Grand Novena to the Immaculate Conception, principal patron of our Institute, before the Blessed Sacrament exposed on the altarBenediction of the Blessed Sacrament following First Vespers of the Feast of the Immaculate ConceptionBenediction after Second VespersWork on SaturdaysMaking cookies that will be offered on Sundays in the small shop.Picking lemons from the gardenGaudete Sunday. The third candle in the Advent wreath is lit.On this Sunday, the novitiate prepared a little festive celebration to thank the Novice Mistress. Each one was able to put her talents to service according to the great theme of the day: joy!Singing of the newly arrived postulants, accompanied by a fluteHandmade frame made of rolled paperSong by the more senior postulantsNovena to prepare for the feast of Christmas, with the faithful, around the Nativity scene in our church.Novena to prepare the Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, with more intimacy, at the foot of the empty mangerDuring the Novena, the faithful place a statuette of the Child Jesus on the communion rail, which they will place in the crib on the evening of the 24th.In the Italian tradition, these "Bambinelli" are blessed during Advent.
