Lent 2017
Last week was marked by the visit of
the Cardinal, the Archbishop of Bangui, Dieudonné Nzapalainga. Here is a short
video of the Cardinal's visit to Bozoum - Bocaranga: https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6wbxbelprnfw8p/video%20visita%20Cardinale%20a%20Bozoum.mp4?dl=0
On Sunday, after Mass, forty Scouts
have made their promises in front of the parish community. It was an intense
moment in which girls and boys have promised to live with respect for God and
neighbor, according to the spirit of Scouting. Last Wednesday began the Lent
season: a long period (40 days) of "reliability": it demands to take
"seriously" our personal lives as Christians, following the
invitation of the Word of God who constantly recalls us the duty to return to
Him. It’s a long journey, that passes through three major steps: charity,
prayer, fasting: love in action, love demanding to give yourself a special time
staying close to God, love able to make sacrifices.
Wednesday morning we climb the hill
overlooking Bozoum, Mount Binon. Here we celebrate the Mass, in which we
received the mark of the ashes. There were many people, who then remained here
in silence and prayer for most of the day.
Thursday morning I leave towards
Bangui where I have few meetings, and on Friday I drive back home together with
Fabrice Martin and Ludmila Böhmová, members of NGO SIRIRI.ORG, of Czech
Republic. Are years that we work with them on various projects. We stop at
Bossemptele, visiting the school where they began the methodology that started
the project "Learning by playing". Upon my arrival in Bozoum I’m just
on time to see the presence of some Organizations, which have just finished
distributing the primary need supplies to more than 200 evacuated families who,
from Bocaranga, have found refuge in Bozoum.
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| Promesse Scout |
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| Salendo sul Mt Binon en montant sur le Mont Binon |
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| Fabrice e Ludmila (SIRIRI.ORG) a Bossemptele |
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