The five future novices pray before the statue of the Royal HeartThe Superiors welcome the French Cardinal, His Eminence Dominique Mamberti, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, who will give the Holy Habit to the postulantsHis Eminence is prepared for the ceremony in the Chapter RoomProcession into the churchThe sisters who were able to be there for the occasionThe canons and clericsThe future novices enter with their fathersThe future novices proclaim their intentionThe veils and habits are blessedThe veils are placed on the head of each candidateEach candidate receives a candle from the CardinalThe new sisters re-enter the church in the holy habitKneeling, each novice receives her new religious nameThe new novices receive the final blessingAll prepare for Holy Mass which follows directly after the ceremonyThe French Cardinal, His Eminence Dominique Mamberti, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, assists at the Mass from the pontifical throneBlessing of incenseProclamation of the Holy GospelElevationThe new novices hold lit candlesFinal BlessingThe sisters greet the CardinalThe five new novices with the His Eminence Mamberti, the French cardinal who officiated at the investiture, Monsignor Wach, our Reverend Mother, and the Novice MistressA new Nigerian novice who has spent two years in our apostolate in Gabon, here with her sister, two canons in apostolate in Gabon and Madame Antoinette Ndoh, founder of the Notre-Dame d'Ibékélia school group in Libreville, which she has entrusted to the direction of the Institute's canons.With Monsignor Schmitz, Vicar General in the Institute
