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HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE LANDS OF MY TOIL: PROF. M. M. NINAN Already, in January 1853, Father Angelo Vinco,(1819 – Libo1853) the pioneer missionary at Gondokoro had died of fever, but he was just the first of many Catholic missionaries to die in southern Sudan. Despite many deaths, valuable work was done on the Dinka, Bari and Moru languages. Vocabularies and grammars were produced and invaluable anthropological information gathered. Preparations were begun for an indigenous priesthood when a young Bari man, Francis Logwit, and a young Dinka, Anton Kachwal, were sent to Europe for education. From 1849 the Catholics established a string of mission stations - in Khartoum, Yondokoro, Kanisa, Kakor and elsewhere. Forty-six missionaries died of disease in the first few years. In 1862 alone, 22 missionaries died. Finally all the mission stations were abandoned and the survivors returned to Europe. Father Matthias Kirchner became the leader of the mission. He considered that it was only possible to continue to work in southern Sudan with the help of a religious Order who would have the necessary resources and men to overcome the losses through sickness. Accordingly he travelled to Europe and arranged for the Vicariate Apostolic of Central Africa to be entrusted to the Franciscans. He then withdrew all his missionaries from the south to await their arrival. In 1862, two parties of Franciscans (both priests and laymen) of various professions arrived. An immediate attempt was made to revive the work in the south, but the losses through disease were too high. A number of the Franciscans died before reaching Khartoum, and others died in the south. In 1862 alone twenty-two deaths were recorded. Between 1848 and 1862, forty-six Catholic missionaries had died. The Pope considered the cost too high and ordered the mission to be closed. The first attempt at the evangelization of the Upper Nile may have ended in failure, but the story is one of heroism and sacrifice. A new Catholic attempt to reach Sudan was launched in 1873 with schools and farms as the priority. This strategy succeeded and today almost half of those who claim to be Christians in Sudan are Catholics. 80
HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE LANDS OF MY TOIL: PROF. M. M. NINAN Comboni Mission Saint Daniele Comboni (I831-I881) was an Italian priest who had studied at the Mazza Institute in Verona, Italy, and served in Sudan at the Holy Cross mission station for ll months before returning home, sick and bone-weary. His experience had taught him one invaluable lesson, that Africa would never be evangelized by Europeans alone. In 1864, following a time of prayer at the tomb of St, Peter in Rome, he drew up a plan for re-opening the Mission to Central Africa He called this A Plan for the Regeneration of Africa by means of Africans. St Daniel Comboni (1831-81) bishop and missionary Much of what Comboni has to say in his plan is commonplace today, but in its time it represented a very radical thinking. The huge loss of missionary life in Southern Sudan between 1848 and 1862 had taught him that Africa would only be evangelized by Africans themselves. He proposed a series of training centers on the African coast where European missionaries could train Africans for this work. 81
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