Lubumbashi, R.D. Congo – August 2023 – 14 novices made their First Profession into the hands of Fr Guillermo Basañes, AFC Provincial, on 15 August, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Patroness of the Province of Central Africa (AFC). The ceremony was celebrated at the Regina Mundi Chapel in Lubumbashi and was a moment of great festivity.