Blessing of the Convent of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Wausau, Wisconsin, November 1st 2019Our small chapelEverything is ready for the BlessingFor this great event, and for this beautiful All Saints' Day, our Prior General offered us this medallion containing the relics of Saint Francis de Sales, Saint Jane de Chantal and Saint Margaret Mary, three of our patron saints, so that "they will always be with us!”Saint Dominic SavioSaint Christina, Virgin and MartyrSaint Clare of AssisiSaint Maria GorettiThis wax figure of Mary as a little child, "Maria Bambina," is an exact copy of the miraculous statue venerated in the Sanctuary dedicated to her in Milan. The new house received its name because of her!Sisters' places for the BlessingOur Prior General, Monsignor Wach, welcomes the Most Reverend Bishop William Callahan, Bishop of La Crosse, WisconsinHis Excellency asked for our presence in Wausau in order to pray for him, for his diocese, the Church, and for vocations and the familiesMonsignor Wach presents "Maria Bambina".......and the reliquary medallion in front of which His Excellency recollects for a few momentsBefore the beginning of the ceremonyThe Bishop puts on the pontifical ornamentsThen begins the blessing of the House....... room by roomIn the kitchen, Bishop W. Callahan particularly blesses the oven with holy water in order to help the cook!Visitation nuns from West Virginia offered us this statue of St. Jane de Chantal, who is holy patron of both communitiesTo the second floorTo the third floorBack in the chapel, His Excellency is about to perform four blessings...to the chanting of the litanies of the Blessed VirginBlessing of the chapel itselfOf the AltarOf the MonstranceOf the the Crossand finally, that of the Blessed Virgin MaryChanting of the Magnificat in thanksgiving for this new house that God has entrusted to us!
