Last Saturday,19 November, on the Solemnity of the Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the rite of admission to the Novitiate by Martin Tuci from the Roman Province, László Kalabér from the Austrian Province, Michaël Grugurevic from the French Province and Rui Miguel Santos Faria Tereso from the Portuguese Province, was celebrated in the chapel of the Fatebenefratelli European Novitiate in Brescia, Italy.

Presiding over the celebration was Brother Massimo Villa, Provincial Superior of the Lombardy-Veneto Province as the Delegate of their Provincials, in the presence of the Brothers of the European Community of the Novitiate and a number of Hospitaller Brothers who had come from the French, Rome and Lombardy-Veneto Provinces for the event.

We wish all the novices to be always ready to give themselves to Christ and to their brothers and sisters, and to commit themselves as disciples of Christ and His Gospel.

May the Virgin Mary and our Founder, St John of God, accompany them on this journey and stay close by their side, especially in times of difficulty.

May St Richard Pampuri, a paragon of Hospitality, intercede for us.