Tag: Sudan
Update on Conflict in Sudan, South Sudan
April 30, 2012
Sean Callahan, CRS’ executive vice president for overseas operations, recently returned from a trip to South Sudan and shares his insights on the escalating conflict in the region in an interview with Currents, a news program on the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Net TV. Also, this week’s issue of America has an update on Sudan [...]
Q & A: Peacebuilding in South Sudan
January 23, 2012
A year after its historic vote to become the world’s newest nation, South Sudan continues to tackle issues wrought by decades of warfare such as lack of infrastructure, limited job opportunities and ongoing inter-communal conflict. With the understanding that true development cannot take place without addressing the root sources of conflict Catholic Relief Services has [...]
Playing for Peace in Sudan
January 6, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Villanova University and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Partner in “Playing for Peace” VILLANOVA, Pa. – When the Villanova University men’s basketball team takes on Seton Hall University Jan. 18 at The Pavilion (7 p.m.), the teams will be playing for more than just a victory. Villanova and Seton Hall will join forces with [...]
Q&A with Tom Purekal: Future of South Sudan
September 29, 2011
By Michael Hill Tom Purekal took a roundabout journey to Catholic Relief Services. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame, he spent several years in advertising in New York before what was supposed to be a short visit to an orphanage in Honduras turned into a long stint working there. Tom returned to the [...]
CRS Marks the International Day of Peace
September 21, 2011
Joining with people of goodwill around the world, all of us at Catholic Relief Services join today in the prayers, hopes and dreams for peace. Peacebuilding is an essential part of our work as we promote human development and dignity in the poorest parts of the world. What is peacebuilding and why is a relief [...]