As every year, on September 26 we celebrate the Day of Prayer for all the young people who live their process of Initial Formation within the Pious Schools. Along with this letter of greeting I send you the names of all of them: the aspirants and pre-novices, who are beginning their formation journey with hope, questions and confidence; the novices, who have made the decision to become religious and have taken on the challenge of living a particularly important year to base their vocation; the juniors, who year after year renew their commitment in a precious dynamic of fidelity, and those who this year have made their solemn vows or have received ordinations.