During the celebration, the Provincial Government composed of Fr Jose Aripio and his Council composed of Fr Dominador Guzman, Jr, Provincial Vicar, Br Hansel B. Mapayo, Provincial Secretary, Fr. Timoteo Melliza and Fr. Alan Gamutan received their mandate through the Superior General who has handed them over the SSP Manual of Authority and Constitutions before a motley of people from the Pauline Family, the friends and the apostolic collaborators of the Society of Saint Paul.
The reception set by the ambience of a string Quartet music and audio-visual presentation (AVP) of old photographs of the SSP members at the Don Zanoni Gym followed. Messages of support from superiors of other Congregations as well as dance number from the seminarians from St. Paul Seminary Foundation in Silang also added color to the depth of a Philippine Pauline Family Gathering.