Italy – Leaders and alter servers from the Salesian work in Suwalki visit the places of Don Bosco
Turin, Italy – August 2024 - From 19 to 28 August, leaders and altar servers from Suwalki, which includes the oratory, youth centre and parish, and which belongs to the Province of Warsaw, Poland (PLE), travelled to Italy to visit the places of Don Bosco in Turin, and other cities such as Venice, Milan and Padua. The young people were led by the parish priest, Fr Marek Gryn, by the head of the Oratory, Fr Michele Słojewskie and by the man in charge of the altar servers, Fr Aleksandro Mastalerz. After the cultural visits to Venice and Milan, the group arrived in Turin where they visited the Pinardi house, the first Salesian oratory in Valdocco, the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, the church of San Francis de Sales and celebrated Mass in the house where Don Bosco died. In Turin, the group also had the opportunity to visit the historic centre and pray before the Holy Shroud. At the Becchi, on Colle Don Bosco, the young people learned about the conditions in which the young John Bosco grew up, where he worked hard and where his vocation matured; they also visited the house where Dominic Savio lived. The group also visited the city of Padua.