Rome, Italy - September 2023 - On 5 September, during Vespers presided over by the General Councillor for Formation, Fr Ivo Coelho, the new UPS Superior, Fr José Aníbal Milhais Pinto Mendonça, former Provincial of Portugal, was installed in the Mary Seat of Wisdom Vice-Province (UPS), in the Chapel of the Gesù Maestro Community. Present were Fr Miguel Angel García Morcuende, General Councillor for Youth Ministry, Fr Juan Carlos Pérez Godoy, Councillor for the Mediterranean Region, Fr Stefano Aspettati, ICC Provincial, Sr María del Rosario García Ribas, Vicar of the FMA Mother General, accompanied by the two superiors, Sr Carla Castellino and Sr Antonella Cangiano, and all the communities of the UPS Vice-Province. Also present were the HH.SS.CC. and the elderly and infirm Salesians they care for, as well as various other representatives of the Salesian communities in Rome. At the end of the celebration, a message was read out by Fr Maria Arokiam  Kanaga, who was absent due to a previous commitment, and to whom due thanks were extended for his three years of service as Superior of the Vice-Province. Lastly, Fr José Aníbal Milhais Pinto Mendonça took the floor, thanking those present and referring to the 'call' to this new and unexpected service he had been asked to undertake. The solemn rite was followed by an equally festive and fraternal dinner carefully prepared by the staff coordinated by Fr Renzo Barduca, Economerf the UPS and the Vice-Province. The group of theology students from the Zefferino Namuncurà Community enlivened the evening with a song and an "acrostic" message for the new Superior.