BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:1.0 PRODID:-//ddaysoftware.com//NONSGML DDay.iCal 1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: The Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center \n for G lobal Studies presents: "The Church's struggle for peace in Sudan and So uth Sudan" Bishop Paride Taban was born in 1936 and was ordained as a priest in 1964. Bishop Taban was Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Torit in Republic of South Sudan from 1983-2004\, and was a co-founder of the N ew Sudan Council of Churches. During his two decades as bishop\, he provi ded leadership in the midst of the most difficult circumstances of Sudan& rsquo\;s civil war&mdash\;the world&rsquo\;s longest civil war that took t he lives of two million people. As bishop\, he was a spokesperson and adv ocate for the people of the Republic of the South Sudan\, bringing food t o the starving and traveling the world to secure additional relief. After his retirement in 2004\, he moved from Torit to a remote area in the Rep ublic of Sudan and in 2005 founded the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Kuron \, a place where people of different ethnicities and faiths live together . The Peace Village endeavors through education and demonstration farming to help people in Republic of South Sudan become self sufficient. It emp hasizes the education of girls\, but also provides classes for boys and a dults. The school and farm intentionally bring people of different ethnic groups together in an attempt to promote trust and dialogue among the ma ny neighboring ethnic groups. Bishop Taban calls the village a &ldquo\;sm all oasis of peace&rdquo\; in a country torn by ethnic and religious viol ence and hopes &ldquo\;to make the Republic of Sudan a nation where peopl e live as brothers and sisters\, different religions living as people of God.&rdquo\; For this work\, and a lifetime as an exemplary witness for pe ace\, Bishop Taban was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize\, and on March 1 \, 2013\, was awarded the Sergio Vieira de Mello Prize by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. John Ashworth is a consultant to Catholic Relief Services on the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of the South S udan and an advisor to Sudan Catholic Bishops&rsquo\; Conference\, has de voted the past 30 years to peace-building and advocacy efforts in norther n and Republic of South Sudan. He was born in the United Kingdom in 1954 and first came to Africa in 1976\, teaching science for two years in Idi Amin&rsquo\;s Uganda. After training as a Catholic priest in the United K ingdom\, he arrived in Republic of South Sudan in April 1983\, one month b efore the civil war began. He lived and worked there for the next nine ye ars. His pastoral ministry took him to churches\, mosques\, schools\, pr isons\, barracks\, and hospitals in north and south Sudan\, and he was in volved in humanitarian aid both in the south and amongst the displaced peo ple in the shanty towns of Omdurman and Khartoum. John left Sudan in 1992 \, obtained a masters of arts in spirituality from Gonzaga University\, a nd moved on from the institutional priesthood. He then returned to Sudan as director of Church Ecumenical Action in Sudan\, a church-based humanit arian aid organization working in Republic of South Sudan\, and serves as peace and justice advisor to various churches and agencies in the Republ ic of Sudan\, including Catholic Relief Services and Pax Christi. Among o ther tasks\, Ashworth provides an Internet service circulating informatio n and analysis on the Republic of Sudan\, and has taken a keen interest i n transitional and restorative justice. Ashworth is currently the Kroc-Cat holic Relief Services Fellow at the Kroc Institute for International Peac e Studies at the University of Notre Dame\, where he is writing a book on peace-building in the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of the South Su dan. Register Now!  \; Wednesday\, April 17\, 2013 Marian Universi ty Theatre Featured Speakers: Bishop Paride Taban \n Bishop E meritus\, Catholic Diocese of Torit\, Republic of Sudan\, nominee for Nobe l Prize for Peace and recipient of the 2013 Sergio Vieira de Mello Prize John Ashworth\n Kroc-Catholic Relief Services Fellow at the Kro c Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Da me and an advisor to the Sudan Catholic Bishops&rsquo\; Conference Sponsor ed by: DTEND:20130418T010000Z DTSTAMP:20130521T101613 DTSTART:20130417T230044Z LOCATION:Marian University Theatre in Marian Hall SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Global Studies Speaker Series UID:5d73af6a-56ee-47b9-adca-fd886a7852f1 URL:http://www.bing.com X-ALT-DESC:

The Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies The Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center
\n for Global Studies presents:

"The Chu rch's struggle for peace in Sudan and South Sudan"

Bishop Paride Taban was born in 1936 and was ordained as a priest in 1964. Bishop Taban was Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Torit in Republic of South Sudan from 1983-2004\, and was a co-founder of the New Sudan Council of Churches. During his two decades as bishop\, he provided leadership in the midst of the most difficult circumstances of Sudan&rsquo\;s civil war&mdash\;the world&rsquo\;s longest civil war that took the lives of two million people. As bishop\, he was a spokesperson a nd advocate for the people of the Republic of the South Sudan\, bringing food to the starving and traveling the world to secure additional relief.

After his retirement in 2004\, he moved from Torit to a rem ote area in the Republic of Sudan and in 2005 founded the Holy Trinity Pe ace Village in Kuron\, a place where people of different ethnicities and faiths live together. The Peace Village endeavors through education and d emonstration farming to help people in Republic of South Sudan become sel f sufficient. It emphasizes the education of girls\, but also provides cl asses for boys and adults. The school and farm intentionally bring people of different ethnic groups together in an attempt to promote trust and d ialogue among the many neighboring ethnic groups. Bishop Taban calls the village a &ldquo\;small oasis of peace&rdquo\; in a country torn by ethnic and religious violence and hopes &ldquo\;to make the Republic of Sudan a nation where people live as brothers and sisters\, different religions l iving as people of God.&rdquo\; For this work\, and a lifetime as an exem plary witness for peace\, Bishop Taban was nominated for a Nobel Peace Pr ize\, and on March 1\, 2013\, was awarded the Sergi o Vieira de Mello Prize by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-mo on.

John Ashworth is a consultant to Catholic Rel ief Services on the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of the South Sudan and an advisor to Sudan Catholic Bishops&rsquo\; Conference\, has devote d the past 30 years to peace-building and advocacy efforts in northern an d Republic of South Sudan. He was born in the United Kingdom in 1954 and first came to Africa in 1976\, teaching science for two years in Idi Amin &rsquo\;s Uganda. After training as a Catholic priest in the United Kingd om\, he arrived in Republic of South Sudan in April 1983\, one month befor e the civil war began. He lived and worked there for the next nine years.

His pastoral ministry took him to churches\, mosques\, schools\, prisons\, barracks\, and hospitals in north and south Sudan\, and he was involved in humanitarian aid both in the south and amongst the displaced people in the shanty towns of Omdurman and Khartoum. John left Sudan in 1 992\, obtained a masters of arts in spirituality from Gonzaga University\ , and moved on from the institutional priesthood. He then returned to Sud an as director of Church Ecumenical Action in Sudan\, a church-based huma nitarian aid organization working in Republic of South Sudan\, and serves as peace and justice advisor to various churches and agencies in the Rep ublic of Sudan\, including Catholic Relief Services and Pax Christi.

Among other tasks\, Ashworth provides an Internet service circulating information and analysis on the Republic of Sudan\, and has taken a keen interest in transitional and restorative justice. Ashworth is currently th e Kroc-Catholic Relief Services Fellow at the Kroc Institute for Internat ional Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame\, where he is writing a book on peace-building in the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of th e South Sudan.

Register Now!

  \;

Wednesday\, April 17\, 2013
Marian University Theatre

Featured Speakers:

Bishop Paride Taban
Bishop Paride Taban
\n Bishop Emeritu s\, Catholic Diocese of Torit\, Republic of Sudan\, nominee for Nobel Priz e for Peace and recipient of the 2013 Sergio Vieira de Mello Prize

John Ashworth
John Ashworth
\n Kroc-Catholic Relief Services Fellow at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Stu dies at the University of Notre Dame and an advisor to th e Sudan Catholic Bishops&rsquo\; Conference

Sponsored by:

< a href="http://crs.org/" target="_blank">Catholic Relief Services
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