Curitiba, Brazil - October 2019 - On 12 October, Salesian novices residing in the Salesian community of Curitiba handed in their requests for the First Religious Profession, and a trainee presented his request for the renewal of Religious Profession. There are 10 novices present in the Curitiba novitiate: 6 from the Recife Province and 4 from the Province of Sao Paulo. The celebration was presided over by the Novice Master, Fr Cássio Rodrigo, SDB, in the presence of several members of the Salesian Family.