ICK Pastor Installed in Detroit

Our thanks once again to our friend Teresa Chisolm for sending in these photos, along with her description of a very rare liturgical event, the traditional rite of installation of a pastor.

On February 5, His Grace the Most Reverend Allen Vigneron, Archbishop of Detroit, installed Canon Michael Stein of the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest, as Pastor of St Joseph Oratory in Detroit. A Solemn High Mass with Palestrina’s Missa Aeterna Christi Munera followed the rare Installation ceremony. The ceremony beautifully displays the fundamental duties of a pastor. Here are photos of the day; the full album of images may be found on the St Joseph Oratory Facebook page.

The Archbishop first imposes the pastoral stole at the entrance.

Entrance procession with Ecce Sacerdos Magnus by Maximillian Stadler.

Chanting of the Veni Creator Spiritus.

With the Gospel placed on his lap, the Archbishop receives the Profession of Faith and Oath of Fidelity of the Pastor.

Archbishop Vigneron guides Canon Stein to open and close the doors of the tabernacle and touch the ciborium.

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EF Installation of a Pastor in Detroit

This Sunday, February 5, at 11:00 am, the Archbishop of Detroit will install the new Pastor of St. Joseph Oratory, located at 1828 Jay Street in Detroit. The installation in the Extraordinary Form reveals all the essential duties of a pastor: to offer Mass and distribute Holy Communion; to bring people to the church, baptize, and absolve them; and to preach the Gospel. During the ceremony, the new pastor makes a profession of faith and oath of fidelity. The archbishop imposes the pastoral stole on him, and leads him to ring the bells, to open and close the Tabernacle, the front door of the church, and the baptismal font, to enter the confessional, and to ascend the high pulpit. The ceremony also includes prayers from the feast of the church’s patron, in this case, St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary.