The site of the Comboni Missionaries of Southern Sudan has been updated

New country, new website

The baby state brings to birth a new Comboni website

The site has been up-to-date

www.combonisouthsudan.org

On July 9, 2011, the Day of the Independence, during his address South Sudan’s first president Salva Kiir Mayardit appealed to citizens of the new republic to focus on unity based on cultural and ethnic diversity, which he said was a source of pride. “You may be a Zande, Kakwa, Lutuko, Nuer, Dinka or Shilluk, but first remember yourself as a South Sudanese” Kiir told thousands of joyful citizens. On his turn, Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir said that the newly independent Republic of South Sudan’s success "will be our success. We fulfill our commitment to help the new state of South Sudan in its first steps, because we want it to succeed, and because its success will be our success.”

Words of hope and vision of the future. Our hope is that they may become really true for the future generations for the baby Republic of South Sudan. What happened after 9^th July 2011 is under our eyes today and still there is  the need of a long journey of dialogue between the two countries with many contrasts and misunderstandings. But the Independence is a reality and call all the citizens of the South to a double efforts in becoming one Nation out of many tribes, tongues and people.

We Comboni Missionaries present in South Sudan want to follow the footsteps of our founder St. Daniel Comboni in our creative way as he was for all his journey of life. His struggle against slavery and the care and love for the people of Sudan was outstanding and inspiring. Many other Comboni missionaries lived and left their lives for Jesus and the people in this land of suffering and death but full of hopes and courage for the future despite the many difficulties. This Independence Day marked an historical accomplishment of the liberation of the people of South Sudan and of the dream of Daniel Comboni: Save Africa by Africa, Save Sudan by Sudanese.

On July 9, 2011, the Comboni Missionaries’ Province of South Sudan launched the baby website: www.combonisouthsudan.org that wants to be a bridge between us and the Comboni family and all the friends of South Sudan. In march 2012 the website has been updated and now it has a vision and a purpose.

Faithful to our charism for evangelization, missionary animation of the local churches and all the people of good will we want to reach out to the world with information about who we are as missionaries, where we are in South Sudan and what we are doing in the beloved land of Daniel Comboni. And if there are people who want to be in solidarity with the people of the new country, we have several projects in different fields to support the new generations. And why not? To come in South Sudan to give fully your lives at their service.

In the website you can find several information about the country of South Sudan, maps and documentations. Many important dossiers on several areas like education, health, peace building, human rights and many other issues. The daily news from three different agencies: CRN (Catholic radio network south sudan) MISNA, BBC. About St. Daniel Comboni, his missionaries, history of the province, spirituality and daily bible meditation and the Sunday reflections.

In the last revision done in December 2011 up to March 2012, people from 54 nations has already entered in contact with our website. So our invitation to all the sailors of internet is to become friends of the peoples of the new nation and of the mission of the Comboni Missionaries in South Sudan.
FR. DANIELE MOSCHETTI