Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela - July 2024 - Great joy marked the day on Saturday, 6 July at the Divino Niño parish in Puerto la Cruz, when the priestly ordination of Israel Hernández, a new Salesian priest at the disposal of the Church to serve God's people, was celebrated. The ceremony, conducted by Bishop Jonny Reyes, SDB, Bishop of Puerto Ayacucho, was a moment of deep emotion and celebration for the Salesian community, with the young people and committed lay people who gathered to accompany the new priest on this special day. The ceremony was attended, among others, by Fr Fernando Miranda, Superior of Spain's Mary Help of Christians Province (SMX), from which the new priest comes, and his formator, Fr Antonio Cifuente.