Our Reverend Mother and the sisters gather to welcome His Excellency Bishop Athanasius SchneiderHis Excellency meets the sisters who will be professing their vowsThe chapel prepared for the ceremonyEntrance processionThe four sisters who will be professing their vows enter into the churchEach sister states her intention: “I ask, for the love of God our Savior, to be received in the sacred engagements in the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest… by obedience, chastity, and poverty.”Monsignor Wach, prior general, asks: “Have you firmly established in your heart, under no obligation, but with the liberty of your will, to keep obedience, chastity, and poverty for Our Lord Jesus Christ?”“We have voluntarily stripped ourselves of worldly habits; with help of God, we will never return. We have turned away from vanity, and having washed our feet of it, we will never return.”The crosses that will soon be blessed.After further questioning the sisters and praying for them, Monsignor blesses the crossesMonsignor blesses the black veilsEach sister kneels before Monsignor with a lit candle and professes her vows of poverty, chastity, and obedienceThe sisters then receive the Cross of profession, modeled after the pectoral Cross worn by Saint Francis de SalesThe black veil is placed upon the head of each sisterThe sisters return, wearing the black veilEach sister signs her vowsThe vows are then given to Monsignor and placed on the altar, and Monsignor gives his blessing to each sisterAll stand to chant the Magnificat in thanksgivingHoly Mass follows the ceremony.Chanting of the epistleThe schola sings the gradual and the AlleluiaThe Holy Gospel is incensedThe celebrant is incensed first followed by all others in order of dignityThe newly professed sisters hold lit candles during the Canon of the MassElevationBehold the Lamb of GodFinal blessingProcession out of the churchThe four newly professed sisters with Monsignor Wach, our Reverend Mother, and the Novice Mistress
