Te Deum during Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, in thanksgiving for the past weekAperitif in honor of Cardinal Betori, Archbishop of FlorenceFirst blessings of a canon ordained last July...and other parts of the House that have not benefited from renovations, due to lack of fundsVisiting areas of the House of the Royal Heart that are usually inaccessible to the Sisters...Solemn Mass celebrated by the Vicar General of the Institute, Monsignor Schmitz... for aperitif and dinnerTowards the terrace of the House...Our Prior General and His Eminence at the door of the International HeadquartersThe visit of the Archbishop of Bologna, Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, also gave us an opportunity to meet with the canons.The sight of the many attentive and recollected canons in the chapel was a vivid reminder of our vocation: the gift of our life and our prayer for priests.Solemn Mass celebrated by our Prior General, Monsignor WachPicnic in the eveningVespers were prayed in private that afternoonAround our Reverend MotherFounder's ChapelCommunity outing to Vallombreuse, a Benedictine abbey founded in 1031 by Saint Jean Gualbert.Waiting to greet His Eminence in the throne roomWith infinite gratitude, we were able to enjoy the ceremonies that took place at the Seminary. Here, a pontifical Mass celebrated by His Eminence Cardinal Burke, for the feast of St LouisThis pall was entirely made by a sister, for always more beauty in the liturgyIdleness being the mother of all vices, we set to work and gave our time to our beloved House of the Royal Heart, cradle of our community.This short week at the Mother House has been a great source of joy for us. Through the family spirit that we take care to cultivate in our Institute, our fraternal charity was, if not tangible, most certainly present.While the General Chapter of the Institute was taking place at the Seminary of Gricigliano, most of the Professed Sisters and some of the Novices came together at the House of the Royal Heart
