Wau, 16 January, 2026 / 9:50 pm (ACI Africa).
The Religious Institute of the Little Sisters of St. Bakhita, which has formally begun its mission in South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Wau, has announced that its apostolate will focus on providing compassionate care to elderly and ailing members of the clergy, as well as women and men Religious.
According to a Wednesday, January 15, report, Sr. Gloria Zacharia, a founding member of the Diocesan Right Congregation, said their plans also include “establishing boarding schools for girls.”
Sr. Gloria, who spoke during the welcoming ceremony of her Congregation that was held at the Nazareth Sisters’ house in Wau, revealed that under the Care Ministry for the Clergy and Religious, they will be seeking to open and run a home for elderly and sick priests, as well as “other consecrated individuals who lack caretakers.”
Meanwhile, the Local Ordinary of the Wau Diocese, Bishop Matthew Remijio Adam, has urged the people of God under his pastoral care to pray for the Little Sisters of St. Bhakita and Sr. Gloria, who will initially be hosted by the Nazareth Sisters.
Bishop Remijio lauded the Nazareth Sisters for “embracing the new congregation without hesitation” and went on to describe Sr. Gloria’s presence as marking “the beginning of their congregation’s activities” in the South Sudan Diocese.
