Rome, Italy – August 2024 - The Provincial Assembly of the Salesians of Central Italy opened on the morning of 29 August, with the Eucharistic Celebration. It is a traditional appointment for all the Educative and Pastoral Communities of the Sacred Heart Salesian Circumscription (ICC), with which the pastoral and educational year began. It was focused on the jubilee theme "Hope does not disappoint". The installation of Fr Roberto Colameo as Superior of the ICC Circumscription was celebrated during the Mass presided over by Fr Juan Carlos Pérez Godoy, Councillor for the Mediterranean Region. The presence of Salesians from all the regions of the Circumscription was considerable, together with lay people, leaders of the EPC Councils, young people from the Salesian Youth Movement, Salesian Cooperators, past pupils and members of the Salesian Family. There are also numerous Daughters of Mary Help of Christians from both Provinces led by Sister Elide Degiovanni, ILS Provincial, and Sister Gabriella Garofoli, IRO Provincial who together with the Salesians plan and dream at various levels of youth animation, education and pastoral care for young people in this vast territory. The celebration was also attended by Bishop Paolo Ricciardi, Auxiliary Bishop of Rome, East Sector, and Archbishop Giuseppe Mani, Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari. Finally came the moment of thanks to Fr Stefano Esperettati who, at the end of his mandate, thanked everyone "for these six years of journey, of great growth for me, for my faith, for my ability to listen", wishing his successor may have a strong experience of listening and fatherhood.