Alceoni Berkenbrock

Fr. Alceoni Berkenbrock (born September 30, 1963, Florianópolis) is a Brazilian writer and catholic priest.

Biography The youngest son of José Berkenbrock and Luci Berkenbrock, brother of Arno and Zioni. He carried out the initial studies in São José (SC). In 1986, he moved to Brusque to study at the . Ordained Deacon on April 24, 1993, and Presbyter on July 10 of the same year, in the Mother Church of the Santa Cruz Parish. And Vicar General of Forania São José (Barreiros) since 2015.

Pana project The project is a partnership between Caritas Switzerland and Caritas Brazil in the framework of refugee immigration and humanitarian assistance. In the language of the Warao people, indigenous ethnicity of Venezuelan territory, pana means friend, partner.

Brazil has received a much smaller number of refugees than other South American nations, especially those that do not have a border with Venezuela, such as Peru, which received 354,000 people until July 2018. Chile had 105,700 refugees, and Argentina had 95,000 refugees.

Books 365 Dias Rezando pelas Vocações (2016)

Awards Freedom of the City of Garopaba (SC).