On Tuesday, February 1st, we were honored to see Candidate Michael DeFoore of Van Buren, Arkansas, be invested into the novitiate of Subiaco Abbey. Novice Michael had spent the past six months as a Candidate at our Abbey getting a taste of monastic life. Having been vested by the Abbot at Vespers with the scapular over the monastic tunic, Novice Michael will now enter more deeply into the monastic life with ongoing classes and work projects with our monks. If he perseveres for one year as a novice and feels that God is calling him to the monastic life at Subiaco, then he may petition the Chapter of Solemnly Professed monks to allow him to profess "Simple Vows" for a three-year period. Pray for Novice Michael. UIOGD!