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:
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
Catholic church came earlier to Sudan and they also open school at that earlier time.
Thank you for your hard work
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 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Am so glad to get this history of Nyamlel. May God bless the missionaries who work tirelessly to bring this history live.
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