A Week all white and slalom among
many obstacles
After the
Baptisms of the Easter Vigil, the celebration goes on the whole Easter day.
After the Mass the newly Baptized leave, followed by the music and singing of
several choirs. They continue to celebrate at home. In the afternoon I take a
quick tour (due to the threatening storm) to visit few of them: many families
are still celebrating, singing and dancing, and continue throughout the day.
Since Monday, the new baptized come every day to the parish church to
participate in the Mass all dressed in white. On Monday I prepare the second issue
of “Le Saint Michel” newspaper. Here you
have it:
On Tuesday
afternoon I have a meeting with the different ONG present in Bozoum together
with the authorities. Some of these have everything in mind but the good of the
common interest. At one point one of them threatens me saying: “you and your
accomplices............be careful!”. My
accomplices are the youths who work for social solidarity and peace.
Unfortunately this is part of our environment. What really bother me is that many
persons (on top are the authorities and the political parties) didn’t
understand a bit of this crisis and they are repeating the same mistakes of
misgovernment and arrogance as if this crisis wouldn’t have its roots in those
specific problems never settled! On Wednesday I go to Bangui. I have to realize
how the stop points do increase continuously. By now there are 17 of them on a
400 Km of road. The checkpoints are ordered by the police (!?!?), but very
often the control is limited to the payment of a certain amount of money.
Wednesday afternoon I am at the Carmel, our Bangui convent, where we are
planning to dig 2 wells for the future convent. Marcelin, a water-dowser, takes
a walk identifying few points where on Friday we began drilling: there is water,
a lot of it! On Thursday and Friday I am in Bangui for a workshop on peace,
reconciliation and social unity, organized by Cordaid (a Dutch ONG). I
participate representing Caritas and Justice and Peace. We are about forty
people, Christians and Muslims, from all over the Country. We reflect and work
to build something real to promote Peace. The same Friday, some bandits stop
the car of one of the participant, beat up the driver and run away with the
car. This happened in broad daylight and in plain view, at the center of the
town. Security? ZERO!
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| Festa per i nuovi battezzati La Fete pour les nouveaux baptisés |
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| Sulla moto ci sono come minimo 350 kg di merce sur la moto il y a au moins 350 kg de marchandises |
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| Marcellin, il rabdomante Marcelin, le sourcier |
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| Aperura dell'Atelier Ouverture de l'Atelier |
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