by Elisa Feiritear | Apr 11, 2025 | 2025, Fr Alan in South Sudan, News, What we do
Back to School for Exams The Catholic University of South Sudan, Rumbek Campus experienced a good, but challenging semester. For fourteen weeks, lectures were held in a local Catholic secondary school. This return to familiar surroundings was a nostalgic experience...
by Karen Moloney | Feb 5, 2025 | 2025, Fr Alan in South Sudan, News, What we do
The Catholic Church in South Sudan is at the forefront of pastoral ministry in both education and health. Our impact is easily quantifiable by the number of students taught or patients treated. However, one of its most important roles is perhaps the most difficult to...
by Karen Moloney | Nov 28, 2024 | 2025, Fr Alan in South Sudan, News
November is a busy month in Rumbek. We are coming to the end of the year and students are preparing for their final exams. Before all that can happen, we had our graduation with our Senior 4 students. It is a time of sincere gratitude for all that has been achieved,...
by Elisa Feiritear | Nov 27, 2023 | Fr Alan in South Sudan, News
Whistling Tunelessly What is the meaning of happiness? Philosophers have speculated on the topic since the beginning of the human story. The answers provided to date are varied and many, but few would include driving along a dirt road, at night, in the rain, perched...
by Elisa Feiritear | Sep 25, 2023 | Fr Alan in South Sudan, World Youth Day
After a torturously long trip including a delayed flight in Addis, as well as a missed flight, an overbooked flight, and militantly disinterested support staff in Istanbul, we finally made it to Lisbon. Pilgrimages are not meant to be easy. In fact, some challenges...
by Elisa Feiritear | Aug 16, 2023 | Fr Alan in South Sudan, News
Ten days in Addis Ababa was unavoidable. If you want to get a Schengen Visa for four South Sudanese pilgrims to go to World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon there really is no other way other than through Ethiopia. In fact, conventional wisdom among those familiar...
