Novice ~

Two years. The first year of the Novitiate is an intense preparation for vowed life as stipulated by Canon law. It is an opportunity to spend an entire year learning about each vow, taking inventory of an individual's gifts and weaknesses, being exposed to church and community history and a prayerful preparing for commitment. It involves an ever deepening surrender of one's life to God. The second year of the Novitiate is spent in apostolic activity as a preparation for ministry. First vows are taken after the second year.