The seven novices spend a week on retreat before professing their vows. Here, they pray before a religious instruction given by our Reverend MotherFirst Vespers of the Feast of the Annunciation with all of the sisters who were able to join us in Naples for this great eventBenediction of the Blessed Sacrament after first VespersProcession into the church at our novitiate in Naples, Italy on the feast of the AnnunciationThe seven novices who will profess their vows process into the church with our Reverend MotherThe ceremony begins with the singing of the Veni Creator Spiritus. All kneel for the first verse.Monsignor blesses the crosses that the sisters will receive after their professionOne by one, with a lit candle, each sister pronounces her vows on the step into the sanctuaryEach sister then receives the black veilThe sisters step out of the nave in order to put on the black veilOne by one, each newly professed sister signs her vows on a credence tableAfter receiving Monsignor Wach's blessing, she gives the vows to Monseigneur which will then be placed on the altarAll stand to sing the Magnificat in thanksgiving to God!In the evening, before the Blessed Sacrament exposed on the altar, the newly professed sisters recite a prayer offering themselves to the Sacred and Royal Heart of Our LordThe newly professed sisters come from France, America, Mexico, India, England, and Malaysia
