Loreto Schools Rumbek

We wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy and blessed new year 🙏🏿🎄💫

"This experience changed my life." was one of the insights we heard in our final reflection. 53 young adults joined the youth retreat in the Loreto compound this week. The days were filled with listening to God's word and to each other, reflecting on our lives and ourselves and with prayers and silence. And, we learned a lot about ourselves, God's calls in our lives and God's love and forgiveness, which can change our lives when we dare to open our hearts for him. Grateful and with a strong desire for more activities like this retreat, all the young people returned home to their families, ready to celebrate Christmas - the incarnation of God in our hearts.

We were very surprised and delighted to receive these wonderfully designed and heartfelt Christmas greetings from the students of Loreto Grammar School. We send our warmest greetings in return and wish you and your families a very happy and blessed Christmas. 🎄❤️

Yesterday, laughter was audible throughout the whole Loreto compound. We had a funny experiment in the upper primary school—students played teachers, and teachers played students. At the end, Santino, a student, told us: "It was good playing teacher because it enables us to see what we sometimes put our teachers through. I played the role of headteacher, and I can tell that organizing the learners from assembly to checking the dress code is not easy. Sometimes we make unnecessary noise for teachers, hence giving them a hard time.” Mujja, a teacher, added: “Acting the role of learner wasn’t as easy as it seems. You have to follow the rules, behave respectfully and carry out your assigned duties. This sometimes makes learners feel confined. Understanding these learners are growing and would want to try out everything and follow their peers is important. All in all, everything was good, and it felt good being a learner for a day after a long time. It brought back all my primary school memories.".

The Honorary Fellowship is the highest distinction of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and is given for outstanding achievement. Yesterday, Sr Orla received this Honorary Fellowship for her “remarkable commitment to education and equality”. We are very proud and congratulate Sr Orla wholeheartedly.

Over 500 healthcare professionals join RCSI’s network of Fellows and Members RCSI welcomed 519 healthcare professionals into its global community of Fellows and Members during a conferring ceremony held yesterday at the College’s St Stephen’s Green campus. More ...

"I have felt energized, inspired and equipped with new tools and strategies to empower my students," said Chadrack Mapour as he received his certificate last Saturday. During the last five months, teachers from different primary schools from Rumbek Center came every Saturday to Loreto Education Centre to be students themselves. Teaching methodologies, psychology of learning, English, computers and very practical tools such as lesson planning or creating a scheme of work were on the timetable. 19 teachers finished this training on Saturday after receiving their certificates. "We now become better teachers for the future," summarized Abraham Malou, happy and thankful. We say a big thank you to the tutors of the Education Centre and wish all the teachers joy and success in their important work.

Our clinic staff has been quite busy at the Catholic University of South Sudan - Rumbek Campus in the last few weeks. Why? Read more on our website.

Protection through Knowledge and a Tiny Injection - Loreto Rumbek In the last week of November, our clinic staff finished an important programme. Hepatitis B is a highly infectious liver disease caused by a virus which spreads through contact with blood or body fluids. It is a widespread disease in South Sudan, but people can easily prevent getting an infection th...

A touch of Christmas could be felt in primary school at the beginning of the week, and a lot of excellence and knowledge was palpable, too.
While the little ones demonstrated their creativity and skills by making and showing off their fancy dresses, the older pupils showed what they had learnt over the past year. With self-made paper models, they explained to the excited audience the effects human activities have on the environment, and they explained climate change. The audience could admire models of land formation, such as volcanos, mountains, rivers and lakes and the students explained drainage systems and the variety of animals. In the end, the trophies were awarded, and the young artists and scientists enthusiastically applauded.

Today forty-four secondary students received the Sacrament of Confirmation and one primary student First Holy Communion. Congratulations to you all and be always inspired and led by the Holy Spirit 🙏🏿🫶🏿🕊

Today, we want to introduce you to Debora, a safeguarding officer and teacher. Read her story on our website.

Debora – a safeguarding officer and teacher - Loreto Rumbek My name is Debora Adut Maker, and I am a Loreto graduate. I joined Loreto Rumbek in 2012 and completed my secondary education in April 2016. Currently, I work as a Safeguarding Officer at the Disable Agency for Rehabilitation and Development (DARD) and teach at Rumbek University of Science and Techn...

You want more pictures and details about our prayer day? Read the article on our website.

Overcoming Societal Challenges Through Education - Loreto Rumbek In Dinka culture, we understand rain as a blessing. With this understanding, our Prayer Day really was blessed. A few moments before we started our thanksgiving Mass, the heavens opened. The students and numerous guests however did not care and listened attentively to our celebrant, the Vicar Genera...

Fifty-seven students finished primary school today and celebrated this wonderful achievement with mass, speeches and a special meal. Next week, all of them will sit for their national examination. We wish them much success in this next step and hope to see most of them back in January for Secondary School.

Tamaleka and milk are food for our bodies. School with all the subjects like mathematics or English are food for our brains. Holy Communion is food for our faith and our relationship with God, explained Father Alan Neville this morning when we celebrated First Holy Communion in Primary School. 17 students joined the catechesis classes from Sister Priyanka Dungdung during the last months. In the end, she encouraged her students to receive Holy communion as often as possible to strengthen their faith and be witnesses of faith for others.

Today, we celebrated the graduation of our 14. batch. Seventy-eight girls, the biggest group ever, successfully finished secondary school and are now preparing for the national examination. We say congratulations and good luck. 👩🏾‍🎓🙏🏿🫶🏿

The students are back from midterm break and are starting the last round of the school year. We especially wish our primary 8 and senior 4 students good luck for the national exams. 🙏