Lubumbashi, DR Congo – July 2024 – On 13 July in the courtyard of the Salama Technical Institute, Fr Pascual Chávez Villanueva, Rector Major Emeritus, presided over the Eucharist during which nine young Salesians made their perpetual religious profession before Fr Guillermo Basañes, Superior of the Province of Central Africa (AFC). Of these 9 young Salesians, 8 are of Congolese nationality and one original from Guatemala, a missionary ad gentes.