Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil – May 2024 - On 1 May the Salesian Family of Juazeiro do Norte gathered to celebrate 85 years of Salesian presence. The celebrations for the anniversary began with the Mass presided over by the Rector of the work, Fr Raimundo Nonato, at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the presence of collaborators and members of the different sectors of the Salesian work of the city. Subsequently, a moment of celebration took place in the auditorium of the São João Bosco Salesian College, with the reading of the message sent for the occasion by the Rector Major, Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime. Then, the songs of good wishes and the cutting of the cake followed, crowning 85 years of Salesian presence. The Salesians arrived in Juazeiro in 1939, thanks to the dream of Don Bosco and the desire of the Servant of God, Fr Cícero Romão Batista, and still today they educate and evangelise young people through the São João Bosco institute, the Horto do Padre Cícero, the Sagrado Coração de Jesus parish, the FM Padre Cícero radio, the Fr Cícero Museum, the house of formation, the oratories, the Salesian Youth Movement and the groups of the Association of Mary Help of Christians and the Salesian Cooperators.