ADMISSION AND FORMATION

Publié par SOEURS MISSIONNAIRES DE NOTRE DAME MIRACULEUSE DES ROSES

Only respectable young girls from the age of seventeen to 35 (17-35) are received among the Missionary Sisters of the Miraculous Lady of Rose. They should get a letter of recommendation from their Parents.

Unhealthy girls are not accepted because of our apostolate.
Poor and rich alike are received, provided their intentions are good and their vocation sincere, that is, if they are docile and poor in spirit.
To admit into our Community those who have been admitted into another institute of consecrated life, the prescriptions of universal law should be observed. ( the ex-sisters, ex-postulants and the ex-novices).They should get a letter of recommendation from their formal congregations, their Spiritual director or their Parish Priest).

Our sisters are formed in our founding charism and in all the elements of religious life, including the Spiritual, human, fraternal, apostolic, cultural, pastoral and intellectual dimensions. Our formation is in French language.

Note: Our congregational language include: French, English, Italian and Spanish

STAGES IN FORMATION

ASPIRANCY: This stage in the religious life will last for one year. Our candidates shall spend this stage with her parents. The formation mistress shall organise a day recollection in the convent, every second Sunday of the month.

POSTULANCY: The first stage of formation, is a period of living in community, whereby the candidate experiences our way of life and prepares for entrance into the novitiate. The postulant’s knowledge of Catholic doctrine, the vowed life, our charism, apostolate and spirituality are fostered during this period according to the Directory of Formation. The postulancy program is for a period of six to twelve months. (3 months for the ex-postulants from another congregation).NOVICIATE: The second stage of formation, constitutes the indispensable foundation of all formation. It should be dedicated solely to instructing candidates thoroughly and soundly in the way of life of the Missionary sisters of the Miraculous Lady of Rose according to the Directory of Formation. Novices are to be progressively trained to engage in the various works of our Community, all the while cultivating that union with Christ which must be the wellspring of every apostolic activity. Come Follow Me…2 Cor 3:18).

TEMPORARY PROFESSION: Religious vows are not chains that bind, but keys that open –they are not privations that warp, but freedoms that deliver. The period of temporary vows (begun with first profession) is intended to consolidate and perfect the formation begun in the novitiate, and to complete the candidate’s and the Community’s experience of each other. This period of formation is to be: Systematic, but adapted to the capacity of each sister.

ONGOING FORMATION: It continues for the whole of life, is ultimately the responsibility of each sister. Among other things, human and spiritual growth (and maturity) should be developed through:

Co-operation with God’s grace, silence and spiritual reading, Mariology, sociology studies and fidelity to prayer.
PERPETUAL PROFESSION: Trusting in God’s grace to sustain this lifelong commitment, the sisters totally consecrate themselves to God for the whole of their lives, an act which inspires and encourages their fellow sisters to renew their own commitment and dedication to God. It is proper that when a sister pronounces her perpetual vows, she should have reached the degree of spiritual and affective maturity required, so that the religious state to which she is committing herself, in a stable and certain manner, may really be for her a means of perfection and greater love, rather than a burden too heavy to carry.

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