{"id":29408,"date":"2026-03-10T15:26:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=29408"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:26:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:26:44","slug":"over-200-young-people-gather-in-brescia-for-the-sym-2026-forum-on-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2026\/03\/10\/over-200-young-people-gather-in-brescia-for-the-sym-2026-forum-on-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 200 Young People Gather in Brescia for the SYM 2026 Forum on Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(ANS \u2013 <strong>Brescia<\/strong>) \u2013 It was not a weekend of idle chatter, but a true immersion in what it means to \u201cget your hands dirty\u201d for the common good. The <strong>Salesian Youth Movement (SYM) 2026 Youth Forum<\/strong>, held on <strong>March 7\u20138<\/strong> in <strong>Brescia<\/strong>, brought together over 200 young people from the Italian regions of <strong>Lombardy<\/strong> y <strong>Emilia-Romagna<\/strong> under a single imperative: <em>\u201cAim for peace.\u201d<\/em> And if the title seemed like a challenge, the reality exceeded expectations. The weekend began with an extraordinary welcome from the <strong>Bishop of Brescia, Bishop Pierantonio Tremolada<\/strong>, who reminded participants, \u201cIn the Bible, <em>shalom<\/em>, which means peace, is the fullness of human life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The \u201cWe\u201d That Inspires: Fr. Mattia and Emanuele Fant\u2019s Theatre<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Saturday opening captivated both heart and mind. <strong>Emanuele Fant<\/strong>, teacher and artist, broke the ice by transforming the stage into a classroom and the classroom into a theatre: a lesson-show that challenged the participants while never boring them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Immediately afterward, the floor was given to <strong>Fr. Mattia Ferrari<\/strong>, chaplain of the <strong>Mediterranea Saving Humans NGO<\/strong>, which rescues migrants at sea. He spoke constantly in the plural\u2014a recurring \u201cwe\u201d that comes from prayer and real work among the waves. At the core of his address were two symbols that leave no room for escape: the Eucharist and the Cross of Christ, experienced not as abstract concepts, but as guiding compasses for those who choose to stand with the least among us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Four Women: When Peace Takes the Face of Courage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On <strong>Sunday morning, March 8<\/strong>, International Women\u2019s Day, the \u201cPeace Builders\u201d roundtable presented four powerful testimonies from women that kept the audience riveted. Moderated by <strong>Fabio Carminati<\/strong>, journalist for <em>Avvenire<\/em>, the four women spoke about building a peaceful tomorrow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Daniela Pompei<\/strong>, head of the <strong>Community of Sant\u2019Egidio<\/strong> and mastermind behind the Humanitarian Corridors, emphasized that security comes from legal reception and that integration is an ongoing process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gemma Flaha<\/strong>, a Syrian dentist who arrived in Italy through the Humanitarian Corridors, shared the humility and effort required to start from scratch, returning to school to rebuild her identity and dignity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lucia D\u2019Anna<\/strong>, an Italian cellist living in <strong>Jerusalem<\/strong>, testified via video link about how music can serve as a \u201ccultural bridge\u201d and a neutral space where even those educated to hate can recognize their shared humanity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sara Sechi<\/strong>, Executive Secretary of <strong>Don Bosco International<\/strong>, highlighted her work bringing messages and perspectives of peace to the corridors of power in the <strong>European Parliament<\/strong>, transforming the Salesian charism into concrete legislative proposals for the rights of minors and young people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Desire That Extends Beyond the Forum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between the courtyards of the <strong>Salesian Institute<\/strong> and the homes of Brescian families hosting the young participants, the atmosphere was both serious and fraternal. Many questions emerged, but there was also a strong desire to go deeper and, above all, to listen more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <strong>Fr. Damiano Galbusera<\/strong>, Rector of the Salesian work in Brescia, reflected: \u201cViolence surprises us when it is \u2018big,\u2019 but we often do not notice how it attacks our hearts in words, on social media, and in silences. Like Isaiah\u2019s \u2018Suffering Servant,\u2019 we are called not to respond to violence with the same coin, so as not to perpetuate its cycle. The message of the Forum is this: take a chance on forgiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Judging by the looks on the young participants\u2019 faces after <strong>Mass<\/strong> and the <strong>Vigil<\/strong> led by the <strong>SYM Choir<\/strong>, the lesson had been absorbed: peace is not just a diplomatic option, but a daily choice of <em>\u2018disobeying resignation.\u2019<\/em> And exchanging a sign of peace had never carried a more profound significance.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(ANS \u2013 Brescia) \u2013 It was not a weekend of idle chatter, but a true immersion in what it means to \u201cget your hands dirty\u201d for the common good. The Salesian Youth Movement (SYM) 2026 Youth Forum, held on March 7\u20138 in Brescia, brought together over 200 young people from the Italian regions of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna under a single imperative: \u201cAim for peace.\u201d And &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2026\/03\/10\/over-200-young-people-gather-in-brescia-for-the-sym-2026-forum-on-peace\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continuar leyendo <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Over 200 Young People Gather in Brescia for the SYM 2026 Forum on Peace<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":29411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[516714022,15462108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salesian-world-news","category-salesian-youth-movement"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-10-Brescia-feature.jpg?fit=1600%2C875&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-7Ek","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29408"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29412,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29408\/revisions\/29412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}