Rome, Italy – July 2024 - A Youth Ministry Assembly for Salesian Italy was held on 12 July at the National Centre for Salesian Works. The summer event, following one in January, brings together the Coordinators of the National Offices and those in charge of Liaisons, with the heads of the CNOS bodies, as well as the Lay Directors of the National Associations and lay people with roles of national responsibility, the San Lorenzo Community and the National Centre EPC. A first moment of the assembly was dedicated to listening to the experience of the SOG Friars, the Youth Orientation Service of the Friars Minor of Umbria and Sardinia, with Fr Mirko Mazzocato who recounted the birth of the SOG and the question of first announcement as it occurs in the courses offered to young people. This discussion was preparatory to information relating to the seminar on  first announcement in the Mediterranean Region to be held in Madrid in October: the main seminar points were outlined in June, during the meeting between the national centres of Italy and Spain; in the coming weeks the details for registration and the final programme will be released. In the second part of the meeting there was time for pastoral year-end reports by the national offices, during which various matters were addressed. The meeting then continued with Provincials and Youth Ministry delegates tackling the questions of Universal Civil Service.