Curitiba, Brazil - February 2021 - With the Eucharistic celebration presided over by Fr Gilson Marcos da Silva, Provincial of the Brazil-Porto Alegre Province (BPA), the formative phase of the novitiate in Curitiba officially began on February 2. The 14 Salesians in formation from the Provinces of “São Paulo” (6), “Recife” (7) and “Porto Alegre” (1), are guided by Fr Cássio Rodrigo de Oliveira, SDB, Master of Novices.