News from the Vineyard
- CEREMONIES FOR POSTULANTS AND NOVICES IN NAPLESThe ceremony of postulants receiving the habit and novices making their profession of vows has been taking place in Naples. Ceremonies at the Sister Adorers in Barra have been as follows: 16 October: Solemn vows of two Sisters, with Monsignor Gilles Wach, Prior General of the Institute of Christ the … Read more
- NEW CHURCH CONSECRATION IN US PROVINCE OF THE ICKSP
On Monday last, the 12th October, His Lordship, Bishop Glen John Provost, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lake Charles, solemnly consecrated St. Francis De Sales Oratory Sulphur, Louisiana in the United States. This historic ceremony marked the first church consecration in the American Province of the Institute … Read more - OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY IN GABON
From Gabon, where our Institute was founded 36 years ago: Canon Bertrand Bergerot, the Provincial writes “A Marian procession and Mass with the students for the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary at the Notre Dame d’Ibékélia School in Libreville”. - RETURN TO THE SEMINARY FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2026/27
Former seminarians attended their retreat at the Gricigliano Seminary, preached by Canon Edward Gardner. As for the new ones, they were, as every year, at the Sisters Adorers in Noirmont, in Jura, Switzerland, where Canon Louis Poucin de Wouilt, Prefect of the Year of Spirituality, and Monsignor Gilles Wach, … Read more - THE LATE DR ANTHONY COULDERY [UPDATED]
It is with great sadness that the Province announces the passing to his Eternal reward of Dr Anthony Couldery. He passed away this morning. Dr Couldery was a long‑standing and devoted supporter of our work in Great Britain and further afield, offering his generosity and encouragement unfailingly over many years. … Read more - A WEEK OF GRACE AND BLESSINGS
Ordination Week – 29 June 2026 – 3rd July 2026 On Monday, 16 seminarians and 5 oblates received the cassock from the hands of Monsignor Gilles Wach, the Prior General. On Tuesday, 63 seminarians and 11 oblates received clerical tonsure and minor orders from the hands of His Lordship Alain … Read more