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February 5, 2016 -
Itinerant Convivence in
the Dominican Republic
My name is Przemysław Kasprzak and for
six years I have been a seminarian at the
Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Missionary
Seminary of Boston. At the moment I am doing
my first year of itinerancy (time of mission).
I was sent to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, to
the island of Tarawa, in the Republic of <strong>Kiribati</strong>.
Sometimes I think God has a great sense of
humor. Last summer we did an experience
of being sent two-by-two without money to
announce the Good News to priests all over the
United States and I was sent to Alaska. And
here I am now: God sent me straight from one
of the coldest places to one of the hottest and
most humid places on earth! Both times my
destinations were assigned by lottery and each
time I saw with my own eyes how my name was
picked out of a basket. I could not believe it.
God really has a lot of imagination!
In milestones, I will tell you about the miracle
that God did for the youth of <strong>Kiribati</strong> …
On Friday night our itinerant team of <strong>Kiribati</strong>
was presenting the situation of Evangelization in
<strong>Kiribati</strong>. The team consists of Patricia Cottman
(lay woman from New Jersey), Lucas de Sales
(seminarian from RMS of Dallas, originally
from Brazil) and me. As we were going through
many aspects of the evangelization, at a certain
moment, Giuseppe Gennarini (responsible of
the Neocatechumenal Way in the USA) said:
“What about the World Youth Day in Poland?
How many youth from <strong>Kiribati</strong> are going?”
<strong>Kiribati</strong> Team: “None”
Giuseppe: “What do you mean ‘none’? How is
that possible?”
<strong>Kiribati</strong> Team: “Precisely … it is impossible for
anyone to go to Poland to see the Pope.”
Giuseppe: “Why?”
<strong>Kiribati</strong> Team: “This country is very poor and
the resources are very limited. It is already
February. You cannot prepare a pilgrimage like
this in 5 months. Normally the preparation
takes about 2 years. It is crazy to try to do
something like this.”
Giuseppe: “You have no faith. Go back in
March to <strong>Kiribati</strong> and launch it.”
[Przemek, thinking to myself: “Wow, that’s
really crazy. I like to do crazy things but this one
is really a good one!”]
Tokantetake
Tabuariki
Tokaraoi
Teitati
Koli
Fr. Buutonga