On the Feast of Most Precious Blood, a special celebration at St. Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis marked a milestone in the priestly life of one of the Institute's affiliated priests: Father Jean-Pierre Herman, who celebrated his 25th Ordination Anniversary.
From the four corners of the United States dozens of friends of the Institute came to the Shrine of Christ the King in Chicago for the national retreat of the lay Society of the Sacred Heart.
With the fatherly presence of the Founder and Prior General of the Institute, Monsignor Gilles Wach, many hundreds of faithful and friends of the Institute participated in a pilgrimage to the National Shrine of Our Lady Help of Christians at the Basilica popularly known as "Holy Hill" near Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Saturday, June 2.
From May 21-25, all Institute priests serving in the American Province met at Saint Francis de Sales Oratory in St. Louis for an annual retreat. Monsignor Gilles Wach, Prior General of the Institute, came from Gricigliano to preach to the assembled priests during this time of recollection.
With great joy and solemnity, the Shrine Church of Ss. Peter and Paul and Philomena officially opened on Saturday, March 24, the anticipated feast of the Annunciation.
It is my pleasure to announce the beginning of the "Our Time in History" capital campaign. With this campaign we will establish a building fund to provide the necessary funds for the restoration of St. Stanislaus Church. In the first phase of this multi-part beautification project starting in the late summer/early fall of 2012 we will restore the Narthex and update the Climate Control System with new air conditioninganon Jayr units. The Narthex restoration includes beautiful wood French doors and transoms with etched glass as well as new flooring and lighting will be added.
At the Institute, the feast of Saint Francis de Sales (January 29) is celebrated annually with great joy and filial affection for our holy patron, the "Doctor of Charity.
Institute priests and faithful joined in pro-life gatherings across the nation.
On December 8, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest organized for the fourth consecutive year a candlelight procession in honor of Mary Immaculate through the very heart of Rome.
The celebration of American Thanksgiving has become a yearly tradition at the International Seminary in Gricigliano, which now numbers twenty American vocations.
As Cardinal Raymond Burke and the Institute in Europe were making their annual pilgrimage of vocations to the Basilica of St. Therese in Lisieux, France, on October 15, the canons and faithful of the Institute in the American Midwest made their first pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Robinsonville, near Green Bay, Wisconsin.
