John, can you explain what's going on in (and right after) this picture?
It's a procession before Mass outside the church. The kid studies in Rome. Nice, but a control freak...
HaHa... you look like you're getting yelled at.
...and there was me thinking it was a Jedi mind trick!
These are actually monks/friars of some type, aren't they? Maybe a new Order?If they are, that's impressive.But if they're just laymen playing "dress-up" for a ceremony, they it's a let down. I thought they were monks because it looks like a habit (except for the man carrying the cross.
They are canons regular. Seminarians from S. Francesca Romana in the Foro Romano.
He is studying canon law at the Lateran..before I knew him here at Sant'Anselmo. What a character!
Sorry, but these are benedictines, of Mount Uliveto (Toscana). The founder was canonized on April 26th by the Holy Father.
John, can you explain what's going on in (and right after) this picture?
ReplyDeleteIt's a procession before Mass outside the church. The kid studies in Rome. Nice, but a control freak...
ReplyDeleteHaHa... you look like you're getting yelled at.
ReplyDelete...and there was me thinking it was a Jedi mind trick!
ReplyDeleteThese are actually monks/friars of some type, aren't they? Maybe a new Order?
ReplyDeleteIf they are, that's impressive.
But if they're just laymen playing "dress-up" for a ceremony, they it's a let down.
I thought they were monks because it looks like a habit (except for the man carrying the cross.
They are canons regular. Seminarians from S. Francesca Romana in the Foro Romano.
ReplyDeleteHe is studying canon law at the Lateran..before I knew him here at Sant'Anselmo. What a character!
ReplyDeleteSorry, but these are benedictines, of Mount Uliveto (Toscana). The founder was canonized on April 26th by the Holy Father.
ReplyDelete