Solemn Profession of Bro August


IMG_4724.jpg (54kb) Monks and Guests Gathered in the Chapel for the Profession Mass (64kb) IMG_4728.jpg (62kb) 1st Reading (51kb)
2nd Reading (42kb) Prior Richard presents Bro. August to the Abbot (45kb) IMG_4734.jpg (41kb) Abbot Michael Liebl OSB (51kb)
Bro August listens to Abbot Michael exhortions (43kb) Bro August makes his promises (43kb) The Reading of the vows (49kb) IMG_4751.jpg (37kb)
Signing the vows on the gospel placed on the alter (34kb) IMG_4755.jpg (45kb) IMG_4756.jpg (52kb) Covering with a funeral pall which represents death to his former life (40kb)
Prayaing the Litney (54kb) IMG_4764.jpg (46kb) The pall is removed and he rises to a new life (47kb) Being fitted with the choir robe worn by all solemnly professed monks of Mount Michael Abbey (40kb)
IMG_4772.jpg (43kb) Bro. August's parents bring up the gifts during the offertory (55kb) Abbot Michael and Bro. August (40kb) The Schaefer Family (54kb)