AMECEA: Secretariat Prays for Peace in South Sudan

The event which was attended by all AMECEA Staff and
neighbors started by the recitation of the Holy Rosary – (Light Mysteries) and
followed by the Eucharistic Celebration.

During the Holy Mass, Fr Don Bosco Ochieng who was the
Main Celebrant of the Eucharistic Celebration said that from the information they
were receiving from South Sudan a lot of atrocities are committed in the
country. “As usual the victims have been always the innocent ones; Women and
Children,” he said adding that “Since there is little progress in the Peace talks
in Addis Ababa, the only initiative remaining is through Prayers. Let us take
refuge to God.” 

Fr Bosco also invited the audience to pray for the souls
of the Victims of Ferry tragedy that happened on 12/01/2014 in River Nile, in
which more than 200 people, mainly women and Children died while fleeing fighting in the town of
Malakal, in South Sudan.

Speaking after the Prayer event the AMECEA Secretary
General Fr Ferdinand Lugonzo said AMECEA is in Solidarity with the suffering
Church of South Sudan. He asked the members who attended the Prayer Day  to continue praying for the country. “This is
the beginning as we should do this every day for that human initiatives
seem  not to be working  very well so we should seek God’s
intervention,” he said.

Fr Lugonzo is planning to visit South Sudan  next week as an act of Solidarity with Church
in South Sudan while also echoing the message of Peace already given by other people
and organizations.

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