by Father Vivian deSouza for BISMumbai

Mumbai Salesians' Provincial Father Savio Silveira and Economer Father Manuel Murzello, visited Don Bosco Chinchwad on 24 June 2020, for the Installation ceremony of Father Sanjay Lopes as Rector of the community.

They arrived at 10.40 a.m. and after refreshments, proceeded to the Chapel where the solemn ceremony was conducted with a prayer service. Father Provincial read the decree of the Rector Major confirming Father Lopes as Rector. He then read the article on “The Rector” from the Salesian Constitutions and gave a short explanation of the same. Father Lopes then made the profession of faith, and signed the document accepting responsibility as Rector of the community.

The community then gathered around Father