Antioquia, Colombia – January 2024 – Mass was celebrated for the first professions of nine Salesian novices belonging to the Provinces of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela on the afternoon of 13 January in the chapel of the Santo Domingo Savio Salesian House in La Ceja (Antioquia). The main celebrant was Fr Luis Fernando Valencia, Superior of the Salesian Province of Medellín, who stressed the importance of the Dream at nine years of age in his homily. Accompanying the young Salesians, in addition to a large group of family and friends, were Fr Marcelo Farfán, Superior of the Province of Ecuador; Fr Rafael Montenegro, Superior of the Province of Venezuela; Fr Jhon Jairo Gómez Rúa, Superior of the Province of Colombia-Bogotá and Fr Juan Pablo Alcas Michilot, Superior of the Province of Peru.