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Gatchina, Russia – August 2024 – From 18 to 23 August last, Leaders at the Salesian Oratory in Gatchina went to the countryside, to the house, for the eighth traditional annual meeting. 12 Leaders and Fr Andrej Porubchin, SDB, participated. During the six days, the Leaders carried out cultural activities, especially in the field of art and philosophy, and reflected on Saint Francis de Sales' "Introduction to the Devout Life". Quizzes, workshops, team games and much more were then held to increase the sense of unity among the Leaders. During the first and last evening there were also special moments of sharing, with songs around the fire and shared meals.
Ressins, France – August 2024 – Three hundred participants, including young people and adults, took part in the "Campobosco", the great late summer gathering of the Salesian Family, held in Ressins, in the Loire, from 20 to 24 August, under the theme: "Hope makes free". The theme was designed by the staff who organised the event, to give a message of hope even in these difficult times marked by global warming, armed conflicts, ecological and social crises and much more. During the four days of Campobosco, marked by moments of reflection, play and sharing, Dr. Marie Clergeau, a well-known psychologist at the "Reborntrauma" Brussels, a mental health centre specialised in overcoming trauma, also spoke. The latter said that: “Hope is the certainty that God never leaves us alone”. Mass was celebrated at the end of the "Campobosco", presided over by Fr Xavier Ernst, Youth Ministry Delegate of the Salesian Province of France and Southern Belgium (FRB).
Santiago, Chile – August 2024 – The Salesian Family in Chile met on 24 August to celebrate the Perpetual Professions of Adrián Ayala, Christian Chávez and Oswaldo Mora in a Eucharist held in the parish of Jesús el Señor. The Mass was presided over by Fr Nelson Moreno, Superior of the Salesian Province of Chile (CIL), and concelebrated by Fr Marcelo Farfán, Superior of the Salesian Province of Ecuador, and by Salesian confreres from various religious communities.
Venice, Italy – August 2024 – The CGS Jury (Cinecircoli Giovanili Socioculturali, national association of film culture) will be at the eighty-first edition of the Venice Film Festival (from 28 August to 7 September) with 26 participants, mostly young people aged 18 and over, from the local Circoli in Alassio, Genoa, Padua, Ancona, Cagliari, Taranto and Sesto San Giovanni. They will be protagonists of a film criticism workshop, coordinated by the National Governing Council with the support of CGS Marche. For more than forty years, the Venice Cinema Laboratory has been one of the most interesting moments of the CGS national formation, precisely because of the coincidence with the most prestigious and "ancient" Film Festival in the world and the opportunity to participate in it from the privileged perspective of accredited members. For 27 years, the work of the Cinema Language Laboratory has been associated, for the participating group, with the task of Jury of the "Magic Lantern" Prize, recognized by the Film Festival among the Collateral Awards, which will be awarded by the Sociocultural Youth Cinecircles to the most significant film for issues related to youth and education. The activities will be documented on the social profiles of the National CGS Association and the reviews produced within the Laboratory will be published on the website www.sentieridicinema.it