Place: Maison Rostan, Algiers (Algeria) a house close to the Ben Aknoun domain which was used as an the orphanage.
Date of opening of the novitiate: 18 October 1868.
Novice master: Fr. Vincent, Jesuit.
End of October: Fr. Gillet, Sulpician in charge of teaching theology.
Luigi, un jeune nègre chargé d'apprendre aux novices l'arabe de Syrie
Medicine (cours abrégé de medicine): a medical doctor of Alger Dr Maurin
Number of novices: Charles Finateu, Eugène Barbier, Louis Pux, Fr. Blanchard, Fr. Dubut, Tassy, Bénéjean.
Mai 1869: Fr. Creusat, Jésuite was appointed novice master.
October 1869: Second Novitiate
Place: Palais épiscopale St Eugène
Superior: Fr. Creusat, Jésuite
Dispersion of the novices
novices at St Joseph Orphanage near Maison-Carrée.
Place: St Joseph orphanage (called now The Seminary of the Mission)
Novice master: Fr. Creusat (until december 1871); Fr. Terrasse (from December 1871)