On the feast of Saint Benedict, co-patron of the Institute, Franc Cardinal Rode, Prefect of the the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, ordained six young men to the diaconate: one Italian, two Americans, and three French. Many friends and supporters of the Institute came to Gricigliano for this beautiful Pontifical High Mass of Ordination in the seminary chapel. May Saint Benedict intercede for these six young deacons, that they may be faithful servants of the Church according to the spirit and mission which the Institute has received.
His Eminence also visited the convent of the Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus Sovereign Priest, the female branch of the Institute, and celebrated Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament in the convent chapel.