After his arrival at Manila he was master of novitiatesand superior of the Manila convent of San Pablo until 1607.
After serving as prior and as master of novitiates in Aragonese convents, he went to Manila in 1602.
Meanwhile, novitiates were established at Loyola, Manresa and Seville.
The question was referred to Gonzalez, who decided in favor of the Pope, whereupon Pedro's successor, John V, closed all the Jesuit novitiates in Portugal and banished some of the Fathers from the country.
Borgia instituted novitiates in every province; he circulated the book of Exercises and laid down rules for common life, which on account of the enormous growth of the Society had now become a matter of primary importance.
Its houses will be closed and its novitiates dissolved.
Third Decade [The first chapter recounts that papal permission was given to erect four novitiates in the convents in the four Spanish cities of Madrid, Valladolid, Zaragoza and Valencia.
He was prior of the convent of Zuera, and afterward master of novitiates in that of Madrid, where he furnished a great example of observance and virtue.
The second article stated that from the date of the promulgation of the law the teaching congregations could not receive new members, and that theirnovitiates must be dissolved.
It was decided, moreover, in article fourth, that novitiates for foreign missions could not maintain any of the dissolved congregations.
Novitiates lay hands upon the flag, kiss the Bible and swear: "I will do all in my power to elect true and loyal men to all offices of trust and profit.
The miracle is that this book should have passed for a work of deep religious significance, and served as a textbook for religious novitiates for three centuries.
He arrived at Manila in 1598, where he exercised the duty of master of novitiates in the convent.
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