Candidacy starts with retreats held in fourlocations across the country in the Midwest, South, West and Northeast. Daily activities there will include directed prayer, Mass, rosary, spiritual reading, Spanish class, study of church and papal documents, Legionary spirituality classes, recreation, sports, and work. There are frequent outings and many opportunities for individual spiritual direction with the Legionary priests who direct the program.
Visitors are welcome at any time.
On Monday, June 18, all the Candidacies cometogether at the Legionary Novitiate in Cheshire, Connecticut, where theywill spend the rest of the summer. Those who wish to enter the Novitiate and areaccepted will make a visit home leaving on August 26 and return to Cheshireon August 30 to begin spiritual exercises. Tuition is not required. You should bring spending money. Those who go on to join Novitiate help toward the expense of the cassock and black suit.