{"id":426,"date":"2025-04-28T12:49:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T12:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/?p=426"},"modified":"2025-04-28T12:49:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T12:49:35","slug":"four-seminarians-ordained-deacons-in-historic-nuba-mountains-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/news\/four-seminarians-ordained-deacons-in-historic-nuba-mountains-ceremony","title":{"rendered":"Four Seminarians Ordained Deacons in Historic Nuba Mountains Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant milestone for the Church in the\u00a0Nuba Mountains pastoral region,\u00a0four seminarians were ordained as deacons, with the event also marking the appointment of\u00a0Rev. Fr. Peter Suliman\u00a0as Episcopal Vicar.<\/p>\n<p>The ordination ceremony was presided over by Bishop Christian Carlassare of Bentiu, who stepped in for the Bishop of El-Obeid, unable to attend due to insecurity in the region.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-428\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-428\" src=\"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1873-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1873-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1873-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1873-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1873-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1873-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Four deacons stand before the bishop to make their vows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During his homily, Bishop Carlassare emphasized that the\u00a0ministry of the Word is a shared responsibility, not limited to religious leaders.<\/p>\n<p>He also\u00a0warned the faithful against distractions\u00a0and the danger of straying from the one true God.<\/p>\n<p>The event, the\u00a0first of its kind in the Nuba Mountains, drew\u00a0hundreds of attendees\u00a0including\u00a0leaders from various Christian denominations, showcasing a spirit of\u00a0ecumenical unity.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities from the\u00a0Sudan People\u2019s Liberation Movement\u2013North (SPLM-N)\u00a0were also present at the ordination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant milestone for the Church in the\u00a0Nuba Mountains pastoral region,\u00a0four seminarians were ordained as deacons, with the event also marking the appointment of\u00a0Rev. Fr. Peter Suliman\u00a0as Episcopal Vicar. The ordination ceremony was presided over by Bishop Christian Carlassare of Bentiu, who stepped in for the Bishop of El-Obeid, unable to attend due to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431,"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions\/431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}