Friends in Solidarity
Pastoral ministry provides healing, hope
The Solidarity Pastoral Team at Good Shepherd Peace Center in Kit offers retreats, ongoing formation for priests, and training for catechists. Trauma accompaniment is an important aspect of pastoral work in this war-ravaged country. Solidarity with South Sudan provides expertise, workshops and follow-up to numerous groups, preparing and empowering agents of continuity in this healing…
Building capacity in Riimenze
Solidarity with South Sudan’s Sustainable Agricultural Project works to secure livelihoods. The farm in Riimenze employs 34 local farmers, and 80 more workers from the surrounding communities. It provides income opportunities, especially for women. Solidarity also runs a nutrition training program for women. In 2019, more than 40 tons of food were harvested from 75…
Building Capacity in South Sudan
In July 2021, Friends in Solidarity is celebrating 10 years of independence for South Sudan. Sister Joan invites you to join us in supporting the good work of Solidarity with South Sudan! Watch video message from Sister Joan
Learning to walk in the way of peace
Learning to walk in the way of peace! In this second half of May as we awake from April’s cruel ending– The shooting of our Bishop-elect, Christian Carlassera in Rumbek; After receiving news of random killings in Yei, in the countryside of Torit, and horrors beyond South Sudan: Ignited conflicts between Israeli and Palestinian brethren,…
COVID-19: Vaccine equity a global concern
The African continent with few exceptions has been spared the ravages of COVID-19. As of May 15, 2021, there are 10,650 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Sudan, 115 deaths and a positivity rate of 1.4 percent. More than 150,000 people have been tested; rural areas are unaffected at this point in time, and most…
Seeing Jesus in our sisters and brothers in South Sudan
In Matthew 25, Jesus instructs us about entering the Kingdom: “Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Good Friday is not the end of the story. After suffering pain, betrayal, duplicity, cowardice, cruelty, Jesus still believes that the human spirit, infused with…