Rome, Italy – September 2024 - An SYM Meeting took place from 6 to 7 September 2024, in the Salesian oratory in Cinecittà, involving more than 600 young people from all over the SYM Central Italy territory. In the footsteps of the pastoral proposal "Expected by Your love, joyful in Hope", activities were proposed for all age groups: Two-Year, Three-Year and Young Adults. To get to the heart of the pastoral proposal, the Two and Three-year groups participated in games and activities rich in joy and formation. A round table was held for young adults as an opportunity to discuss the theme of Hope. On Saturday, all the participants took part in the "Sources of Hope", a moment dedicated to discussion involving the experience of various witnesses in their experience of Hope on some particular issues, then concluding with a moment of sharing between houses. The SYM Meeting closed with the Eucharistic Celebration presided over by the new Provincial of the ICC Fr Roberto Colameo, a greeting  from the FMA Provincial Sister Gabriella Garofoli and the publication of the new secretarial and pastoral animation assignments. Following the example of Don Bosco, and to begin to be together as the true sources of Hope, the young people decided to donate the amount destined for their devices to the Don Bosco oratory in Alexandria, Egypt, going to finance the annual oratory activities of 10 children.

Kinshasa – DR Congo – On 15 September, Fr Joan Lluís Playà, SDB, Central Delegate of the Rector Major for the Salesian Family Secretariat, on a Visit to the Salesian Vice-Province of Africa Congo Congo (ACC), led a formation meeting with Rectors of the communities of the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, and members of the Salesian Family Advisory Council for the ACC Vice-Province.

Milan, Italy – September 2024 - On Sunday, 15 September, in the Basilica of St Augustine in Milan, Susanna Anzini, Andrea Dancelli, Rita Fallea, Andrea Festa, Daniela Tognoni and Fabio Fiscardi, made their perpetual profession as Salesians of Don Bosco and Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. The celebration was presided over by Fr Juan Carlos Pérez Godoy, Councillor for the Mediterranean Region, who for the occasion wore an alb belonging to St John Bosco. The mass was concelebrated by Fr Roberto Dal Molin, Superior of the Lombard-Emilian Province (ILE) and animated by the youth of the SYM choir. Many family members, SDB, FMA, friends and young people from various parts of the Province, and others, attended the celebration and gathered in the courtyard, where celebrations continued at the end of the ceremony. The celebration was the concluding moment of the 2 Youth Days, an event at the beginning of the year of the Salesian Youth Movement in Lombardy-Emilia, which was attended by about 200 young educators and formators engaged in the homes, and animation by the Leader Formation School.