February 03, 2017
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Those seminarians enrolled in the Year of Spirituality (first year) received the cassock, and those seminarians in the Year of First Philosophy (second year of studies) received the clerical tonsure. In the Society of St. Pius X, the present custom is to receive the cassock one year before becoming a cleric.
The day after, Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais blessed the throats of all present at the seminary, following the tradition of the day's patron, St. Blaise.