The novices enjoy a small concert for the feast daySaint Francis de Sales prayed in front of a statue of Our Lady of Good Deliverance and was delivered from temptations to despair. Here, a similar statue is honored at the novitiate in NaplesFeast of Saint Francis de SalesNovena for the feast of Saint Francis de Sales, secondary patron of the Institute of Christ the KingThe refectory for the EpiphanyHigh Mass for the feast of the EpiphanyA few days later, a requiem Mass for Cardinal Pell, who gave the habit to the novices here in Naples in 2021The catafalqueThe altar prepared for a requiem Mass for Pope Benedict XVIThe postulants receive instructions to make limoncello which will be sold in the convent’s small storeHarvesting the lemons and mandarins in the courtyard of the conventThe novices and postulants put on a Christmas concertThe professed sisters have coffee in the sitting room in honor of the feastHoly Mass for the Circumcision of Our Lord on January 1stNaples is known for their abundant fireworks at the new year!The year 2022 concludes with the singing of the Te Deum before the Blessed Sacrament in thanksgiving for all of the graces of the preceding year
