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| Messa a Balembe Messe à Balembe |
Looking forward to going to school
Saturday afternoon, I went to
Balembe, a fairly large village with a small Christian community. The
chapel was a half-open canopy where we celebrated Mass. Basic
facilities, few people, but for the Mission is the announcement of the
Good News (the Gospel), which is for everyone. Also (or above all?), for
the smaller and less equipped villages ...
Sunday I celebrated
Mass in Bawi, always on the road (more or less paved) that leads to
Bangui. Here the community was larger and more equipped (the church was
made of concrete, with a tin roof). It rained a lot, but slowly everyone
arrived (some soaked from the rain).
During the week I still
went to Bangui, to follow the work of the construction site of the new
convent. For now, everything is going well. Building the foundation
takes a long time, but even though it is the most hidden piece it is the
most important part of any construction.
Like school.
The
government has set the opening of the school year on Monday, October
18th, due to various delays because of the late final exams, and the
inadequacies of the educational system.
But… even so, we are
impatient to go back to school! This morning, as I was leaving for
Bouar, I found many children on the road, running to school.
Yesterday,
returning from Bangui, I stopped to take a look at the schools of Barka
Bongo, Bawi and Mbormo. I was pleasantly surprised to find the
classrooms full of children, both in kindergarten and elementary school.
Our
school mechanics is also open. On Monday we welcomed the new first year
students, and the "old" ones from the second year. In all, over sixty
young people receive theoretical and practical training to become
mechanics.
Since yesterday, more than 100 priests, nuns and
laity, have been in a meeting with the Bishop for the annual "diocesan
pastoral session". All 12 parishes of the diocese are represented,
scattered by a radius of 200 km from Bouar, despite the insecurity in
many areas. It was a beautiful moment of knowledge, information (every
parish and every diocesan reality - Justice and Peace, Caritas, Schools,
Seminaries ...) and discussion.
This meeting lasts 4 days, and will
end on Sunday with a great Eucharistic celebration, which marks the
diocesan phase of the Synod, on which we are working in these days.
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| Cantiere del Carmel a Bangui Le chantier du Carmel à Bangui |
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| Scuola materna di Mbormo école maternelle de Mbormo |
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| Raccolta dei prodotti agricoli per le scuole a Pate Bonambolo Ramassage des produits agricoles pour les scolarités à Pate Bonambolo |
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| Scuola Meccanica di Baoro L'école de mécanique de Baoro |
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| Di corsa a scuola! Vite à l'école |
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| Scuola di Kouisso Baguera école de Kouisso Baguera |
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| Session Pastorale du diocèse de Bouar |
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