South Sudan News

The Friends in Solidarity board of directors met Saturday, May 11, at the LCWR offices in Silver Spring, Maryland.  Above from left: Brother Craig Franz, FSC; Sister Joan Mumaw, IHM, Friends in Solidarity chief administrative officer, and the Rev. Robert ...
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Message from Sister Joan Mumaw, IHM I was left speechless as I viewed the video of Pope Francis kissing the feet of the president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, and four of the five designated vice-presidents of the interim government ...
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Volunteer ministry positions are available with Solidarity with South Sudan. Solidarity has put out an appeal to men and women religious and to laypeople to help continue its mission to help the people of South Sudan build peaceful, sustainable communities ...
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Bon Secours Mercy Health System has been a major supporter of Solidarity with South Sudan since 2015. Camille Grippon, system director of Global Ministries for Bon Secours Mercy Health, explains that "there are a lot of synergies" with the mission ...
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Above image from left: Br. Bill Firman, FSC; Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro, FSCJ, Juba, South Sudan; Fr. Jim Greene, MofAFR Solidarity with South Sudan is going through a major transition this month. During the April Board meeting in Rome, Brother ...
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“Prioritizing hope… is a brave and bold thing to do.” The above quote by Ava Du Vernay in an article entitled “Seeing the Bright Side” (Time, February 28, 2019) seems an apt approach to writing about the work of Solidarity ...
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The Good Shepherd Peace Center opened in October 2016. It is the only Catholic retreat and conference center in South Sudan. Sister Annette St. Amour, IHM, works at the center. For the past five years, her ministry has encompassed ongoing ...
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"In the Catholic Church, we believe in the dignity of each person... Regardless of a person’s ethnic group, we are all sons and daughters of our Good God. As this truth takes hold of each person’s consciousness, then South Sudan ...
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Canadian native Sister Barbara Paleczny, SSND, has lived and worked in South Sudan for the past 10 years. "Every day, I find that it is a privilege to be here in South Sudan walking with our people; I celebrate that ...
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