Cachoeira do Campo, Brazil - April 2017 - From 23 to 30 April, a Seminar on Missionary Animation and Formation is taking place on the theme "The First Proclamation and the Salesian Mission". This is the first of the regional seminars to be held jointly by the Salesians and Daughters of Mary Help of Christians. The General Councillors for the Salesian Missions and Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), Fr Guillermo Basañes and Sr Alaíde Deretti, are attending the event. Other participants include Fr Natale Vitali, Councillor for the American Southern Cone Region; Fr Martin Lasarte of the Missions Department and various SDB and FMA Provincials, Salesians, FMAs, and lay people.