Messina, Italy – May 2024 - 11 young Salesians were ordained deacon by Bishop Cesare Di Pietro, Auxiliary Bishop of Messina on Saturday, 18 May in the splendid setting of the Assumption Cathedral in Messina. The 11 Salesians ordained are Danilo Finocchiaro, Giuseppe Priolo and Alessio Tavilla, from the Province of Sicily (ISI); Nicodemus Besigrinee, from the Province of Southern West Africa (AOS); Olivier Makoroka and Privat Nizeyimana, from the Africa Great Lakes Vice-Province (AGL); James Edward Massawe, from the Province of Tanzania (TZA); Poliansky Lynel Mbatchi, from the Equatorial Tropical Africa Vice-Province (ATE); Alexander Alfred Noah and Clement Thanda, from the Zambia-Malawi-Zimbabwe-Namibia Vice-Province (ZMB) and Fabrice Michel Razafimandimby, from the Madagascar Vice-Province (MDG).