Many canons of the Institute gathered at Maria Engelport for a spiritual retreat. Here, priests celebrating their private Masses.During the retreat, the meals are spent in silence while listening to a spiritual book.An oblate of the Institute receives the cassock.The feast of St Martin at Maria Engelport in GermanyThe American feast of Thanksgiving celebrated at our house of novitiate in NaplesThanksgiving at Maria EngelportIn Livorno, ItalyIn Wausau in the United StatesIn Switzerland, the American sisters pray the consecration of the United States to the Immaculate ConceptionCommunity outing to York in EnglandWith a visit to the Shrine of Saint Margaret Clitherow, one of the forty English martyrsRecreation in Ardee, IrelandBeginning embroidery with children at our house in Loisy, FranceThe sisters in Livorno, Italy visit the nearby seaIn Wausau, the youngest children practice handiwork skills using yarn and wide-eyed needlesThe older girls worked on acrylic painting on canvas.
