{"id":458,"date":"2025-06-18T13:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/?p=458"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:14:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T15:14:01","slug":"voice-of-peace-fm-bids-farewell-to-former-parish-priest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/news\/voice-of-peace-fm-bids-farewell-to-former-parish-priest","title":{"rendered":"Voice of Peace FM Bids Farewell to Former Parish Priest"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"458\" class=\"elementor elementor-458\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3773a4ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3773a4ba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c5d9385\" data-id=\"4c5d9385\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e33e567 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e33e567\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">V<\/span>oice of Peace Radio FM held a special farewell luncheon in honor of Father James William Silgat, the outgoing parish priest of Saints Peter and Paul Parish.<\/p><p>Fr. James, who served the parish for over seven years and acted as the\u00a0Education Coordinator\u00a0for the Nuba Mountains Pastoral Region, is being succeeded by\u00a0Fr. Edward Anthony.<\/p><p>The event, held at the radio station, was also attended by\u00a0Fr. Peter Suliman, the newly appointed\u00a0Episcopal Vicar for the Nuba Mountains, who came to witness the formal handover.<\/p><p>Fr. Edward will now serve as the point of reference for all institutions under the parish.<\/p><p>The occasion also honored\u00a0Brother Matteo Perroti, a technician who repaired and retuned the radio\u2019s signal to\u00a0107.9 FM. Due to a lack of technical support and severe weather in August last year, the station\u2019s transmitter and antenna were damaged, forcing a temporary switch to\u00a0103.5 FM\u00a0in November.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 0.8rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/catholicradionetwork.org\/voiceofpeace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_2453-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 0.8rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.8px;\">The FM offered Brother Matteo (right in yellow) and Fr. James (second from left behind a lady waving) gifts of local cool beverage known as kerkede.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf68c4c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf68c4c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e4d106\" data-id=\"8e4d106\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6bb6112 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6bb6112\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c76b8fb\" data-id=\"c76b8fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1eea8f\" data-id=\"b1eea8f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voice of Peace Radio FM held a special farewell luncheon in honor of Father James William Silgat, the outgoing parish priest of Saints Peter and Paul Parish. Fr. James, who served the parish for over seven years and acted as the\u00a0Education Coordinator\u00a0for the Nuba Mountains Pastoral Region, is being succeeded by\u00a0Fr. Edward Anthony. 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