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October 24, 2025
I'm finally in Bangassou!
I arrived in Bangui on Wednesday, but had to wait for my flight until Monday, October 20th.
I took advantage of these days for a few meetings.
On Saturday, I met with the 14 Bangassou orphans who live and study in Bangui, welcomed by the sister of a nun. Some had been in Bangassou until a few months ago.
Between Friday and Sunday, I was able to meet with our seminarians studying in the capital's seminaries. After completing their second year of high school (Troisième) in Bangassou, they will go to Bangui, where they will continue their vocational journey at St. Paul's Seminary (for high school), a year of preparatory studies, and seven years at the Grand Séminaire St. Marc, for philosophy and theology students.
There are 41 seminarians in total!
It's a huge commitment, both personal and financial, but they are the future of the Church!
On Monday morning, we finally left Bangui, arriving in Bangassou around 10:00 a.m.
With me was Daniela Dalmasso, a midwife, who is staying here for a little over a month, helping out in the maternity ward of our hospital. I took her there as soon as we dropped off our bags, and she stayed there all day!
The next day, Tuesday, she assisted a mother in giving birth, and they named the baby girl Daniela...
Her
presence here in Bangassou is the result of the Friends of Father
Aurelio Gazzera Association, founded a few months ago to support the
work and projects of the Bangassou diocese. The website has been active
for a few weeks: https://www.padreaureliogazzera.it/
These days we're starting work to renovate a home for the older girls from the "Maman Tongolo" Orphanage. It's a simple home, where they can live, go to school, and prepare for the future. It's a kind of transition from the Center to life, and here they'll learn to manage their lives more independently.
Best wishes, girls!
These days we're starting work to renovate a home for the older girls from the "Maman Tongolo" Orphanage. It's a simple home, where they can live, go to school, and prepare for the future. It's a kind of transition from the Center to life, and here they'll learn to manage their lives more independently.
Best wishes, girls!
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| Daniela all'opera alla Maternità Daniela au travail à la Maternitè Daniela trabajando en el Hospital de Maternidad |
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| Il gruppo di orfani a Bangui Le groupe des orphelins qui sont à Bangui El grupo de huérfanos qu viven en Bangui |
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| Un pallone! Le ballon! Una pelota nueva |
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| La casa per le ragazze orfani più grandi Le foyer pour les orphelines plus grandes El hogar para niñas huérfanas mayores |
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