The Secretary General of the Catholic Diocese of Yei announces that the memorial prayer for the second anniversary of late sister Veronica Rackova will take place on Friday at St. Joseph the worker’s parish in Lutaya.
Fr. Emmanuel Sebit Lodongo says communities around Yei are asks to join the prayer for the soul of Sr Veronica who has served people in Yei with much love and charitable zeal. Easter Radio reports
He says the Catholic faith teaches Christians to pray for the dead and bury them with dignity.
Over the past one year Lutaya has not been accessible due to insecurity around Yei River state. But Fr Sebit insists this time around the prayer should be around the tomb of Sr Veronica.
Sister Veronica was a Slovakian medical doctor belonging to Servants of Holy Spirit working in Yei Diocese.
She was allegedly shot dead by suspected government soldiers in May 2016 while driving a sick person with an ambulance to the hospital.
Three soldiers were arrested but no one has been convicted yet.