Watch the 2009 Vestition Ceremony

On the morning of August 22, 2009 the Chapel at Saint Albert the Great Priory and Novitiate in Irving, Texas was filled with friars, members of the Dominican Family, friends and family members. They gathered to pray the Office of Lauds (Morning Prayer) and attend the reception and vestition of our four candidates into the Novitiate. The Vestition Ceremony marks the formal beginning of their novitiate year. During the ceremony the four brothers were clothed in the religious habit and welcomed to the Novitiate by fr. Martin J. Gleeson, O P and fr. Wilmo Candenado, OP their Novice Master. The novitiate is a time of intense prayer and study during which the novice experience the fullness of life and has the opportunity to reflect on his vocation. Throughout the year the novices study a number of topics including prayer, liturgy, Dominican history, spirituality and the Constitutions of the Order.

Click here to watch a ten minute movie of the Vestition Ceremony.