~ Formation ~

For a year or two before entrance, the candidate gets to know the community, including the opportunity to live for a time in the cloister, in order to discern her vocation and come to a better understanding of our way of life. 

The postulant tests her vocation, usually for one year, as she gradually adapts herself to the Carmelite way of life under the direction of the Novice Mistress. 

The novice receives the habit of the Order. During the two years of her novitiate, she comes to understand and experience the demands of following Christ as a Teresian Carmelite. 

During her five years of temporary vows, the young professed further develops the understanding and experiences begun during the novitiate, becomes more fully integrated into community life, and prepares herself for the definitive consecration of solemn vows.