Flashes of hope
Saturday afternoon I left for Bayanga Didi, a village 80 km from Baoro, where I arrived after almost 3 hours by car.
It
is a large village, through which the most important road between
Berberati and Bouar passed until the 1960s. The community is quite
lively, and the next day we celebrated the various passages of the
catechumenate and about ten baptisms.
Sunday morning I began
confessions around 7.30, and finished after 11. At around 11.30 the
solemn and festive Mass began, which ended around 13.30. Here in Central
Africa there is no rush when it is time to celebrate!
After Mass
we gathered around the children in kindergarten, which we opened this
year. The teacher, Marie, has prepared them, and they recite, sing and
dance, overwhelmed by the love of their parents, brothers and sisters.
I
left around 2.30 pm, and passed by Igwe: it is the same road I tried to
take 2 weeks ago, but I was forced to go back due to the many fallen
trees. The people of the village of Bayanga Didi have been busy, and I
could only get to Igwe after an hour (for 15 km!). I continued and
finally arrived in Baoro just before 6pm.
On Monday morning I
welcomed about twenty young people for the admission tests to the
Mechanical School. They are all very young, and they come from various
parts of the country (in the following days we will test another 8 young
people in Bangui).
Tuesday morning I left at 5 for Bangui. I
arrive just before 11, and I took part in the last part of a beautiful
meeting, which wzs attended by almost all the Carmelite confreres of our
5 Missions. It was the conclusion of the visit of the Provincial, Fr
Saverio, who in the afternoon left for Italy, together with Fr Norberto
and Friar Giampaolo, a young Carmelite who finished his year of
internship in Central Africa.
Work on the construction site of
the new convent continues, despite the lack of diesel and fuel
(unavailable, and when found, on the black market, it costs 2 to 3 times
as much!).
Courage!
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| Battesimi a Bayanga Didi Baptèmes à Bayanga Didi |
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| La scuola materna di Bayanga Didi L?école maternelle de Bayanga Didi |
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| Strade Routes |
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| Riunione dei Carmelitani del Centrafrica con il Provinciale Réunion des Carmes en Centrafrique avec le p.Provincial |
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| Fra Giampaolo e confratelli di Bangui Le frère Giampaolo et les jeunes frères de Bangui |
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| Cantiere del nuovo convento di Bangui Chantier du nouveau couvent de Bangui |
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