The 8th September, feast of the nativity of Our Lady, was the most important day of the novitiate. Twenty novices, including myself, became Salesians of Don Bosco and twenty-nine young men started their novitiate at Monte Oliveto, Pinerolo. During this year of novitiate these novices will study their vocation more profoundly and continue the journey they have started in their aspirantate.
Returning to Savio College a day after school was over, I noticed a very quiet ambience. In fact, the only sound to be heard was the away humdrum of everyday life in the quiet Dingli village. But sumer would change all this. Savio College was lit and packed with hundreds of teenagers, at times rowdy, but certainly all the time very lively.. This event-packed summer helped me mature and improve my talents and also my character.The first summer camps were first in the summer calendar. Savio was filled with about 350 teenagers living together in separate camps.