Curitiba, Brazil - 31 January 2018 - In the inter-provincial novitiate of Curitiba, Brazil-Porto Alegre Province (BPA), Fr Asídio Deretti, Provincial of the Porto Alegre Province, received the first Salesian Professions of 12 novices: 6 of Recife (BRE), 5 of São Paulo (BSP) and 1 of Porto Alegre (BPA). The new novitiate year (2018) which also began on January 31, will have 17 novices from the three aforementioned Provinces.