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The highpoint and crowning moment of the academic year at St. Philip Neri International Seminary, Ordination Week is the opportunity to manifest liturgical devotion to Christ our King and Sovereign Priest, fidelity to His Church in union with her bishops, and reverence for the edifying traditions of Holy Mother Church. From July 4-7 about 75 seminarians received the either the clerical tonsure or one of the various Minor and Major Orders.
On Sunday, July 31, those who attended the 10:15 a.m. mass at Old St. Patrick Oratory in Kansas City, had the opportunity to receive many of the graces which flow from the first solemn mass of a newly ordained priest.
Our Pilgrimage Trip with the Institute group was an amazing experience...visiting Rome, Orvieto, Florence and Sienna was a trip of a lifetime for us.
Sursum Corda is a nationwide initiative to foster the spiritual lives of the young adults in the apostolates of the Institute of Christ the King.
Holy Week is the high point of the Liturgical Year. In each of the Institute’s 12 apostolates across the country, the liturgies of Holy Week are a source of many graces for spiritual growth and renewal.
The Institute priests serving in the American Province, along with a few confreres from overseas apostolates, met at St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis for their annual retreat, which took place this year during the week of preparation for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 3.