Monday, September 28, 2009

These photos reflect the history of the founding and mission of St. Teresa of the Child Jesus in Nyamlell, presented as the parish celebrates its 75th anniversary in October 2009. To read more about the history of the parish, go to blog entries below.

Father Olivetti in 1934




General governor visits Nyamlell in 1946




The first building, 1935





St. Teresa and her Dinka admirers





Brother Raimondi pretending to be a DDS



The beginning of the mission




A young man



Father Alberglisi and the local chief in 1940



A pastoral visit in 1947



The first school in the state, 1934



The River Lol



Crossing the River Lol



Walking in the flooded places



The church in 1954




An old woman



Father Olivetti with parish catechists




Making bricks



The rectory in 1950



Comboni missionaries in Nyamlell in 1955



Comboni Missionary Sisters in Nyamlell, including Sister Sidonia (right), who is nearly 100 years old, lives in the state capital and is ready to go to the Lord.

4 comments:

Athum said...

Thank God for the great work that has been done by the missoneries in South Sudan especially Nyamlel.May God bless them, mostly Fr Macheal D Barton who have working for almost half a century. in sudan
Athum Peter Nyamlel Comboni Missionery student

James Bol Bol Duer said...

Catholic church came earlier to Sudan and they also open school at that earlier time.
Thank you for your hard work

Deng Malek Dengdit said...

Am so glad to get this great history of Saint Theresa Parish of Nyamlel.
I really appreciate Daniel Adhal.
May God bless you and all the Missionaries who took their way to come and give us love, support specially Fr Michael Dê Barton.
God is great 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

Unknown said...

Am so glad to get this history of Nyamlel. May God bless the missionaries who work tirelessly to bring this history live.