You'll have the full support of our Vocation Director, and you'll be remembered in our daily prayers. During this time you can expect to continue to live independently. Postulant, your first year in the community. You'll live with the community and participate in religious and monastic classes. Outside of room and board, you'll be expected to support yourself.
Novices devote two years to the study of Benedictine vows.
You'll study the Benedictine vows as they pertain to charism, history, constitutions, monastic prayer and literature. While practicing our vowed life, you'll continue your studies and work for the community's corporate ministries. Temporary Profession, a 3 to 6 year process. To prepare yourself for perpetual vows, you'll deepen your personal understanding of the monastic values and assimilate them as you resume your ministry, continue your spiritual growth and study. This means living the commitment to vows of obedience, stability and conversion of life.