Saturday, 09 November 2019 07:51

THREE MEN BEGIN THE MSC NOVITIATE AT DOUGLAS PARK.

THREE MEN BEGIN THE MSC NOVITIATE AT DOUGLAS PARK.

3 men

congregation

The event was a 'Reception into the Novitiate', held at St Mary’s Towers, the traditional home of the MSC Novitiate, in the community chapel, Mitchell House.

khoi presents

They were welcomed, each coming in the door, by their Pre-Novitiate Director, Khoi Nguyen.

A photo of each of them

door dean

Dean

door Trieu

Trieu

door dan

Daniel

cmcphee speaks

Chris McPhee, Provincial, was present, along with the Director of Formation, Vocations and On-going formation (Frank Dineen) and for the first time, the Director of Post-Novitiate (Mark Hanns).

phj

Peter Harvey-Jackson presented a reflection,

barry smith

and Barry Smith accepted charge of the young men as the superior of the community.

imposing hands

Some community conviviality followed:

and len helm

With Len Helm MSC

and FD

With Thang MSC and Frank Dineen MSC

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