South Sudan
Letter from Fr. Mike in Malakal
Greetings from South Sudan, where we, like much of the world, are under lockdown, and domestic and international airline flights are canceled. To date, there are still only five confirmed cases of the coronavirus nationwide, but without any testing on a national scale, we do not know how many are infected and all we can…
Solidarity to manage Good Shepherd Peace Center
Solidarity with South Sudan has just assumed responsibility for the management and programming at the Good Shepherd Peace Center at Kit, an hour’s drive from Juba. Four new Solidarity staff members form the core of the Solidarity Pastoral Team, and have just moved to Kit. The center, owned by the Religious Superiors Association of South…
COVID-19 and Solidarity with South Sudan
Working from home is a challenge for many of us. However, as I have a home to work from, food to eat and access to friends and family via phone and social media, I can’t help thinking about my Solidarity friends in South Sudan. South Sudan has not registered a case of the coronavirus, and…
GSR: Sisters strengthen efforts amid coronavirus strain
“The sudden onslaught of the coronavirus impresses upon us our oneness with the global community. All are affected,” said Sister Joan Mumaw, a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the president and chief administrative officer for the Maryland-based Friends in Solidarity, the U.S. partner to Solidarity with South Sudan. Sisters strengthen efforts amid…
Sister Barbara helping South Sudanese overcome trauma
Sister Barbara Paleczny, a Canadian School Sister of Notre Dame, has lived in South Sudan for nine years, after earlier ministries in Canada, Great Britain, Bolivia and the United States. Her work has focused on spirituality and social justice concerns and includes co-founding the South Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the Center for Spirituality…
Q & A with Sister Joan Mumaw
Chris Herlinger, international correspondent for Global Sisters Report, recently interviewed Sister Joan Mumaw, IHM, about her trip to South Sudan in November 2019. As the president and chief administrative officer for the Maryland-based Friends in Solidarity, the U.S. partner to Solidarity with South Sudan, Sister Joan Mumaw has become a passionate advocate for peace and…