From our sister Nathalie, on behalf of the Deli community, CHAD
This year, the MSOLA organized a vocational camp in Deli from 11 to 16 September 2023 at the Kapokier Rouge Center. Seven young women from four parishes participated. Our theme was “With Mary, discerning and choosing”.
The whole community was mobilized to ensure a warm welcome and the smooth running of the camp. While other sisters cleaned up the site and the equipment, some of them transported the necessities to the Kapokier Rouge. Our sister Bernadette, who was staying with her family during her holidays, joined us to animate the camp. Each of the sisters had a time of animation, sharing, witness and exchange with these young people.
On the first day we focused on the theme by looking closely at the figure of Mary. How she discerned on every occasion in the mystery of the salvation of humanity.
Like Mary, they learned to recognize what was going on within them, to sort things out, to know how to re-read their daily lives and to be accompanied.
The obstacles to discernment according to the girls in their environment are lack of confidence in themselves and in others, pressure from family and culture, mockery from friends can contribute to discouragement, lack of family prayer. On the fourth day we had a recollection on discernment and we finished by sharing in a climate of prayer. During the camps, we always have a time for sending out on mission. It’s a moment which the young people appreciate very much, because this experience allows them to reach out to the people of Deli and create bonds of friendship with those who come from other places.
Through the discovery of the history of our Congregation, our charism and spirituality, as well as our apostolic orientations, we hope that they will discover Jesus.
