The Salesian Pastoral Youth Service (SPYS) is a
Maltese Salesian
The Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), formally known as the Society of Saint Francis de Sales (), is a religious congregation of men in the Catholic Church, founded in 1859 by the Italian priest John Bosco to help poor and migrant youth during the ...
team of religious and
lay youth leaders that aims to develop and implement a programme of
holistic
Holism is the interdisciplinary idea that systems possess properties as wholes apart from the properties of their component parts. Julian Tudor Hart (2010''The Political Economy of Health Care''pp.106, 258
The aphorism "The whole is greater than t ...
formation for young people. The project started in 1995 by developing programmes with a target group in the local area of
Sliema
Sliema ( ) is a town located on the northeast coast of Malta in the Districts of Malta#Northern Harbour District, Northern Harbour District. It is a major residential and commercial area and a centre for shopping, bars, dining, and café life. ...
, Malta, and now operates nationally.
The group now also has involvement on a wider
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...
an scale as well as in developing countries through its international office, SPYS.int.
SPYS has been since 2004 also a member of the Don Bosco Youth-Net
– a network of European Salesian organizations that provides training and support to young people.
References
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External links
Official Website
Youth organisations based in Malta
Catholic youth organizations
Youth organizations established in 1995