Brazil - Installation of new Salesian Provincial of Porto Alegre, Fr. Ademir Ricardo Cwendrych

08 February 2023

Itajaí, Brazil - February 2023 - On Feb. 5, at St. John Bosco Parish in Itajaí, Fr. Gabriel Romero, Councilor for the America Southern Cone Region, presided over the installation ceremony of the new Superior of the Salesian Province of Porto Alegre (BPA), Fr. Ademir Ricardo Cwendrych. In the same ceremony, Fr. Sérgio Ramos de Souza took office as BPA Provincial Vicar. Present at the celebration were Fr. Gilson Marcos da Silva, outgoing BPA Provincial; Fr. Natale Vitali, Belo Horizonte Provincial; Fr. Ricardo Carlos, Campo Grande Provincial; Fr. Jefferson Luiz Santos, Manaus Provincial; Fr. Francisco Inácio Vieira Júnior, Recife Provincial; and Fr. Justo Piccinini, São Paulo Provincial. In his homily, Fr. Gabriel Romero stressed the importance of accompaniment: "It is very nice to see so many people who have come from so many places and from so far to accompany this moment. But it is also beautiful and important to be able to continue to accompany the continuity of this ministry."

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