the astonishing words of the angel: “Why do you search for the Living One among the dead? He is not here. He has been raised up” (Luke 24:5-6). What a […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]