The obligatory formation for all our candidates to the holy priesthood is comprised of a one-year course of Spirituality, a two-year course of Philosophy, and a four-year course of Theology. Upon completing the first year, the seminarians receive the black cassock, a symbol of mourning for Christ and dying to sin and the world. This year, sixteen seminarians received their cassocks in a solemn ceremony at the church of Sts. Michele e Gaetano in Florence, from the Prior General of the Institute, Monsignor Gilles Wach.
Please pray for the seminarians and their perseverance toward the priesthood!
Photo - the five deacons on their way to be ordained to the priesthood, on July 4, 2013. Please ask the intercession of St. John Vianney and pray for these new priests of the Church.
His Excellency, the Most Reverend Matthew
Madega, Bishop of Mouila, Gabon, conferred Minor Orders on July 2, 2013.
In the first minor order of Tonsure, five locks of hair are removed by
the Bishop in the shape of the cross, and a white surplice
is given to symbolize a new man in Christ. After the second year, the
seminarian is called by the Bishop to the next step: the Minor Order of
Porter. The duties of the porter are to ring the bells and to open the
church and sacristy. A man learns responsibility for the care of the
house of God.
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