Investiture with Choir Habit
by the Archbishop of Florence
August 31, 2006
On August 31, 2006, members of the Institute of Christ the King received a choir habit from Ennio Cardinal Antonelli, Archbishop of Florence, in the chapel of the Institute's seminary in Gricigliano, Italy. The blue of the new choir dress is in honor of Mary Immaculate, Whom the Institute holds as its first patroness. |
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Ennio Cardinal Antonelli, Archbishop of Florence |
Priests kneel before the Cardinal |
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Cardinal Antonelli blesses the choir habits |
The Cardinal blesses the crosses of St. Francis de Sales, patron of the Institute of Christ the King |
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Msgr. Gilles Wach, Prior General of the Institute, receives the cross of St. Francis de Sales |
Fr. Philippe Mora, Rector of the Seminary (right), and Msgr. Michael Schmitz, Vicar General of the Institute and Provincial of the United States, receive the blue mozetta |
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Fr. Paul-Antoine Lefèvre, Vice Rector of the Institute (left) and Fr. Benoit Jayr, Provincial of France (right) |
Fr. Thibaut de Ternay, Provincial of Gabon |
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Msgr. Wach and chapter members with Dom Antoine Forgeot, Abbot of Fontgombault (France) in the background |
Fr. Gilles Guitard (left) and Fr. Laurent Jantaud (right) |
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Deacons Matthew Talarico (left) and Joseph Luzuy (right) |
Oblates of the Institute, Abbé Alexander and Abbé Sébastien |
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The chapel, all fully vested. |
The newly vested in the throne room, with Ennio Cardinal Antonelli and Dom Antoine Forgeot |
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