Lomé, Togo – 17 April 2016 – On April 17th, Fr. Ivo Coelho, General Councillor for Formation, in the “Don Rinaldi Novitiate” met 20 novices of the West Africa Francophone Province (AFO) and of the Africa Tropical Equatorial Vice-Province (ATE). After a warm welcome, there was a very fraternal and spontaneous two-hours’ encounter-dialogue with the novices. Then there was the celebration of the Mass at the conclusion of the Spiritual retreat that preceded the AFO Province Chapter. The Mass was presided over by Msgr. Miguel Angel Olaverri, Salesian Bishop of Pointe Noire, Congo Brazzaville. In the afternoon, Fr. Coelho met with the Novitiate formation team.