Many Salesian novitiates around the world will celebrate the first professions of novices, on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and the birth of Don Bosco.
The Following will make the first professions:
August 15:
- In the Regina Mundi chapel in Imara, the Democratic Republic of Congo, 21 novices from the Province of Central Africa. Presided over by the Regional Councillor, Fr. Don Guillermo Basañes;
- In the St. John the Evangelist parish church in Poprad-Veľká, Slovakia, 2 novices belonging to the Slovakian and East Poland Province. Presided over by the Regional Councillor for North Europe, Fr. Marek Chrzan;
- In Morogoro, Tanzania, 11 novices from the East African Province, including a Salesian Brother candidate. Presided over by the Provincial, Fr. Gianni Rolandi;
- In Lusaka, Zambia, 6 novices from the Vice Province of Zambia, and 1 novice from of the Vice Province of Southern Africa. Presided over by the Superior of Zambia, Fr. George Chalissery;
- in Ba Thon, Vietnam, 9 novices from the Vietnam Province, including 2 Salesian Brother candidates. Presided over by the Provincial, Fr. Joseph Tran Hoa Hung;
August 16:
- In Mexico City, 3 novices of the Mexico-Guadalajara Province. Presided over by the Provincial, Fr. Gabino Hernández Paleta;
- In Lome, Togo, Equatorial Tropical Africa 7 novices -among them a Salesian Brother candidate- and 9 novices of French-speaking West Africa (AFO). Presided over by the AFO Provincial, Fr. Faustino García Peña;
- In Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, 3 novices of Haiti, and 3 novices of the Antilles. Presided over by the Antilles Provincial, Fr. Victor Pichardo Moronta;
- In Stony Point, United States, 3 novices of the United States-East Province. Presided over by the Provincial, Fr. Thomas Dunne;
- In Bellflower, United States, 1 novice in the United States-West Province. Presided over by the Provincial, Fr. Timothy Ploch;
- In Butare, Rwanda, 8 novices from Africa of the Great Lakes Vice Province. Presided over by the Superior, Fr. Camiel Swertvagher;
August 17:
- In San Antonio, Venezuela, 6 novices from the Venezuela Province, including a Salesian Brother. Presided over by the Provincial, Fr. Luciano Stefani.
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