Parish Ave Maria

Marian Advocation of Tombura-Yambio (Diocese of Tombura-Yambio)
Recognized by the Church

It is the Ave Mary parish, in the diocese of Tombura-Yambio (South Sudan), dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the title Ave Mary. It was built almost a century ago by Italian combonians and was devastated during the civil war in South Sudan. Two Spanish Commonian priests have assumed their reconstruction, with the purpose of orienting it as the sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary. The exact location is not certain (rural area of the diocese).

Main data

Origin and history

It is the Ave Mary parish, in the diocese of Tombura-Yambio (South Sudan), dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the title Ave Mary. It was built almost a century ago by Italian combonians and was devastated during the civil war in South Sudan. Two Spanish Commonian priests have assumed their reconstruction, with the purpose of orienting it as the sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary. The exact location is not certain (rural area of the diocese).

The image and the sanctuary

It is planned and promoted as a future Marian shrine of the Rosary of continental relevance; the project includes the material reconstruction of the temple with the participation of the community itself. No further documentation.

Sponsorship and coronation

It is not available.

Party and devotion

The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is held on October 7. Even among the ruins left by war, the faithful continued to gather to pray the Rosary, keeping Marian devotion on as a source of hope and reconciliation.

Link to the Rosary

The temple is born and reconstructed around the prayer of the Rosary, which the community preserved as an anchor of faith in the midst of conflict. The plan to make him a sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary links with the role of Mary as Queen of Peace. To pray the Rosary here is to contemplate the mysteries of Christ asking for peace for a people wounded by violence.