ROME – ITALY - INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG LASALLIANS: The International Council of Young Lasallians has met in Rome between the 25th and the 30th of July. For this meeting ICYL was being accompanied by Bro. Claude Reinhardt. This task was previously done by Bro. William Mann who we thank for the enormous contribution and dedication with which he has characterised his work on ICYL during the years.

ICYL’s busy agenda for this meeting was mainly taken up by two specific projects. These were the coordination of the implementation phase of the International Lasallian Day of Prayer for Peace (ILDPP) and the launching of a proposal for the establishment of an International Lasallian Formation Programme for Young Lasallian Leaders.

The council has already received very encouraging feedback regarding ILDPP from a number of Districts although it is still very eagerly waiting for news from others. Both projects are a direct result of the calls for stronger networking and accessible formation programmes for Young Lasallians received from the delegates of the International Symposium for Young Lasallians which took place last year.

VANDU PAARU - INDIA - VANDU PAARU VOLUNTEERS ARE HARD AT WORK: The volunteers have arrived in Boys Village. They were received by me at Madurai Airport and now they are well settled down in the Village.

We had an initial meeting with all four of them and as of now they are involved in refurbishing the living quarters of the domestic staff of Boys Village.

See the attached photos of the volunteers in Boys Village. Thank you for all of your efforts to make this summer program a reality for this year.
^{(Bro. Joseph Fernando)}

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