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2 days ago · Formation helps young men to better themselves with the grace of God. Perfect holiness is not required for someone entering the novitiate. The year of postulancy, which ends with the conferral of the habit, and the novitiate year, which concludes with the first vows, are there to help young men develop what is best in themselves.
1 day ago · A New Spouse of the Word. On October 1, feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, Sister Mary Delight of the Holy Trinity made her final profession of vows in Topeka, Kansas. Sister Trinity is originally from Kansas, but she is now a missionary in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. She promised to live faithfully the vows of chastity ...
1 day ago · Addressing common stereotypes and general lack of awareness about nuns, Walsh recounts the full trajectory of entering her community, from her introductory visit to St. Rose Convent in La Crosse, Wisconsin, to her associate phase, to her two years in the novitiate (or "nun boot camp" as she described to a friend), to professing her first and ...
2 days ago · Entrance into the Novitiate of Lois Pérez and Brother Zé Luís’ Renewal of Vows. Jesus looked at him with affection (Mark 10:21). “That same gaze we have felt throughout our lives is the one that continues to urge us to keep moving forward, discovering our vocation, and sharing life as brothers.”
19 hours ago · God willing, on Christmas Eve, Jonathan and his fellow postulants will transition to the novitiate, receiving their new names and habits. “We are so deeply grateful,” says Mr. Phelan. “The call to religious life is reflective of God’s powerful movement in the world to bless the Church and the world with a beautiful, mysterious, and clear sign that Heaven is our true home.
2 days ago · Paskalis Bruno Syukur was born in 1962 on the Indonesian island of Flores, whose population is predominantly Catholic. He joined the novitiate of the Friars Minor on the island of Java, taking his ...
5 days ago · Born on 28 October 1974 in Bassano del Grappa (VI), Fr Alessio became acquainted with the Jesuits in Padua through the Elizabethine Franciscan tertiary sisters.After his novitiate in Genoa, he studied Philosophy in Padua (2004-2006), completed his regency in Shkodra, Albania, and pursued three years of Theology in Madrid (2008-2011).
