Asunción, Paraguay – July 2024 – On 30 July, at the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians in Asunción, Fr Gabriel Romero, Councillor for the America South Cone Region, presided over the installation ceremony of Fr Néstor Ledesma as Superior of the Salesian Province of Paraguay (PAR) for the 2024-2030 period. The ceremony was accompanied by Archbishop Edmundo Valenzuela, SDB, Archbishop emeritus of Asunción, Bishop Gabriel Escobar, SDB, Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of the Paraguayan Chaco, by numerous Salesians, members of the Salesian Family and young people in the Salesian Youth Movement. Fr Néstor Ledesma thus became the 14th Provincial of PAR. "May the Lord give you a compassionate heart to be close to your Salesian brothers, to the many and generous lay people of our Family and our works, to the many young people that Providence entrusts to us" said Fr Romero to the new Provincial, also thanking him for having accepted this challenge. Fr Ledesma, at the end of the celebration, thanked Fr Mario Villalba, former PAR Provincial, for his six years of service.