This community was originally housed at Sta. Cruz Parish. When the Congregation was able to acquire seven hectares of hilly land in San Jose del Monte, a three-story building was built on it. On September 29, 1961, the formation team made up of Fathers Daniel Roach and Leo Bourque and Bro. Rudy Pinto moved to the new building and they became the first members of the Novitiate Community. In July 1999, the Novitiate house hosted the International Program of Preparation for Perpetual Profession. (The novitiate is the second stage in the initial formation of candidates to the Sacramentino way of life; it is characterized as a period of breaking former patterns of living and testing one’s vocation.)