And after the beautiful roads, flying to and from Bangui
Today
is the Feast of Saints: a beautiful feast, which helps us to remember
not only all the saints, known and unknown, but also remind us of who we
are, and what we are called to. The hymn of praise, in French, has
these beautiful words, "Aujourd'hui l'univers mets sa robe de gloire"
(today the universe dresses in glory).
Last
Wednesday I had returned from Zemio, and the next day I left for Bangui
by plane. The road to Bangui is very very bad, and would take several
days.
The UN currently has a flight
service in the country. This is a service reserved for humanitarians,
and it is for a fee. A round trip Bangassou - Bangui is very expensive
(about 500 euros). But in some cases it is the only way to travel!
The flight, if direct, takes one hour and twenty
minutes. But often the plane makes stops in several cities to allow for
cost optimization and to load and unload more passengers and cargo. On
the outward flight, the flight was direct, but on the return it stopped
in Bambari and Bria before landing in Bangassou.
The time spent in Bangui is always short: some shopping, some errands, but above all many meetings and visits.
So
I was able to visit our seminarians in Bangassou, who after the second
high school move to Bangui to the inter-diocesan seminaries: they are 33
young people, between high school, propaedeutics and theology.
On
Monday morning I returned to Bangassou, and so was able to welcome
Bishop Aguirre yesterday, November 31, who returned from Spain, together
with his brother Javier, his nephew Pablo, and Alfredo, a volunteer
electrician.
And off we go again!
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