The doll’s clothes
This week is a
very great one, which is going to end with the celebration of “All Saints”, who
are so many.
We began the
week with a special meeting with some of the 200 Muslims who remained in
Bozoum. Most of them are women and children. The men had to flee away since
January-February because of the war.
It’s now few
months that we take care of them, and we will continue in staying close to them,
being sure as we are that our care for them it’s like sowing the good seed for
peace and brotherhood for a better practice of welcoming each other and respect
each other. Tomorrow all Christians in Bozoum will make an offertory just for
them.
Last Monday I
went to Bouar where, together with the Diocesan Bishop, we hold a pastoral
meeting of all 12 parishes of the diocese in which we reflected and shared what
we are experiencing. At the meeting were present about sixty priests, nuns and lay
people. What came out were feelings of great hope and joy in giving and doing
something in spite of fear, threats, tension. Our thoughts turn often to the
parish priest of Baboua, Father Mathieu, who is in the hands of the rebels for
more than 2 weeks now. But these and the many problems of the country are not
enough to extinguish our hope!
I realized how
nice it’s to have opportunity to meet, but it's even better to share what we do
and what we try to do in order to bring peace and proclaim the shining Peace of
Christ. This is true in huge as in small things. Just recently a nun told me how
a woman gave birth to a very premature baby girl. “She was so small that they could not find clothes that could fit. Then came
one of them bringing a doll ... I took the clothes off the doll dressing with
that the baby girl. Those doll’s clothes were just the right size for the
child! “
Back in Bozoum I
could have a meeting with various NGOs working in the city. On Thursday and
Friday I met with the teachers of our St. Augustine’s Elementary and High School,
in order to make a first assessment of students, just one month from the
Opening of the school year.
Happy Saints Day celebration!
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