The Postulant
Through this stage, a postulant accompanying gets more systematic in order to discern a life choice, a stay varying from three to six months in the training house, a more direct preparation for Congregation spirituality, a preparation for joining the novitiate.
Her entry in Congregation shall be marked by an application letter in which she states the motive, motivations and meaning she gives to this step, her experiencing God and His Call, what she expects and wishes, her inner dispositions, justifying her choosing our Congregation.
“Postulation is a greeting and observing time on either sides: the one who has already come, seeks to recognize in the Congregation he already chose, the environment which helps him grow in the Lord as He promised him; Congregation that receives this hope, seeks to discern the features of his usual answer to his God’s love” (for the training in the apostolic religious life; p.35).