Card. Sarah Visits the Monastère Saint Benoît

This past weekend, the Monastère Saint Benoît in La Garde-Freinet, France (diocese of Fréjus-Toulon), welcomed Robert Card. Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, for the celebration of Pontifical Mass on the feast of St Matthew, and the presentation of his latest book, The Day is Now Far Spent. On Sunday, His Eminence attended and preached at a solemn Mass on the feast of the dedication of the cathedral of Fréjus, followed by solemn Vespers in the evening. Our thanks to the prior, Dom Alcuin Reid, for sharing these photographs with us; the complete set can be seen at the monastery’s Facebook page.

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Subdiaconal Ordination in Fréjus-Toulon

Today, on the feast of St Leontius, bishop of Fréjus and patron of the diocese of Fréjus-Toulon, Bishop Dominique Rey ordained to the subdiaconate Brother Danka Pereira, a member of the Fraternity of St Joseph the Guardian, and Abbé Przemyslaw Karczmarek of the Institute of the Good Shepherd. The ceremony took place at the church of St Trophimus in the little town of Bormes-les-Mimosas, during a Prelatitial Mass, with the exceptional use of those pontifical vestments required when the bishop celebrates a low Mass in which he confers orders  Our congratulations to the ordinands and to their religious communities, and our thanks to FSJC for sharing these pictures with us.

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