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- 14 June 2003 Four novices receive the habit at St Dominic's, East Camberwell.

On the 14th of June, 2003, Father Carlos Azpiroz Costa, O.P., the 85th successor of our holy father, St Dominic, as Master of the Order clothed four new novices in St Dominic's Church, East Camberwell in Melbourne.  They hail from Launceston and Parramatta, Wollongong and Manly.  The new recruits between them hold degrees in arts, biblical studies, community services, philosophy, science and theology.

They will undertake their Novitiate in Camberwell, Victoria under Fr Denis Hallinan, O.P. who has been Principal of Blackfriars Priory School, Prospect SA.

2003/4 Novices

The new novices with their Novice-Master, Fr Denis Hallinan, O.P.

(L to R) Br Peter (Joshua) Martin, (n) O.P., Br Ted Petch, (n) O.P.
Br Anthony Wales, (n) O.P., and Br Paul Rowse, (n) O.P.

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