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We are deeply saddened to inform you of that Abbé Charles Outtier was called to his Eternal rest yesterday following a tragic accident during gardening activities.

Abbé Outtier was a deacon and was preparing for priestly ordination. He leaves everyone with the deep impression of his radiant charity, his great freshness of soul and his seriousness. We have no doubt that he will intercede for us. We entrust to your prayers the repose of his soul, his dear family and the entire Institute. May he rest in peace. May the Immaculate Virgin strengthen and protect us.

Requiescat in pace

From the Prior General, Monsignor Gilles WACH

DEUS CARITAS EST!

Dear friends,

With the Holy Father having opened the Holy Year, I’m pleased to send you all my best wishes for this important year, which I hope will be full of heavenly graces and blessings.

It is by the side of the manger that we gather on this beautiful Christmas night, where the Blessed Virgin and Saint Joseph invite us to contemplate the Son of God made man.

What does this beautiful Child do? He gives us his Heart full of love, as Pope Francis teaches us in his encyclical Dilexit nos: ‘Entering into the Heart of Christ, we feel loved by a human heart filled with affections and emotions like our own. Jesus’ human will freely choose to love us, and that spiritual love is flooded with grace and charity. When we plunge into the depths of his heart, we find ourselves overwhelmed by the immense glory of his infinite love as the eternal Son, which we can no longer separate from his human love.’

Let us adore this Heart, so sacred and so good. Let us confide in Him and implore Him for the Church and the world. In this way, we will become true ‘pilgrims of hope’!

Finally, as the encyclical reminds us, let us not neglect to make reparation for all the countless offences committed by men against his ineffable goodness, his generosity and his divinity.

May the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus extend over the world and bless us all.

Happy Holy Year to all!

Translation

V: O Lord, save Charles our King
R: and hear us in the day that we shall call upon thee.

Let us pray.

We beseech thee, almighty God, that thy servant Charles our King, who through thy mercy has undertaken the government of this realm, may also receive an increase of all virtues. Fittingly adorned with these, may he be able to shun all evildoing,  and, together with the Queen consort and the royal family, to come by thy grace unto thee who art the way, the truth, and the life. Through Christ our Lord.

R: Amen.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

St. Thomas Aquinas, is the beacon of fidelity to the Church’s doctrine and the papacy and his feast is celebrated each year on the 7th March. As a secondary patron of the Institute, St. Thomas Aquinas is celebrated in Oratories, Churches and Chapels of the ICKSP as a First Class feast. These photographs chronicle the liturgy of the feast day at our Motherhouse in Gricigliano.

First Vespers

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At the recent Chapter meeting of the Institute it was very pleasing to see dear Canon Fragelli in attendance. You will recall that Canon contracted Covid-19 at a very early in time in the pandemic and suffered greatly. However, with the help of God and Our Blessed Mother and with your many prayers, he continues to recover. At the time, Monsignor Wach made the following statement:

We are now reaching the conclusion of the penitential season of Lent and the ceremonies of Holy Week are before. Taking a step back to Ash Wednesday and the commencement of the Lenten period, we bring some photographs from the seminary Ash Wednesday Mass and distribution of Ashes. 

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As Holy Week approaches, I take the liberty once again of commending to your prayers, which are certainly even more fervent in this holy time, Canon Fragelli.

His general condition is good, his life out of danger. However, rehabilitation is long, the progress very slow: Canon Fragelli still cannot stand on his own or walk.

He is tested by this. This is all the more so since the care centre in Florence does not allow visitors to come, which above all deprives him of the daily consolation of Holy Communion.

Let us therefore redouble our prayers for his recovery: walking would allow him to return to one of our homes!

In anticipation, accept my deep gratitude for your charity,

In Christo Rege,

Monsignor Gilles Wach
6th April 2022

Congratulations to Canon Amaury Montjean who successfully defended his Doctoral thesis in Theology after 3 years of hard work. His thesis was Catholic marriage in the works of St. Francis de Sales, Patron of the Institute.

Well done Canon!

Please pray for the 2020 Annual Chapter of the Canons of the ICKSP.

This will occur from Monday 24th August until Friday 28th August. Pray especially for the Canons, who, due to the currentcircumstances, won’t be able to attend this important event of the Institute’s life.