Y Viva España #7

With one colossal crash after another and much thundering noise, not to mention the occasional chink of breaking glass and swear box contribution, each and every nun is back home from her holidays. Mother decided not to do things by halves and chartered a fleet of helicopters to take the sisters duty free shopping. However, much overburdened on the homeward journey with litre after litre of supplies, and looking a little like an Ecclesiastical Apocalypse Now, the aircraft had difficulties even taking off and were finally forced to make a crash landing in the mountains; soon after the dear sisters were rescued by RAF Gibraltar in some very heavy duty Chinooks and delivered direct to the Domus Birettarum Helipad in time for Compline and a medicinal Horlicks.

It’s nice to see old friends, and so here we are with the blue Spanish equivalents of the priests of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. They are, in order, a priest or seminarian with a blue tassel, a priest or seminarian with a blue pom-pom, and a bonete with a blue pom-pom and piping for a prelate. Try saying that after a couple...  Finally we present the lining of all three.

Blue Murder

Please excuse the rather dramatic headline for this one, but we couldn’t resist. A completely blue biretta struck us as taking things to the extreme, literally getting away with blue murder, and naturally we say this not with horror and disdain but in fact our sincerest and heartfelt approbation. As you can no doubt see, it is watered silk and completely blue all over. It has a distant cousin in West London somewhere, of which more later, but in this instance it is the biretta of the superior of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, a society which we admire greatly.

Blue Blood

Back we go, to the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest. Here we present the biretta of a Monsignor of that Society, piped and lined in sky blue with a sky blue tassel.

Sky Blue Thinking

So here we proudly give you the Biretta of the priest of the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest. A blue lined standard black biretta with a sky-blue pompom and matching lining.

The ICKSP in their own words:

“The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest is a Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right whose goal is the honor of God and the sanctification of priests in the service of the Church and souls. Its specific aim is missionary: to spread the reign of our Lord Jesus Christ in all spheres of human life. Our work is carried out under the patronage of the Immaculate Conception, to Whom the Institute is consecrated.”

Which basically means that whilst about the Lord’s work in His Vineyard, they also get to set their own rules about what colour hat they wear whilst they do it; naturally, we approve.

More soberly, information regarding the excellent work of this august society can be found here:

http://www.institute-christ-king.org/home/