Jerusalem - June 2022 - On June 12, at the Church of All Nations in Gethsemane, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Patriarch of Jerusalem, OFM, ordained nine young Salesians from the Salesian Monastery of Ratisbonne as deacons. The newly ordained deacons belong to eight different Salesian Provinces and Vice-Provinces: India-Delhi (INN); India-Guwahati (ING); Zambia-Malawi-Zimbabwe-Namibia (ZMB); United States East and Canada (SUE); Italy-Lombardo-Emiliana (ILE); Italy-Sicily (ISI); Africa Great Lakes (AGL) and Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands (PGS), with two confreres. The solemn ceremony was also attended by Fr. Alfred Maravilla, General Councilor for Missions, Fr. Alejandro León Mendoza, Salesian Provincial of the Middle East (MOR), Fr. Erino Andrea Leoni, Vicar of the ILE Province, Fr. Francesco di Natale, Vicar of the ISI Province, and Fr. David Moreno, SUE Provincial Secretary.