Tombura-Yambio, 26 January, 2026 / 7:59 pm (ACI Africa).
Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY) has urged Seminarians at St. John Paul II Institute of Philosophy, Yambio, in his Episcopal See to make prayer their bedrock as the Major Seminary opens for the 2026 academic year.
In his opening message delivered to Seminarians and academic staff, Bishop Hiiboro said that a Major Seminary is not “merely a place of instruction, but a house of integral formation, where the mind seeks truth, the heart is schooled in charity, and the will is trained for service.”
“Dear Seminarians, let prayer be your foundation, study your daily discipline, hard work your faithful companion, and community life your school of love,” the South Sudanese Catholic Bishop said in the message shared with ACI Africa on Monday, January 26.
Bishop Hiiboro, who serves as the President of the Integral Human Development Commission of the Sudan and South Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SSS-CBC), said that the comprehensive vision of formation goes beyond academic achievement as it seeks to form the whole person.
He urged the Seminarians to cultivate intellectual intelligence “to think clearly and love truth”, emotional intelligence “to understand yourself and relate well to others”, and moral intelligence to choose what is right with honesty and courage.
