An annual HDS live in was held for HDS Form 3 from the 8th-10th March 2010. 33 attended this  live in. It was a great live in with time for recreation, sports, study, formation and prayer. A big thanks for all of the leaders.

A retreat was held at Mt St Joseph for our aspirants and prenovices. The retreat was guided by Fr Louis Grech sdb. It was a nice moment for these young men to stop from everyday life and reflect on God in their life.

A Live in for 36 young Form 2 boys was held at Savio. The Live in was led by the Salesian helpers. The main hightlight of these two days was the formation meeting held at 8pm followed by evening prayers. A night activity always followed. This is the third HDS livein for this scholastic year. The HDS Form 5 live in was held in December 2009

. These livein help to build a sense of group and aims at giving the members sound Christian values. It is also a great opportunity for the helpers to use their leadership qualities.

It would be fair to say that, following on from the successful information session held in January the SPYS preparation sessions for prospective volunteers are now well underway! During these sessions the prospective volunteers have, to date, started to get to know each other while at the same time learning about the Salesians and Don Bosco’s preventive system of education, trust, teamwork and team building.

Twenty nine boys, aged between fourteen to sixteen were eager participants in the Team Work Session held on the 25th of February 2010. SPYS were contacted to organize this session, by Mr.C.D'Amato who was organizing a live in for a group of boys from Kullegg San Tumas Moore. The boys participated and enjoyed the tasks set for them. Afterwards, they were made to think about how their actions and those of others affected the team. Some important take home messages were mentioned and hopefully the boys will use what they learnt in their everyday lives.

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On Wednesday 10th January the Jesuits collaborated with the Salesians of Don Bosco to organise a fundraising event, to raise money for the Salesian Community in Haiti. Haiti Cries included a football tournament, in which several teams competed against each other, as well as a plant and book sale. Hair braiding and face painting were also organised. A drum circle livened up the atmosphere, with two professional players leading any volunteers to put together a tune.

February is synonymous with two main activities in Malta – St Paul’s Shipwreck and Carnival. Each year the Oratory in Sliema joins the festivities by the Carnival Disco. Around 200 members and friends, including members of the Dingli Oratory, danced to music by DJ Dundz and DJ Didi. The Costume competition was also held with awards in different categories, like Most Creative Costume and Best Couple.

The HDS groups met again for their 7th meeting this year. In the morning a nice group of young boys came for the meetings. The Form 1-3 where quite numerous. There was a formation session in groups, followed by recreation and then Mass. There were also meetings for Form 4s and 6th Formers in the afternoon. Well done to all participants and to all the Salesian animators who organise the meetings.

The Feast of St John Bosco celebrated at Savio College on the 29th of January witnessed the promise for the commitment to pre-novitiate of two young men. Jake Mamo and Pierre Bonnici 2 of the current 4 aspirants at Dingli made the promise during the School Mass celebrated by Fr Paul Formosa.