| Steps to becoming
a Presentation Sister
Once you and the Presentation Sisters’ Vocation Director
have reached a mutual decision as to your readiness to begin
the formal steps of becoming a sister, the process follows
these steps:
Contact
Stage
This marks the beginning of your formal relationship with
our congregation. You join the community for special occasions
and explore how we live. You continue your study or career
and live independently. This period of exploration lasts six
months to a year.
Candidacy
During this time you live, work and pray with a local community
of Presentation Sisters. This is an opportunity for you to
grow in self-knowledge and in relationship with the sisters
and with God. Candidacy lasts from one to two years.
Novitiate
This stage begins the formal study of Presentation spirituality
and mission. You use the title "sister" and continue
to deepen your faith life, study the vows and live in community.
The novitiate lasts two years.
Temporary Vows
Following novitiate, vows of poverty, chastity and obedience
are professed for a period of three years. During this time
you live in community with other Presentation Sisters, ministering
or continuing your professional preparation. At the conclusion
of this time, you may request to renew your vows, to profess
your vows permanently, or to return to your former lifestyle.
Whatever your decision, you will have enriched yourself spiritually
and psychologically.
Permanent Vows
After living in temporary vows for three to six years, you
make the decision to take vows to live the rest of your life
as a Presentation Sister. This follows prayerful discernment
by you and the congregation.
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