Good Shepherd Peace Center
Retreat center offers a ‘calm place’ in the midst of war
Every once in a while, Sister Rosa Anthony needs to get away from it all. A Sister of Charity who serves as a teacher in Rejaf, South Sudan, Sister Rosa looks forward to opportunities to come to the Good Shepherd Peace Center in Kit. The center is the home base for Solidarity with South Sudan’s…
Resilient South Sudanese women deserve peace, respect, dignity
There was a growing sense of anticipation in South Sudan about the visit of Pope Francis to this country, originally scheduled for July, but now postponed. We are all so disappointed and are praying for the pope to be on his feet soon and to be able to come to South Sudan and the Democratic…
Solidarity expands trauma healing workshops
Joyce Charles is blind because of war. She was a young girl in 1992, when Sudan’s civil war swept through her home town of Juba. Her mother, fearing for the family’s safety, fled with Joyce to the sparsely-populated countryside. That meant Joyce missed getting vaccinated for measles, a common problem for displaced populations. “So when…
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,…
Reflection: The Good Shepherd
In our fourth Sunday of Easter, we meditate on the beautiful words of Jesus Christ where he calls himself the Good Shepherd. (John 10:11-18). When talking of sheep or cattle in South Sudan, we think more of an open landscape, a vast wilderness where shepherds, usually middle- aged men or adolescent boys, travel with their…
Reflection: Bari Sacred Holy Week
What if the Bari Sacred Holy Week mirrored the Christian Holy Week Celebrations? The Bari is one of the 64 indigenous tribes of South Sudan. They occupy the center of the Central Equatorial State. Precisely, the defunct Jubek State with its capital Juba, the current Juba County. Bari people have traditional ways of preparing for…