Italy - Seminar on accompaniment of young people with SDB, FMA and lay people from Provinces of Mediterranean Region concluded
Turin, Italy - October 2022 - On October 5, in Valdocco, representatives of the Salesians, the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, and some lay collaborators in the Salesian mission of the Provinces of the Mediterranean Region concluded the seminar on spiritual accompaniment at the service of vocational discernment of young people from 18 to 30 years old. The seminar, entitled "If I have done something good, I owe it to Fr. Cafasso. Accompanying Young People in Life Choices", offered three central papers and three insights into several significant figures of Salesian spirituality. The speakers were Fr. Gustavo Cavagnari, Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Salesian Pontifical University (UPS) in Rome, on the theme, "The traits of an adult identity from a vocational perspective"; Fr. Gaetano Piccolo, a Jesuit and professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University, on the theme, "The dynamics of choice in becoming an adult"; and Fr. Josè Miguel Nunez Moreno, National Delegate for Youth Ministry of Spain, on the theme, "An actualizing charismatic reading." The last day of the seminar was enriched by the Mass presided over by Rector Major, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, at the Shrine of the Consolata.
