RELIGIOUS SUPERIORS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH SUDAN JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN P. O. Box 21102-00505 Nairobi, Kenya rsass113@gmail.com Tel: +211 956191126 +211 954896114 +211 54470012 http://rsasouthsudan.blogspot.com/ KIT CENTER NEWS no. 8 Report on funding and development Center for Human, Pastoral and Spiritual Formation, Peace Building and Trauma Healing for South Sudanese and Church Personnel - lay, clergy and religious in Kit near Juba, SOUTH SUDAN Dear friends, donors, sponsors and benefactors. Peace be with you! Juba, November 2016 How are you? We have come to the last issue of KIT NEWS No. 8. On 15 th October 2016 we have finally inaugurated officially the GOOD SHEPHERD PEACE CENTER of Kit. There were almost one thousand people and a very good atmosphere among the crowd who participated in this great and important event for us and the People of South Sudan. You can read more below. Our press release we have sent around to the local and international media houses. The Center has been a great achievement and this thanks to your solidarity, prayers and financial support. It has been a great pleasure to work and collaborate with each one of you and now after the is accomplished, we ask a special blessing from the Lord for each one of you. I and the executive of RSASS continue to count on you for the future activities done in the GOOD SHEPHERD PEACE CENTER. The residential religious team in Kit will continue to get in touch with you not any more through the usual KIT NEWS but with the GOOD SHEPHERD PEACE CENTER NEWS. A regular and short magazine will show the activities and reflections coming from the programs of the Peace Center. The team will get in touch with you and continue our great collaboration and friendship. The dream we had together has been accomplished and it is great to mention that when the Lord is in our midst and people dream together..everything is possible even in South Sudan in spite of the civil war! May God bless you all! FR. DANIELE MOSCHETTI, MCCJ, CHAIRPERSON RSASS Press Release The project of the combined Catholic Religious in South Sudan (RSASS) to build a centre for human, pastoral and spiritual formation, peace building and trauma healing for South Sudanese at Kit near Juba, was launched officially by Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro on 11th October 2014. On Saturday, 15 th October, 2016, this centre, now named the Good Shepherd Peace Centre was officially blessed and opened by the Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan, Archbishop Charles Balvo, assisted by the Archbishop of Juba, three other Bishops, an apostolic administrator and a large number of Diocesan and Religious priests. A crowd or more
than 800 people, including several ambassadors and local dignitaries, gathered for this joyful occasion. Given the conflict within the country and the difficulty this posed in bringing in materials and employing a capable workforce, the completion of this Centre is a remarkable achievement. The project has been built within budget, with most of the funds donated by Italian and German Catholic charities, some international NGOs, on land leased from the St Martin de Porres Brothers and also financially supported by several Catholic religious congregations present in South Sudan. There are forty, en-suite bedrooms each capable of accommodating two beds plus a youth hostel that can accommodate sixty people. With spacious conference and dining rooms, a central chapel and many seminar rooms and outdoor tukuls, on a peaceful site near the Kit river, it is expected that this quality, purpose-built facility will be a very positive force in the search for peace in South Sudan. The simple but profound message above the chapel entrance says: Be at Peace. The initial community to staff the Centre consists of a South Sudanese Comboni Priest, two members of Solidarity with South Sudan - a Vincentian priest from the Philippines, and a Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary from the USA - plus a Jesuit priest from Rwanda and a St Martin De Porres Brother from Uganda. It is being staffed by a team living unity in diversity. That in itself is a message to South Sudan in working together in fraternity for a common vision and future. The President of the Religious Superiors Association in South Sudan (RSASS), Fr Daniele Moschetti, Provincial of the Comboni Missionaries, gave special thanks to all who have contributed to achieve this common dream for the people of South Sudan and in a special way the Supervising Engineer, Br Hans Eigner and to the Building Contractor, Mr. Robert Andama, for their energy and commitment to quality while completing this large centre in 17 months. Tribute was paid to both the Christian and Muslim workers, Ugandan and South Sudanese, who worked side by side with respectful harmony to complete this Centre. The Centre is open to people of all faiths. That the Centre exists at all shows that a lot can be achieved against the odds. It is a gift of hope for the people of South Sudan, especially for all who will receive formation from this centre. It is also a great sign from the religious and the Local Church that the Catholic Church is concretely committed for peace, justice and reconciliation in the country through their personnel and structures. 1. Progress on building site until October 2016 and some pictures of Inauguration of the Center. Entrance of the Center
