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Malta – September 2022 - The Past Pupils and Friends of Don Bosco in Malta, hosted the partners of this project last week in Malta for a training course as part of one of our Erasmus+ Key Action 2: Sea and Coast, Lake and Shores - Dealing with Young People’s Loss, Anxiety and Stress. The training was attended by the partners in the project which include the Past Pupils from Italy and Slovakia, a Salesian Youth Centre from Ostende, Belgium, and the Salesian Brigade from Malta. During this week, the partners welcomed youth workers to develop further on the aim of the project, that of creating a tool-kit of activities related to the sea, coast, lakes and shores, to help young people experiencing loss, stress and anxiety. Such activities took place in a training room, whilst others took place round the coast or in different groups. All the group enjoyed co-working together and they all felt that it was a fruitful week. They are looking forward to sharing their experiences with other organisations in their country as well as developing a training course for youth workers.

Curitiba, Brazil - September 2022 - The XVII Congress on the Preventive System of Don Bosco, held on September 23 and 24, was marked by the joy of the encounter and deep reflection on the life, work, and charism of St. Francis de Sales for the Sons of Don Bosco and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. The event, held in the presence of Curitiba, welcomed Salesian educators from the "São Pio X" Province, in the Salesian presences in the South of Brazil, and from the "Our Lady of Aparecida" Province of the FMA, in the Salesian presences in the South and in the states of São Paulo and Mato Grosso of the South. Fr. Gabriel Romero, councilor for the America Southern Cone Region, presided over the opening Eucharistic celebration. The days continued with lectures given by Fr. Tarcizio Odelli, SDB, Fr. Aldino Kielsel, OSFS, and Salesian Cooperator Maria Teresa Rosa. Work sessions in groups helped to deepen the theme "Da mihi animas" in the figure of St. Francis de Sales.

Mestre, Italy - September 2022 - "Noi ci s(t)iamo! We're here, we’re with you!": this is not just a slogan, but what was really experienced at the "SYM Youth Meeting" organized by the Salesian Youth Movement of Triveneto in Mestre on Sunday, September 25, which saw the participation of almost a thousand young people from all the centers and houses that live the charism of Don Bosco in the territory of the Salesian Province of Northeast Italy (INE). Amid moments of joy, with dances and games, the young people were able to listen to the testimony of Antonio Fantin, multiple world and European Paralympic swimming champion. At the center of it, all was the Eucharist, presided over by Fr. Fabio Maistro, missionary animator of the INE province, who - describing his experience this summer with some 20 young people in Ecuador - took up the Sunday Gospel, inviting them to be especially attentive to the poorest young people in their own realities, asking each young person to take to heart a needy person to accompany throughout the year. The day continued with a big game among the courtyards of the institute, involving all the young in an atmosphere of joy and celebration, and the conclusion in the form of a play offered by the young people of the "SYM play." The whole day was organized and prepared by more than 150 young people between the ages of 16 and 25 who set up the facility to welcome their peers. It was a time dedicated to work and service, without neglecting prayer, with a Vigil dedicated to the figure of Blessed Artemide Zatti.

Quito, Ecuador - September 2022 - From September 23-25, 112 representatives of the 10 groups of the Salesian Family of Ecuador gathered for the meeting on the theme "Women, as a sign of hope, in a synodal Church, moved by life-giving love." The meeting, now in its 14th edition, was animated by Fr. Ángel Lazo, Provincial Delegate for the Salesian Family, and organized by the Don Bosco Volunteers, and included a series of themes and formative activities aimed at illuminating the path of joint work in favor of the shared mission. Among the various moments experienced were the festive oratory and the collection of personal challenges and contributions of each participant for the construction of the general effort.

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