Italy - Regional Assembly and "Giò Beach Party 2023" of the SYM Sicily
Catania, Italy - September 2023 - The regional assembly of the Salesian Youth Movement (SYM) of Sicily brought together around 70 young people, including representatives of the Salesian houses in the region and young people who attend the various works on a daily basis. "You see further than me - signs to dream again", is the slogan that will accompany the young people in this pastoral educational year, and which the representatives of the SYM Sicily addressed during the regional assembly on 23 September, held at the FMA provincial house in Catania. During the afternoon, the participants deepened their knowledge of the workbook of SYM Italy. In the evening, they focused on the logistical organization of the 'Giò beach party' on the following day. The day ended with community Eucharistic Adoration and the "Good Night" by Dony Sapienza, who has been a living part of the SYM for years. The following day, the "Gió beach party" was held at the Don Bosco colony at the Playa in Catania, and all the Salesian houses in Sicily were invited to participate in order to inaugurate the new year together, in the light of the pastoral proposal of Salesian Italy. More than 800 young animators attended this celebration full of fraternity, testimonies, prayer, games and fun in full Salesian style. During the Eucharistic celebration, Fr Giovanni D'Andrea, Superior of the Salesian Province of Sicily (ISI), and Sr Angela Maria Maccioni, the FMA Provincial, urged all the young people to cultivate their dreams, not to leave them aside and to be a gift to others, welcoming the dream that God has planned for each of them.
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