Overview of the center The heavy conflict of July 2016 jn Juba has made the progress of works more difficult. Nevertheless, with many committed and faithful people we managed to complete the center in time. View from south east View from north east Procession of the Bishops and priests The Nuncio Charles Balvo with Bishops of SS
Nuncio Archbishop Charles Balvo blessing the chapel Archbishop Paulino blessing one of the halls Blessing of the team of the center Blessing of the big dining hall workers, who built the Center Blessing of the
Celebration Kitchen 2 Kitchen 1 viewing the accommodations Last amendments
Power room Industrial batteries The Solar panels powering the center
2. The contract payments up to now (overview). detailed accounts will be given to all who contributed to the Project so generously)
3. Fundraising for the Project For Money transfer we ask you kindly to use the Swift Code of Kenya: The account No. is: 550 219 8731 Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), P.O. Box 48400-00100 Moi Ave. Nariobi/Kenya, Swift Code: KCBLKENX. Account name is: Religious Superiors ASS. of S.S. International Donors 2014-15 Euro USD 24-Oct-14 Mensen met een Missie, NL 20.000 24.900,00 18-Nov-14 St Patricks Kiltigan Fathers, Ireland 10.000,00 05-Dec-14 Mill Hill Order (Fr Jacob, Nairobi) 2.300 2.952,48 12-Dec-14 Fatima Shrine, Portugal 2.750 3.355,00 12-Dec-14 Centro Missionario Vincenza, IT 10.000 12.200,00 21-Jan-15 Fondazione Fontana, IT 50.000 56.500,00 22-Jan-15 Diocese of Eichstaett, Germany 15.000 16.473,00 27-Feb-15 Comboni Missionaries, North America Province, USA 24.970,00 17-Mar-15 Centro Missionario Padova, MCCJ, Italy 487,80 07-Apr-15 Missionsprokur der deutschen Provinz der Jesuiten, Germany 53.000,00 13-Apr-15 Conferenza Episcopale Italia, CEI, IT 1.525.521 1.577.014,68 23-Apr-15 Generalate Comboni Missionaries, Roma, IT 9.952,00 23-Apr-15 Mr Marco Bassani, IT 250,00 23-Apr-15 Verona Procure Comboni Fathers, IT 1.500 1.650,00 30-Apr-15 Pax Christi, Germany 522,32 08-May15 Catholic Foreign Mission Society -Maryknoll, USA 19.965,00 13-May15 Catholic Relief Services CRS, USA 25.000,00 19-May15 Comboni Nigrizia, MCCJ, Verona, IT 10.811,40 04-Jun-15 Scottish Catholic Int Aid Fund (SCIAF), Scotland 12,000 GBP 14.864,50 12-Jun-15 Archdiocese of Munich - Freising, Germany 55.000,00 15-Jun-15 Diocese of Mainz, Gerrmany 5.486,80 25-Jun-15 Kindermissionswerk Aachen, Germany, (1st Instalment) 58.847,00 21-Jul-15 Archdiocese of Bamberg, Germany 15.750,00 21-Jul-15 Franciscan Missionaries, Germany 10.000 10.500,00 21-Jul-15 Diocese of Augsburg, Germany 10.000 10.500,00 31-Jul-15 IHM Sisters Munro USA 5.000,00 26-Aug-15 Franciscan Missionaries, Germany 30.000 33.600,00 31-Aug-15 CAFOD, England 15,000(GBP) 23.550,00 03-Sep-15 Bischoefliche Diocese Wuerzburg, Germany 12.000 13.080,00 28-Sep-15 Kindermissionswerk Aachen, Germany, (2nd Instalment) 58.862,00 23-Oct-15 Spanish Episcopal Conference vis Apostolic Numcio, Spain 22.000,00 11-Dec-15 Stiftung fur Umwelt Gegen Armut, Germany 9.000,00 11-Dec-15 Vicariate Azzate (VA), IT 8.000 8.910,00 23-Dec-15 Anonymous Contribution for Furnishings, NL 64.071,07 28-Dec-15 Generalate Comboni Missionary Sisters, Rome, IT 9.952,00 29-Dec-15 GRC Breganze (VA), IT 5.464,05 31-Dec-15 Diocese of Freiburg, Germany 20.000 21.440,00 2016 29-Jan-16 Catholic Relief Services SS, USA 25.000,00
29-Jan-16 Missio Int. Kath. Missionswerk Munich, Germany 32.067,90 24-Feb-16 Kindermissionswerk Aachen, Germany, (3rd Instalment) 39.226,00 28-Feb-16 Srs of Charity of St Jeanne Antide Thouret 1.000,00 04-Apr-16 Diocese of Freiburg(Stiftung), Germany 30.000 33.000,00 07-Apr-16 CRS Support for Kit Residentail quarters, USA 29.200,00 29-Apr-16 Sorriso per il Sudan Onlus, Casorezzo MI, IT 9.957,50 17-May16 Diocese Brixen-Bozen, IT 22.143,95 19-May16 Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation (SCCRR, Nairoibi) 35.000,00 27-May16 Kindermissionswerk Aachen, Germany, (4th Instalment) 39.257,81 01-Jun-16 Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany 54.000 59.400,00 27-Jun-16 Generalate. Missionary Sisters Mary 4.985,00 19-Jul-16 Loreto IBVM Beaufort Grange, England 10.000,00 21-Oct-16 Michael Green, Australia 975,00 28-Oct-16 Piccolle della Apostole Carita, IT 2.493,50 TOTAL 2.639.587,76 Local Donors 2014-15 2014-15 SSP USD 30-Aug-14 Rent on Emmaus House Investment 42.000,00 11-Oct-14 Collection at Blessing 562 114,69 11-Oct-14 Collection at Blessing 50,00 16-Oct-14 Trevor Kandiah, Juba 5.000 1.020,41 16-Oct-14 Hash House Harriers, Juba 5.000 1.020,41 12-Dec-14 Comboni Province South Sudan 5.000,00 2016 2016 02-Sep-16 Daughters Of Mary Immaculate 5.000 66,67 04-Sep-16 Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Africa 1.000,00 04-Sep-16 St Joseph Brothers Wau 2.000 26,67 14-Sep-16 Medical Missionaries of Mary 1.000,00 15-Sep-16 Solidarity with South Sudan 4.000,00 22-Sep-16 Salesians of Don Bosco 3.000,00 22-Sep-16 Good Shepherd Sisters 2.000 26,67 19-Sep-16 CRS Support for set-up costs 6.162,54 22-Sep-16 Salesians of Don Bosco 3.000,00 06-Oct-16 Spiritan Fathers 1.002,00 06-Oct-16 Sacred Heart Sisters 200,00 TOTAL 68.690,05 14-Aug-15 Interest on Fxsed Deposit Investment 6805,48 28-Nov-15 Interest for 3 months @1.5% less Witholding tax! 3402,74 TOTAL 10.208,22 TOTAL INCOME 2.718.486,03 We thank all donors wholeheartedly for their generous contribution. Sincere greetings, thanks and God bless you.