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: News; August 01, 2015

Eleven New Priests for the Church

On July 2, the Feast of the Visitation, feast so dear to St. Francis de Sales, patron of the Institute, eleven men were ordained to the holy priesthood by His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Patronus of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, at the Church of Ss. Michael and Cajetan in Florence, Italy. The eleven new priests include one American, one Canadian, one British, one Spaniard, while the other seven are natives of France. Many hundreds of faithful came from around the world to witness this heavenly Liturgy of Priestly Ordination which is described below.

: News; August 01, 2015

Ordination of 16 Deacons and Subdeacons

On the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, July 1, His Grace, the Most Reverend Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco, ordained 7 deacons and 9 subdeacons including five Americans at the Institute’s Church of Ss. Michele e Gaetano in Florence, Italy.

: News; July 22, 2015

Priests’ Retreat at St. Louis Oratory

During the week of preparation for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Institute priests serving in the American Provence met at St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis for their annual retreat from June 8-12.

: News; July 09, 2015

Oakland Apostolate Celebrates 10 Years

Months of anticipation and final preparations culminated on Sunday April 26, 2015, when His Excellency, the Reverend Michael Barber, Bishop of Oakland, came to celebrate the 10^th anniversary of the Institute apostolate at St. Margaret Mary church in Oakland, CA.

: News; July 04, 2015

Join Us For a Pilgrimage to Canada

September 7-14, 2015 Canon Jayr leads an 8 Day Pilgrimage to Quebec City and Montreal.

: News; April 11, 2015

Institute Young Adult Group at March for Life

Sursum Corda's second annual March for Life trip enjoyed some success even before it began, with the number of pilgrims doubling from the previous year and the provision of charter bus to accommodate the growing group.

: News; April 09, 2015

Choir Camp 2015: August 2-7

The Institute's Choir Camp 2015 will take place during the first week of August and will be held again in Kentucky at Mount Saint Joseph, the Motherhouse of the Ursuline Order.

: News; March 04, 2015

Join Us for Ordinations Pilgrimage in Florence

You are invited on a 10 day pilgrimage to Italy, from June 27-July 6, 2015, for the Institute’s Ordinations’ Week in Florence!

: News; February 09, 2015

TUCSON CONFIRMATIONS BY BISHOP KICANAS

On Saturday, November 22, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Gerald F. Kicanas, Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, conferred the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Extraordinary Form at Holy Family church to over twenty candidates from St. Gianna Oratory and Holy Family Parish. His Excellency then offered the Low Mass of a Bishop. The Oratory choir sang Latin motets for both the Rite of Confirmation and the Pontifical Mass.

: News; November 26, 2014

Confirmations at the Shrine of Christ the King

On Sunday, October 26 2014, the Solemnity of the Kingship of Christ, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bishop Joseph N. Perry, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago, confirmed a large class of young adults. The number of Confirmandi gave tangible proof to the growing sacramental life at the Shrine of Christ the King. Most of them had already received sacraments at the Shrine as young children and they have now grown into young adults under the loving watch of the Infant King. Others, adults, had recently been baptized and received into the Church. They hail from the local neighborhood and show the salutary effect the presence of the Shrine is having in the South Side Community.