Rondonópolis, Brazil – October 2024 - The Salesian community at Rondonópolis (MT), which belongs to the Salesian Province of Campo Grande (BCG), organised the 3rd edition of Bosco Fest on Sunday 27 October, on the occasion of National Youth Day. The event brought together about 300 young people from different parishes in the city, at the Salesian Oratory. The afternoon was animated by music, spirituality and festive moments. The celebration, dedicated to Don Bosco, was attended by Fr Gabriel Romero, Councillor for the America South Cone Region, who is making the Extraordinary Visitation to the BCG Province. During the celebrations Fr Gabriel Romero expressed his joy at having shared this special moment, highlighting the importance of the Extraordinary Visitation to Rondonópolis: "It is a joy for me to share this moment with you," he said. The diocesan bishop of Rondonópolis, Bishop Maurício da Silva Jardim, attended the event underlining the commitment of young people. “The last Sunday in October is National Youth Day, it is your day, and it is a joy to be here with you. I invoke God's blessing on each of you, so that this blessing touches the hearts of all and inspires you with big dreams, not small dreams, "he said. The parish priest of the São João Batista Parish and rector of the Salesian community in Rondonópolis, Fr Vanderson de Souza Gomes, said that "Young people from different parishes of the diocese are with us from Montanópolis, Gratinga and other places where the charism of Don Bosco has arrived in their hearts".