Friends in Solidarity
Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Poem
Gratitude for breathing Your Spirit in us for glorious dawning of each precious day Gratitude for where divine wisdom leads at every moment of life’s journey Gratitude for holding our humanity in Your gentle hands of healing compassion Gratitude for food shared and prepared concerned about hungry poor ones surviving with less than nothing Gratitude…
Friends in Solidarity welcomes Sister Barbara
Friends in Solidarity, Inc., is pleased to announce the addition of Sister Barbara Buckley, RSM to the staff as associate administrative officer. “Barbara sees her work with Friends in Solidarity as an opportunity to use her fundraising, writing, and administrative skills assisting Friends in Solidarity in building capacity among the people in South Sudan, a…
Update on STTC remote learning
The students of Solidarity Teacher Training College are unable to attend classes in person, but that has not stopped them from learning. The school’s remote learning program using smart phones continues, with staff members providing virtual instruction from Italy, Ireland and England. “The tutors, those within the college, and those who are in their own…
Independence Day in South Sudan
South Sudan enters its 10th year of independence on July 9. On this date in 2011, hope in the promise of this new nation was bright as the people emerged from decades of civil war. Ethnic discord, however, is not reconciled easily or rapidly. We need only to recall the 400 years it has taken…
Leap of faith: Remote learning for STTC
Distance learning in South Sudan is a new experience for everyone, and a challenge for most of those involved. It is one thing to quickly check your Facebook page, but quite another to download two or three pages of material to read, digest and then answer questions on. Unfortunately, South Sudan is not known for…
Letter from Fr. Jim Greene, Executive Director, Solidarity with South Sudan
May 30, 2020 Greetings! We hope that this letter finds you and your congregation/family healthy and recovering from any cases of COVID-19. You all have been in our prayers during this global pandemic that has brought sadness and grief to millions of families and communities and has hopefully changed the way we will live in…