Recitation of the prayers of preparation for Mass in the sacristy by the pontiff, His Excellency Monsignor François Bacqué<i>Preparatio ad Missam</i>The future tonsured awaiting in the sacristyThe high altar before the ceremonyProcession of the ministers enteringThe future tonsured led to his place by the master of ceremoniesThe pontiff, canons and seminarians enter in procession into the church of Saints Michael and Gaetan from the outsideOn the threshold of the churchEntry into the ChurchThe pontiff pauses in contemplation before the Blessed SacramentThe pontiff proceeds to the sanctuary before the altarRecitation of the vesting prayersThe attendants come forward for the ablutions preceding the vestingThe assistant priest removes the episcopal ring before the ablutionsLavabo.The pontiff's vestmentsPectoral crossTunicleGlovesThe pontiff surrounded by the assistant priest and the deacon<i>Introibo ad altare Dei</i>Singing of the <i>Introit</i> by the scholaIncensing of the altarIncensation of the PontiffReading of the <i>Introit</i>The pontiff, wearing the mitre and holding the crosier, proceeds to the altar to confer the tonsureAdmonition by the archdeaconArrival of the seminarian to be tonsured<i>Dominus pars hereditatis meæ et calicis mei</i><i>Thou art who restores my heritage to me</i>The tonsured seminarian at the feet of the pontiffChanting of the antiphon <i>Tu es Domine</i> for the conferral of TonsurePrayer preceding the presentation of the surplicePresentation of the Surplice<i>Clothe me, O Lord, with the new man who according to God is created in justice and holiness of truth</i>The tonsured seminarian withdraws<i>Gloria</i>Singing of the EpistleGospel ProcessionSinging of the GospelThe tonsured seminarian remains kneelingOffertoryOffering of the candle by the tonsured seminarianThe pontiff proceeds to the altarOffertoryIncensation after the OffertoryIncensing of the deaconCanonArrival of the candle-bearers at the choirElevation of the Most Blessed SacramentElevation of the Precious BloodLittle elevationKiss of peace given by the assistant priest to Canon Mora, Superior of the seminaryCommunion of first-year seminariansProcession of the Blessed Sacrament toward the tabernacle to deposit the ciboriumPostcommunion<i>Ite Missa est</i>The pontiff is vested with the mitre before the blessingFinal blessing given by the PontiffImposition of penance upon the tonsured seminarianLast GospelReturn of the pontiff to the faldstoolDisrobingRecitation of prayers of thanksgivingDeparture of the pontiff after a moment of reverent silence before the Most Blessed SacramentDeparture in processionFamily photograph on the steps before the Church of Saints Michael and GaetanThe tonsured seminarian beside His Excellency the Apostolic Nuncio Mgr François Bacqué, Mgr Wach, Prior General, and Canon Mora, Superior of the Seminary.
