The Havana, Cuba – February 2016 – From February 10th to 21st, was held the Enlarged Council of the Association of Salesian Cooperators of Cuba. An assessment was made of year 2015 and the guideline of action for 2016 were also examined, in view of the celebrations of the centenary of Salesian presence in Cuba and in the Province of the Antilles.  

Sao Paolo, Brazil – February 20th, 2016 – On February 20th, at the Don Bosco Parish of the Salesian Community St. Thomas Aquinas, 7 Salesians were ordained deacons. They come from the provinces of Belo Horizonte (2), Porto Alegre (3), Recife (1) e San Paolo (1). The ceremony was presided over by Msgr. Julio Endi Akamine, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Sao Paolo and was concelebrated by Fr. Natale Vitali, Councillor for the America South Cone Region, and by the Provincials Edson Donizetti Castilho (BSP), Fr. Asídio Deretti (BPA), Fr. Orestes Carlinhos Fistarol (BBH) and Fr. Nivaldo Luiz Pessinatti (BRE).  

Curitiba, Brazil - February 2016 - On 2 February, Fr Asidio Deretti, Provincial of Porto Alegre (BPA), presided at the opening Mass in the Salesian novitiate of the Immaculate Conception. He entrusted twelve novices to the Rector and Novice Master Fr Cássio Rodrigo (BSP), who will guide them through the year. The formation team took part as did Fr Adalberto Alves De Jesus, Vice-Provincial of Campo Grande (BCG).