2009 Investiture weekend:
Friday April 16th to Sunday April 18th
Manhattan, New York

July 1, 2009

Dear Knights and Dames:

We look forward to welcoming you to New York for our Investiture weekend. Planned is a weekend of fraternity and fellowship, spirituality and celebration, beauty and joy.

Please mark you calendars as a very complete agenda is attached for your review. Please note, that we have considerably lowered pricing of all events and particularly rooms this year in light of the current economic conditions.

As you can see, we have lined up quite a weekend -- but the best part of the weekend will be having you join us!

April 15th marked a day of great admiration for the Order, as one of our own, Bishop Dolan, was installed as the new Archbishop of New York. The Mass of Installation took place at the historic St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue, where delegate Mike Sullivan, Chancellor Jeffrey Ludwig and I represented the order. 

St. Patrick’s Cathedral will be the site for the investiture ceremony and the culmination of this exciting weekend.

We very much look forward to greeting you in October. 

Please call or email me with any questions or suggestions.


Sincerely,



Richard Torrenzano
Knight Commander, Jus Patronato of Merit
Knight Commander, Royal Order of Francis I