“Work hard, be committed”: Vatican Diplomat to Catholic University Students in South Sudan

“The Catholic University is a prestigious institution and has to bear witness in its way of doing things, the way the students behave, and the teachers,” Mons. Strejac said during the Eucharistic celebration that was held at CUoSS main campus in Juba.

He underscored the need for all those that are part of CUoSS family to be witnesses of “light for others”, fostering quality output. He said, “The quality, the engagement, the commitment, all these should bear witness to be a light for others.”

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“We need the help of the Vice Chancellor and the team, the commitment of the team of teachers; but we need something else, something stronger. We need the help of the Holy Spirit,” the Juba-based Chargé d'Affaires of the Vatican Nunciature in South Sudan further said during the September 19 Holy Mass. 

He went on to underscore the need to be attentive to the will of God in life, and the “special mission” to which God is calling each person.

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“We all have our own plans and aspirations, but still there is something that is given to us by God. God gives us a special mission and is giving us His Spirit in order to fulfill this mission that He is entrusting us with,” the Vatican diplomat said.

He continued, “being in a Catholic University, we are aware that our work, our studies are special because they have to be rooted in God’s law, in Christian values professed by the Catholic Church.”

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“What we are invited to do at the beginning of this year is to place God’s law at the center of our life,” Mons. Strejac said, and added, “With this Holy Mass today, we place God at the center of our lives and our studies.”