Maynooth, Ireland – July 2024 – The summer camp in Maynooth is a collaboration between the Irish province and Italy North East (INE). The camp is organised with the TGS Eurogroup from Veneto who have been organising the young people from Italy for the summer camp in Ireland for the past 3 years. The camp includes Liturgy, games, English classes, Salesian pedagogical moments and European cultural exchange. The camp was held from 14 to 29 July. The Salesian Youth Ministry and Spirituality students in Maynooth university as well as other volunteers from TGS made a team of about 60 people together for 15 days of Salesian summer experience. The 4th camp is scheduled for July 2025.

Turin, Italy – August 2024 – On the evening of Wednesday, 7 August, all 27 Salesian prenovices from Salesian Provinces in Europe met in Valdocco, Turin to begin a formation course in three days time on Salesian places and to promote mutual knowledge on the eve of the beginning of their novitiate in September. The Salesian contributions were led by Fr Enrico Lupano, from the Colle Don Bosco community. The prenovices came from: Austria (1); North Africa Circumscription (1); Croatia (10); Piedmont and Valle d 'Aosta Special Circumscription (1); Italy-Lombard Emiliana (2); Northeast Italy (3); Poland-Warsaw (1); Poland-Piła (2); Slovakia (3); Slovenia (2); Greek-Catholic Ukraine (1). The young people who will enter the novitiate at Colle Don Bosco have experienced a 6-week Italian language course. As a further phase of this preparation for the novitiate, the involvement of the prenovices in the Salesian Youth Synod (11-16 August 2024) on the occasion of the Bicentennial of Don Bosco's Dream at Nine Years of Age is also included. The animation of these different periods was coordinated by Fr Guido Errico, from the Formation Sector.

Copacabana, Colombia - August 2024 - The 2nd Meeting on Human Rights took place from 4 to 6 August in Copacabana, in the Department of Antioquia, promoted and organised by the Medellín Province, Colombia. The event, which brought together local representatives of Salesian works including from the Bogotá Province, reaffirmed the Salesian community's commitment to the defence and promotion of human rights. This year's event was characterised by the adoption of the "Learning by Doing" methodology, a practical approach that allowed everyone to effectively address the actions necessary for the implementation of the Provincial Policy on Human Rights, Inclusion and Non-Discrimination. During the three-day event, various activities, workshops and debates took place that fostered an active and collaborative learning space. Participants committed themselves to mobilising concrete actions to promote and protect the rights of children and adolescents, as well as those of other beneficiaries and collaborators of the Salesian mission.