The bishop prays before the Mass.
The priests being jolly while they wait.
The bishop's entourage processes.
The tonsurandi enter.
An animated Bishop Bruskewitz gives a sermon explaining the meaning of the ritual about to take place.
After casting off their secular attire, the tonsurandi re-enter, clothed in the black cassock, a symbol of their death to the world.
Rob Martin receives the tonsure.
The tonsurati receive further instructions from the bishop.
The faithful.
The offertory of the Mass.
The elevation of the chalice.
The procession out.
Group photo of the bishop, the tonsurati, and the bishop's ministers and bearers.
The Martin family.
Ed Heffernan with his mother and his sister (she and Ed are Irish twins). Not pictured are his father and 11 other siblings.
The Schultz clan. Four other siblings were not able to attend, including one sister who is a religious with the Nashville Dominicans.
The Witter family. There are also four daughters in the family, including a Carmelite nun.
Some of the children from the local Catholic homeschooling families. Little Theresa looks very pleased with her mess!
The newly tonsured men in their new habits.
The same men if they had been seminarians 100 years ago. Everyone was tougher back then!
