Candidacy starts with a retreat.
Daily activities include directed prayer, Mass, rosary, spiritual reading, Spanish, catechism, study of church and papal documents, Legionary spirituality classes, recreation, sports, and work. On Tuesday, June 20 all the Candidacies come together at the Legionary Novitiate in Cheshire, Connecticut, where they will spend the rest of the summer. Those who wish to enter the Novitiate and are accepted will make a visit home leaving on August 26 and return to Cheshire on August 30 to begin spiritual exercises. Openness and sincerity in approaching candidacy. Tuition is not required.