Support Seminarian Abbé Paul McKown
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Dear friends and faithful,
I am Abbé Paul McKown. I am a seminarian of the Institute of Christ the King, and I come from the state of Michigan. After completion of a degree in Linguistics at Michigan State University, I entered the Institute, and am in my second year of seven at the Institute's Seminary of St Philip Neri nestled in the beatiful Tuscan hills outside of Florence, Italy.
This past year, I received the cassock and the Tonsure. The Tonsure is the ceremony of the Church which creates a cleric. During the ceremony, a choir chants Dominus pars hereditatis meis, et calicis meae, tu es qui restitues hereditatem meam mihi, "The Lord is my heredity and my chalice, Thou art He who restores my heredity unto me." After this ceremony, I no longer wear lay clothes, suit, tie. Now I wear the cassock, the "livery of the Church," and so, after the reception of the cassock, there are generally more expenses initially than later, to have the necessary cassocks, and other clerical clothing.
Reception of the surplice from the hands of the bishop, after Tonsure (one of the five parts visible above the ear).
In addition to the regular tuition of $1,200 per month, there are many other costs. Books for classes, medical insurance (and medical expenses not covered by the medical insurance), cassocks, clothing, for surplices (vestments for the Holy Mass), and travel expenses, that is to say, personal expenses in view of my seminary formation, are what I am asking for your help. Because of the nature of your gift, it is not tax-deductable.
At the Solemn Mass after the Reception of the Cassock, wearing one of the cassocks and surplices, with the biretta which you can help me fund!
I will be very grateful for anything you can do to help me out. As we know, prayer and reliance on Divine Providence are infinitely more powerful than any material means, but that does not mean that we ignore the material means. Know of my daily prayers for my benefactors (both spiritual and financial), and all the seminarians daily pray together for all of our benefactors as well as the First Friday Mass at Seminary is offered for our benefactors.
You can see periodic updates with photos of events at Seminary at our websites: www.icrsp.org (French) and www.institute-christ-king.org (American).
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your help!
In Christ the King,
Abbé Paul McKown
I am Abbé Paul McKown. I am a seminarian of the Institute of Christ the King, and I come from the state of Michigan. After completion of a degree in Linguistics at Michigan State University, I entered the Institute, and am in my second year of seven at the Institute's Seminary of St Philip Neri nestled in the beatiful Tuscan hills outside of Florence, Italy.
This past year, I received the cassock and the Tonsure. The Tonsure is the ceremony of the Church which creates a cleric. During the ceremony, a choir chants Dominus pars hereditatis meis, et calicis meae, tu es qui restitues hereditatem meam mihi, "The Lord is my heredity and my chalice, Thou art He who restores my heredity unto me." After this ceremony, I no longer wear lay clothes, suit, tie. Now I wear the cassock, the "livery of the Church," and so, after the reception of the cassock, there are generally more expenses initially than later, to have the necessary cassocks, and other clerical clothing.
Reception of the surplice from the hands of the bishop, after Tonsure (one of the five parts visible above the ear).In addition to the regular tuition of $1,200 per month, there are many other costs. Books for classes, medical insurance (and medical expenses not covered by the medical insurance), cassocks, clothing, for surplices (vestments for the Holy Mass), and travel expenses, that is to say, personal expenses in view of my seminary formation, are what I am asking for your help. Because of the nature of your gift, it is not tax-deductable.
At the Solemn Mass after the Reception of the Cassock, wearing one of the cassocks and surplices, with the biretta which you can help me fund!I will be very grateful for anything you can do to help me out. As we know, prayer and reliance on Divine Providence are infinitely more powerful than any material means, but that does not mean that we ignore the material means. Know of my daily prayers for my benefactors (both spiritual and financial), and all the seminarians daily pray together for all of our benefactors as well as the First Friday Mass at Seminary is offered for our benefactors.
You can see periodic updates with photos of events at Seminary at our websites: www.icrsp.org (French) and www.institute-christ-king.org (American).
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your help!
In Christ the King,
Abbé Paul McKown
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Paul McKown
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Brooklyn, MI