Greetings and congratulations with His ExcellencyA community photo before the Royal HeartThe prelate is divested of the liturgical vestments before processing out of the churchThe final blessingThe sisters’ schola sings the Communion antiphonDistribution of Holy Communion to the sistersThe Confiteor before the Communion of the faithfulThe kiss of peaceThe Elevation of the Body and Blood of Our LordThe Holy GospelAll sit while the singing of the Gloria continuesThe prelate incenses the altar and then is incensed himselfThe sisters retire to the choir stalls behind the altar, the prelate is vested with the chasuble, and Holy Mass beginsAll stand for the chant of the Magnificat in thanksgivingKneeling before the altar, each novice receives her religious nameThe novices return to the church clothed in the holy habitThe white veil is imposed upon the head of each future novice. They then withdraw from the church to be clothed with the holy habit.Each future novice receives a lit candle as a sign of the spiritual light that is being asked forThe habits and white veils are blessedA lock of hair is ceremoniously cut as a sign of renouncement of the vanities of this world for the love of GodThe celebrant prays for the future novices: “that in undergoing an exterior transformation, that they be transformed also in spirit by the inner workings of the Most High”“I have asked of the Lord […] to live in His house and to serve His Royal and Divine Heart during all of my life.”The Prior General asks the future novices to declare their intentionThe three future novices process into the church with their fathersThe ceremony begins with the celebrant being clothed in the liturgical garments and vestmentsThe clerics pass from the Chapter Room, through the cloister, and outside to the front of the churchThe clerics in the Chapter Room before processing into the churchThe prelate, His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider, is prepared in the Chapter RoomThe altar has been carefully preparedA reliquary displaying an original letter of saint Francis de SalesA few words with our Novice Mistress and Mother SuperiorPrayer to the Royal Heart of Jesus before the ceremonyThe three future novices in bridal gownsOur Lady of Good Deliverance honored with a bouquet of flowers on the morning of the ceremony
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