Fourteen new novices invested Dec. 3 at Allison Park, Penn., form a ring around the five members of the novitiate staff:
front: Mike Di Bonaventura (NY-NE), Ryan Tidball (Mid-Am), Todd Wieschowski (Calv.), Steven Tran (Austral.) Richard Owens (Penn.);
middle: Sean Casie Chitty (Austral.), Brian Champeaux (Guam-Hawaii), Christopher Popravak (Mid-Am.), Bill Wiethorn (Penn.), Reynald Rynda (Calv.), Zachary Grant (NY-NE), Felix Mullins (Penn.);
rear: Richard Mattox (NY-NE), Joseph Meno (Guam-Hawaii), Peter Sloan (NY-NE), Sal Cordaro (NY-NE), Ross Chamberland (NY-NE), Leopold John Chominsky (Penn.), and Elijah Crispin Glantz (Penn.). Bros. Felix (formerly Will), Leopold John (formerly Matt) and Elijah Crispin (formerly Craig) received religious names at the ceremony.