{"id":19954,"date":"2020-12-09T17:53:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T22:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/?p=19954"},"modified":"2020-12-25T17:13:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T22:13:42","slug":"investiture-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/2020\/12\/09\/investiture-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Investiture of Habit: a Sign of Consecration and Witness of Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19954\" class=\"elementor elementor-19954\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53574812 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53574812\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68ef66eb\" data-id=\"68ef66eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7329482e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7329482e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/act-nov-04-narrow-b.jpg?fit=1500%2C578&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-20015\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/act-nov-04-narrow-b.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/act-nov-04-narrow-b.jpg?resize=300%2C116&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/act-nov-04-narrow-b.jpg?resize=800%2C308&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/act-nov-04-narrow-b.jpg?resize=768%2C296&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/act-nov-04-narrow-b.jpg?resize=1320%2C509&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3af9ed6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3af9ed6f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78e03be9\" data-id=\"78e03be9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-381cfe3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"381cfe3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>The Holy Habit is a sign of their consecration and witness of their poverty.<br \/><\/em>&#8211; SSVM Constitutions, 154<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45eaa04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45eaa04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the past days, 13 of our novices received the Holy Habit. With the opening of our new <a href=\"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/our-province\/contemplative-novitiate-st-catherine-of-siena\/\">Contemplative Novitiate<\/a> this year, there were two ceremonies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f806184 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f806184\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Investiture of Contemplative Novices<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eff7311 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4eff7311\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On December 1st, our three contemplative novices received the habit at our Monastery in Brooklyn, NY.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-532b41d elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"532b41d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 9\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/cont-nov-01-ozmqmt9230vbdk6dvvo03hyb5bp64fl7vb0kl5h2io.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cont-nov-01\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 9\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/cont-nov-02b-ozmsgdhss0mb6ey01pw7igcqruju0ev7vt4smy9iio.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cont-nov-02b\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 9\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/cont-nov-03b-ozmsggbbciq658twl9437xn4k05xni6ew7392s5c00.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cont-nov-03b\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 9\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/cont-nov-04-ozmnscud54m5vp005lbybcpk5cov44uhs739fddwqo.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cont-nov-04\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 9\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/cont-nov-05-ozmnseq1isoqiwx9um57gc8hc4fljj1ygge8dxb4e8.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cont-nov-05\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"6 of 9\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/cont-nov-12-ozmntos4tofsbt2ddo1xcim2g04l0p4sysd0whetxc.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cont-nov-12\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"7 of 9\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/cont-nov-10-ozmntdi2jo0cghir7j6eilgjbdo6gbw0x8j755vk00.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cont-nov-10\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"8 of 9\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/cont-nov-09-1-scaled-ozmnv4h99kek2cz9zseennkf471rs1u1hw8qapa6f4.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cont-nov-09\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"9 of 9\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/cont-nov-11-ozmntk2xvi9cpr97540si1srh2rqy7m5a53li3lssg.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cont-nov-11\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c0ec906 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c0ec906\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Investiture of Novices from our Active Branch<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20e4d570 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20e4d570\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On December 4th, the remaining 10 novices received their Habits.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdd0a53 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"cdd0a53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/act-nov-08-ozmr3015vkuacmq0zsgiymkb9rj4c14jgecf5br7y2.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"act-nov-08\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/act-nov-01-ozmr2gajw239ktip71xd09jmso8eudy6don82ikhkq.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"act-nov-01\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/act-nov-02-ozmr2j42gk74jnelql58pqu0ktuihh9de2loicgb22.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"act-nov-02\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/act-nov-03-ozmr2kzqu89p6vbvflyhuqcxrll8wvgu2bwngwdipm.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"act-nov-03\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/act-nov-04-ozmr2nt9eqdk5p7rz56dk7nbjr7cjys12pv3wq9c6y.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"act-nov-04\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"6 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/act-nov-05-ozmr2poxseg4sx51o5zmp768qiy2zczhqz62va6jui.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"act-nov-05\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"7 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/act-nov-06-ozmr2sigcwjzrr0y7p7ieogmiok6mgaord4jb42dbu.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"act-nov-06\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"8 of 8\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/act-nov-07-ozmr2x7nb2qfdsu4g98n959xhlx0oxtcg0dyphvegq.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"act-nov-07\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4f079a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4f079a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p><em>This vocation is a special treasure of the Church&#8230;both for the community of the People of God, and for the &#8220;world&#8221;, a living sign of the &#8220;future life&#8221;: a sign&#8230;by means of your religious habit, in the everyday life of the Church and of society, and permeates its most delicate tissues.<br \/><\/em>&#8211; St. John Paul II<\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa95520 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa95520\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We entrust these novices to Our Blessed Mother and we ask for your prayers for the holiness and perseverance of all our religious in formation in our province.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6e46c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a6e46c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/formation-2020.jpg?fit=800%2C277&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large 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With the opening of our new Contemplative Novitiate this year, there were two ceremonies. Investiture of Contemplative Novices On December 1st, our three contemplative novices&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/2020\/12\/09\/investiture-2020\/\" class=\"button button-primary\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Investiture of Habit: a Sign of Consecration and Witness of Poverty<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1993],"tags":[83,344,93,2265,232],"class_list":["post-19954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1993","tag-contemplative-life","tag-holy-habit","tag-investiture","tag-sisters-in-formation","tag-vocations"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ssvmusa.org\/1s2s3v5m6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/act-nov-08.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19954"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20022,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19954\/revisions\/20022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssvmusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}