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| Il giubileo delle donne Le Jubilè des femmes |
From one
celebration to another.
On Sunday we celebrated the Diocesan Jubilee of Women: an opportunity to pray,
but also to pay homage to what women do, especially in Central Africa.
The church of Tokoyo (here in Bangassou) was full of girls, women and young
women, and very few men! An orchestra of colors, music, dance and prayer!
In the first reading, from the book of Exodus, when Moses wants to approach the
burning bush, God tells him: "Take off your sandals, because the place
where you are standing is holy ground".
I chose this word to address the women and the entire community: "take
off your sandals, because the dignity of women is sacred ground".
Here, women's lives are still very hard. The abuses and violence, the wounds
and humiliations are many. But in general, women still have their space, and
know how to assert themselves.
On Monday we began 4 days of meetings, training, prayer and conviviality with
the youngest priests of the diocese. There are seven of them, coming from
several parishes, and we addressed several very interesting topics (liturgy,
sacraments, confessions, homily, affectivity, community life, economic
administration).
On Tuesday morning we took a short break. It was the feast of the Annunciation,
and we moved a couple of kilometers away, in the Maliko neighborhood. Here we
have just finished building a beautiful little church, dedicated to Our Lady of
Hope, and today we inaugurated and blessed, together with the community, this
new sacred space.
To illustrate Our Lady of Hope, we chose the Jubilee logo, which we used in the various furnishings, while the large painting on the back wall that presents Mary, together with her people of Bangassou.
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| L'incontro con i sacerdoti più giovani la session avec les pretres plus jeunes |
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| Maliko |
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