In April 2025, St. Francis sent $5,000 from the Black Tie Dinner fundraiser to Ezo to help the diocese feed and clothe the many refugees arriving from Tambura, the Central African Republic, and the Congo, seeking to escape violence.

In October 2024, more than 3,500 people gathered in Ezo for the Christ for Peace Mission, a powerful event of worship, reconciliation, and healing. With ordinations, confirmations, and community commitments to peace, the diocese showed how faith can bring hope even amid conflict.

Bishop Isaac Bangisa, Bishop of the Diocese of Ezo, South Sudan, has written to St. Francis to tell us about a community peace outreach program that his Diocese organized together with Ezo County. The 10-day program aimed at promoting peaceful coexistence among citizens engaged in violent tribal conflicts.

St. Francis in Great Falls has long supported the Ezo Diocese of the Anglican Church in South Sudan. Their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Isaac Ephraim regularly corresponds with us.