Renewal of the Consecration of the Institute to the Immaculate ConceptionEvery year, we prepare for the feast of the Immaculate Conception, principal patron of the Institute, with a grand novena to honor her fittingly and to implore her maternal protectionThis beautiful novena consists of a sermon exalting the virtues of Our Lady. Here in our house St Thomas Aquinas it is given in French for the sisters...... and in Italian, for the faithful......The Blessed Sacrament is exposed, before which we pray a decade of the rosary followed by the Litanies of Loreto...... We recite a special prayer to Our Lady and sing the Tota Pulchra esOn the day of the Vigil, we prepare and arrange everything to manifest our filial devotion to the Blessed Virgin. Her image is decorated more ornatelyThe windows and exterior of our houses are lit with candlesFirst Vespers of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception...... preceding benediction of the Blessed SacramentOn December 8th, Holy Mass...... sung by the SistersIn front of our painting of Santa Maria della Sanita, we renew our consecration to the Immaculate Conception in union with all of the InstituteIn our church in Naples, we also officially "unveiled" the manger sceneFestive lunchCoffee in the living roomBenediction of the Blessed Sacrament after 2nd VespersNovena at Maria EngelportLauds of the Immaculate Conception, in our little chapelThe cantors pre-intone the antiphonPreparation of a first-class festive mealBenediction of the Blessed SacramentSolemn Mass celebrated by Monsignor Schmitz, Vicar General of the Institute…... sung by the sisters in the choir loftRenewal of the Consecration of the Institute to the Immaculate ConceptionProcession to our replica of the Lourdes grottoSmall celebration to mark the occasionNovena at the House of the Eucharistic HeartVigil of the feast: preparation to make the house as magnificent as possibleBenediction of the Blessed Sacrament before First Vespers of the Immaculate ConceptionMass of the Immaculate ConceptionThe sisters who take care of the sacristy prepare the altar for exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.Since Our Lady covered the earth with her immaculate white mantle during the novena, a beautiful walk in the snow was a must!In the refectoryNovena in Livorno, at the church of San Sebastiano, which has a chapel that is a replica of the house of Loreto.After 1st Vespers, at the Villa of the Sacred HeartRenewal of the Consecration of the Institute to the Immaculate ConceptionMass of the Immaculate ConceptionIn Preston, rehearsal before Holy Mass on December 8th.At the church of Saint Walburge......renewal of the Consecration of the Institute to the Immaculate Conception2nd Solemn VespersBenediction of the Blessed SacramentAt the House of Saint AugustinIn Wausau, at Saint Mary's Oratory, renewal of the Institute's Consecration to the Immaculate Conception.Solemn Mass on December 8Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at the House of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
