Cameroon
I remained for few days in Yaounde,
Cameroon capital, where I arrived Friday late morning. Saturday, July 16, we
celebrated, together with the Carmelites, the great feast of Our Lady of
Carmel. The celebration takes place in our parish of Nkoabang, in its 60th
anniversary of the foundation. Along with some Italian fathers, the Superior of
Carmelite Province of Milan, in charge of our Mission in Cameroon and with the Cameroonian
friars we take time to pray together the blessed Virgin Mary whom we venerate
as Mother and Beauty of Carmel, example and guide in the prayer and consecrated
Life. Mary is the One that "pondered
these things in her heart" as the Gospels say.
On Sunday we meet once more for
another very intense moment: the ordination of two young Carmelite
Cameroonians: Brother Martial and Brother Jean Baptiste. A great number of
priests concelebrated with the Archbishop of Yaounde. The celebration is marked
by much prayer, but also by many beautiful songs and a very vibrant and
participated liturgy.
In the afternoon I visit the
Carmelite nuns. In Cameroon there are three monasteries, and in this one in
Yaounde there are some Italian nuns and other Cameroonians. I stay with them a
couple of hours, speaking about our Mission in Central Africa, spending time in
telling them about the Pope Francis visit.
Central Africa Republic is among the
few Countries where we, for now, don’t
have cloistered nuns. And we pray and hope that sooner or later in Central
Africa too we can enjoy the presence of these great women of God, filled with
such great humanity.
Monday morning I begin my return
trip. I leave at 06.00 am reaching Bouar at 05.00 pm after about 750 km. I stay
in Bouar for the night and the next day I resume my driving back home. I take
the direct route, which saves me 150 km. I have a bit of fear, because a few
days before a confrere, Fr. Anastasio, got stuck on a bridge, with the car just
on the edge. Thank God I can go smoothly, and at 11.30 am finally I got home,
in Bozoum.
Here the works are progressing, and
Thursday we can put on place the first of the three parts of the large truss (31
meters). Here's a little video:
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