Polis - The city of Scout

The Roverway is a European event organized within the WOSM and WAGGGS to give an opportunity for boys and girls aged between 16 and 22 years of sharing different opinions, cultures and traditions. Looking back and evolving the path traced in previous editions (Portugal 2003, Italy 2006, Iceland 2009), in 2012 the Roverway will be organized by the ' Association of Scouts FINLAND (Suomen Partiolaiset).

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The project "Building Expo" invites you to FattoApposta, a great event for the city of Milan , Saturday, December 18, 2010 at Fourth Oggiaro, suburb of the city. For those unfamiliar with the project , promoted by AGESCI Lombardia with AGESCI Milan Area, CNGEI Milan Section and Provincial ACLI Milanesi and funded by the City of Milan with the law 285 has been online for a few days the site www.gexo.im

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1. What festival is celebrated on the first day of November?

In the first days of November we celebrate the Feast of All Saints .

2. Who are the Saints?

The Saints are men and women, boys and girls, when they were on earth, have so loved Jesus and lived by following his teachings, and for this they were very happy. Now I'm even happier because they are forever in Paradise, near the Church God chooses some of these people and we proposed as the example to follow. In fact, every day of the calendar is linked to a saint, but the Saints are many more. There are also those holy people who have passed on earth without anyone accor Gesse of them, but they gave a beautiful testimony of love to God and their brothers.

3. We too can be saints?

Yes, because the Saints were people like us, even the sins committed, but because they loved Jesus very much, always wanted to be his friends. So he confessed often attended Mass, prayed with a sincere heart and lived all their life with commitment and passion . They wanted so much good too Mary, Mother of Jesus and all of us.

4. Why, when we pray, we invoke the Saints too?

We invoke the Saints too because they are loyal friends of the Lord and are with him in Paradise. In fact if we look to them that love us so much, ask God to hear our prayers.

5. Why do we venerate also the body, relics and images of saints?

Also venerate the relics (small fragments of body parts or objects) and the images of saints, such as statues, because they remind us of the great things the Lord has done through the lives of these people, such as miracles. Their body was certainly a temple of the Holy Spirit, and the glorious resurrected to eternal life.

6. Why do we celebrate the Feast of All Saints?

We celebrate the feast of All Saints:

• to praise and thank the Lord for having given us such people as an example to follow;
• to celebrate this day Saints even those who do not know;
• to ask all the saints to pray to the Lord for us and for loved ones.

7. For the day after the feast of Saints we remember all the deceased?

Why so we can pray for our deceased loved ones in Purgatory, perhaps visiting a cemetery, the place where their bodies lie waiting the Resurrection. In Purgatory are the souls of the dead waiting to go to Heaven, along with the Saints and near to God with our prayers and our sacrifices, we can help the souls in Purgatory to go to heaven soon. For example we can pray this simple prayer :

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And shine upon them light perpetual rest in peace . Amen

The Italian Federation of Scouting and the world of youth, came together to confront one of the most relevant issues for the development of youth policies in Italy: the implementation of a Plan Young .

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All those who have succeeded as head scout had a common quality: for the men counted them first. Scouting was a word for them: "The Boys ". In conversations nominated them one by one.

Every technique, every step of the adventure, every game, every blow, were James, Remus, Daniel, Paul, Maurice ... Their Scouting was not steering but Liberator.

They freed the better as far as they knew their kids, one by one, and loved them one by one, each with its faults and its virtues.

The adventure for them, was the soul of their children.

"If you slow down, they stop,
if you yield, they draw back,
If you sit down, they lie down,
If you doubt, cries,
If you criticize, they break down,
if you go before they will exceed
if you give your hand, they give their skin,
and if you pray ... then will they be saints . "

Michel Menu - "Art and Technique of the Cape"