Fatumaca, Timor-Leste - December 2024 - On 7 December, after a year of formation in the Salesian novitiate in Fatumaca, 13 young people made their first religious profession as members of the Salesian Congregation. Twelve of these young people come from the Timor-Leste Vice-Province (TLS) and one from the Indonesia Vice-Province (INA). The solemn Eucharistic celebration was presided over by the TLS Superior, Fr Anacleto Guterres Pires, and concelebrated by dozens of Salesian priests, including Fr Lino Quintão Assis Belo, vice-Province of the INA Vice-Province. The ceremony was attended by the families of the newly professed, clerics and religious from different Congregations.