News from the Vineyard
- 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 - CORPUS CHRISTI AT GRICIGLIANO
Corpus Christi at Gricigliano and the celebration of the 70th anniversary of priesthood of His Eminence Cardinal Simoni, friend of the Institute, now retired in Florence after 28 years spent in the atrocious prisons of the Albanian communist regime. Solemn Mass, procession of the Most Blessed Sacrament through the gardens … Read more - GRICIGLIANO OUTING TO LUCCA FOR GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY
The seminarians and their Superiors recently recieved many graces by a visit to Lucca which is around 48 miles from Florence. During the visit, the abode of Saint Gemma Galgani was visited. St Gemma Galgani (1878–1903) is honoured in the Catholic Church as a Daughter of the Passion, a young laywoman … Read more