Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
Province of Great Britain
On the 29th January, the Feast of St Francis de Sales, patron of the Insitute of Christ the King, His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke will ordain two new deacons, a subdeacon and confer minor orders on a seminarian and tonsure one other.
On the Feast of the Presentation, Bishop Bacqué will bless the habit of five new sisters of the Sisters Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus.
Please we commend these to your prayers.
Here follows a selection of photographs taken at our Seminary at Gricigliano near Florence in Tuscany, Italy over the Christmas period.
Outdoor Christmas decorations.
Interior Christmas decorations in Villa Martelli.
The Nativity scene made by the first year seminarians and Preparatory Novena.
Solemn Vespers and the O Great Antiphons between December 17th to 23rd.
Office of the Prime on the Vigil of the Nativity, with the pontifical assistance from His Eminence Cardinal Burke.
Office of Matins and Nativity Mass of Midnight celebrated by Monsignor Gilles Wach, in the presence Cardinal Burke.
Pontifical Mass on Christmas Day, celebrated by His Eminence Cardinal Burke.
Dinner at the Seminary.
Pontifical Vespers of Christmas and Benediction presided over by Cardinal Burke.
Concert and Christmas show on Christmas Night at Gricigliano.
Christian Midnight Song and Gifts to the Superiors
Buffet on Christmas Eve.
A Pontifical High Mass will mark the official launch of the Institute’s latest Mission in England and Wales.
Mass will be celebrated by the Rt. Rev. Mark Davies, Bishop of Shrewsbury at Shrewsbury Cathedral in the presence of the Very Rev. Msgr Gilles Wach, Prior General of the ICKSP on Sunday 10th February 2019 at 1pm
His Grace, R. Mvé, the Archbishop of Libreville, His Lordship R. Mgr. Madega, Bishop of Mouila, and Mgr. Mackrikas, Chargé d’affaires at the Nunciature, came to visit our Mission Sainte-Thérèse-de-l’Enfant-Jésus, in Mouila (Gabon) recently. It was in Gabon that the Institute was founded.
Solemn Mass celebrated by Monsignor Wach in the presence of the Bishop of Mauritius, His Eminence Maurice Cardinal Piat during his visit to the seminary on 4 December 2018.
Did You Know? The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest just released their newest Gregorian chant recording, Gaudeamus Omnes, featuring the Mass of All Saints and the Office of Compline (the Church’s official night prayer). Even better, for the first time, the music is now available to download on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Apple Music, CD Baby and more. You can download now here.
Pontifical Mass for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed on Friday 2nd November 2018, celebrated by His Lordship, Bishop Bacqué, Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands until 2011, in the Institute church in Florence.
The Titular Feast of the Institute, this being Our Lord Jesus Christ, Universal King, was celebrated at the International Seminary and the Church of St Michael and Cajetan.
9 candidates submitted as postulants for the Sisters Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus after which took place first solemn Vespers of the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ King at the Seminary:
Solemn Mass celebrated by Msgr. Gilles Wach, Prior General took place at the Church of St Michael and Cajetan in Florence City:
Immediately after Mass, Superiors and seminaries took dinner locally:
Second Vespers followed Mass:
We announced recently that the The Mother Superior of the Sisters Adorers had been involved in a car collision.
We are pleased to report that Mother is recovering well!
Medical examinations reveal that she did not break any vertebrae as feared, and she is up and walking. Thank you all for your prayers for Mother Caroline Marie!