Chisinau, Moldova - December 2022 - For Salesians, December 8 is a significant date for several reasons: because it celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, to which Don Bosco was very devoted, and because Don Bosco himself recalls how the whole Salesian work began with the first boy welcomed during the feast of December 8, 1841. In the wake of the Company of the Immaculate Conception, of which Dominic Savio was a promoter, the Friends of Dominic Savio youth groups developed, groups that on this very occasion make pledges of adherence to the proposed Christian life project. In the Salesian work in Chisinau, too, there are ADS groups, which started from the very beginning as a proposal offered to young people to commit themselves more and more to adherence to the Oratorian project. On 8 December, about 10 young people made their pledge, while another 20 or so renewed their commitment to the spiritual and service path. "Currently, there are about 30 teenagers participating in the formative path, about 10 young people in the responsible group and about 30 young people who are part of the various ADS groups (from 8 to 14 years old)," said Fr. Sergio Bergamin, founder and head of the Chisinau Oratory. "It seemed to me a moment of growth and responsibility of the local youth reality and of the oratory itself. Some of the more mature youth are engaged in carrying on the after-school program as a service to help the younger ones, following the example of Dominic Savio," concluded Fr. Bergamin.