Mark Henry Zomai Tipoi comes from the Catholic diocese of Tombura Yambio, in the western part of South Sudan. He is the youngest in a family of eight siblings, although there are currently seven, as his older brother is deceased.
"Since my childhood, I had a desire to serve our Lord Jesus Christ so I asked my parents to join the alter servants and they were happy and readily accepted. Both my father and mother are of Catholic Christian background. My father died in 2014 and my mother is at home in South Sudan. Out of all my 3 brothers and 3 sisters, I am the only person who has obtained higher education.
My bishop sent me to Rome to get better formation because we have a problem of education in South Sudan due to the long civil war in which many inhabitants have taken refuge in neighboring countries. countries. In fact, the diocese has a large number of seminarians who need better formation. Our diocese really needs many priests because for now we have few priests and consequently some administer two parishes at the same time, which is not easy for them because of bad roads and lack of means of transportation, which is the biggest problem we are facing.""I am full of happiness for being chosen to study here in Rome and I don't know how to express my joys in words, but what I can say is that God bless you abundantly. I promise you that I will keep you in my prayers during my private prayers and during the Holy Mass so that God may give you a long life and satisfy all your needs.
Your contribution to my success in the priesthood means a lot to me and I dream of the possibility of also contributing to someone I do not know in person. I have learned the lesson from this and will take this knowledge to society and also help others as you have done for me."
