MEETING SAL 2025

This past weekend a training meeting took place in Lekun Etxea with the young people participating in the SAL project. Seven young people from the Province of Emmaus (2 from Seville, 2 from Bilbao and 3 from Vitoria) who will travel to Valencia (Venezuela), Anzaldo and Cochabamba (Bolivia) this summer to share the mission in these presences.
The SAL project includes a training programme both before and after the experience in the south. During the previous year of training, the weekend meeting is an important moment, as the young people get to know the people they are going to travel with for the first time. During the sessions, the young people have learned more about the Piarists’ work in southern countries, they have reflected on community life and they have also been able to meet online the people who will welcome them this summer, as well as resolving doubts and dealing with practical aspects.
It was a time for getting together in which there was no lack of laughter, games and walks in the surrounding area. We hope it has motivated them even more to face this summer’s experience.

STUDY AND ENJOY: Calasanctian Week in Kinshasa

‘Study and flourish’ is a motto that can sum up the Calasanctian week held from 25th to 30th November 2024, at the Saint Joseph Calasanz School Complex in Kinshasa. The Calasanctian week was marked by various events, all of them significant and fruitful in the lives of our students, teachers and families.

The week started with an awareness march on plastic management and its effects on our environment. This was followed by two days of Olympiads in which all our pupils, divided into eight families each named after an animal, had fun and took part in various competitive events. Wednesday 27th November was dedicated to praying with Calasanz during the continuous prayer. Thursday was a day of costumes and food fairs. Everyone, students, teachers and staff, dressed up according to their own style and taste. It was great fun to see our students and their teachers teaching in costume. On Friday, a guided tour of the Kinshasa Zoo added a special flavour to the festivities. Saturday was divided into two parts: the celebration of the Eucharist and the feast itself. One of the innovations of the festivities was that each class met with their teacher to decorate and celebrate their festivities. Seeing the whole school decorated in so many different ways confirmed that the children were very creative and organised the parties themselves in their classes. It was certainly a week that has already left its mark on the future – long live Calasanz in the hearts of all!