Introduction

The journey of Discernment

The Vocation Director will support and guide you through this initial stage of discernment, inviting you to meet the Sisters when you believe the time is right.

STAGES OF FORMATION

• Aspirancy – A period when the young woman enters into communication with the contact person who will support her as she explores other congregations, deepens her faith and grounds in the basics of Christianity.
• Pre- Candidacy: A period when the aspirant who has shown interest in joining the Congregation is in contact in a formal way with one of our Communities. She continues to deepen her knowledge and living of Christian Faith
• Candidacy: the young woman is led to discovers the action of God in her life, where God is leading her, and to help her acquire the personal maturity which is required of anyone entering religious life
• Novitiate: the young woman is guided to respond to the call of Christ in an atmosphere of quiet suitable for prayer and reflection. She experiences our way of life, the spirit and spirituality of the Congregation within ordinary community living. Further more, she learns to integrate prayer and apostolate;
• Temporary Professed years: The aim is to provide the milieu and opportunities, within the context of today’s world, to further deepen the young Sister’s response through integrating and internalising the values and attitudes of Christ in her lived reality of community life and mission, with a view towards final commitment to Christ and his mission according to the Spirituality and Charism of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary.
• On-Going Formation after Final Profession: The focus of this phase of formation is on deepening the intensity of one’s relationship with Christ, internalizing Christ’s values, with the constant call to conversion/compassion that this journey entails. In this proces, one’s sense of membership of the whole Congregation also deepens expressed in on- going total availability to the corporate ‘mission’ of the Congregation. The Congregation supports every member in taking responsibility for her on-going formation throughout her life as a Missionary Sister of the Holy Rosary.