no·vi·ti·ate also no·vi·ci·ate (nÅ-vÄsh'Ä“-Ät, -Ät')
n. # The period of being a novice. # A place where novices live.
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Leo Koesler has written: 'Entrance into the novitiate by clerics in major orders' -- subject(s): Novitiate (Canon law)
James Victor Brown has written: 'The invalidating effects of force, fear, and fraud upon the canonical novitiate' -- subject(s): Duress (Canon law), Novitiate (Canon law)
She arrived in India in 1929, and began her novitiate in Darjeeling.
beginner, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, initiate, neophyte, novitiate, tenderfoot, tyro
beginner. novice. novitiate. amateur. tyro. trainee. greenhorn. rookie. tenderfoot. recruit. apprentice. pupil. student.
Louis Colin has written: 'Our lady' 'The Superior's handbook' 'The novitiate' 'Love one another' -- subject(s): Charity, Christianity, Love, Religious aspects of Love
apprentice learner, novice, neophyte, cadet, tyro, beginner
She became a member of the novitiate of the Sisters of Loreto in 1928 at the age of 18 and took her first vows on May 24, 1931 and her final vows on May 14, 1937.
novice, nova, Nova ( Scotia), novation, novel ( noun & adj.), novitiate, novelty
A postulant is a person taking the first step in religious life before entering the novitiate and receiving a habit. As this is before they receive a veil, in traditional religious orders, the postulant receives a cap with which to cover her head.
I am not sure I would call them requirements, but you must be Catholic and single. That's about it for pre-requisites. Then you decide what order you want to belong to. They all have different charisms. Some are more strict than others. You go through a period called postulancy in which you petition the order to become one of its members. Then you go through novitiate, a training period. At the end of novitiate if you still wish to join the order and the hierarchy of the order feels you would fit in you take vows of profession which usually involve promising poverty, chastity and obedience.
In order to become a nun in the Catholic church you should ideally be between the ages of 18 to 40. Some communities accept those into the novitiate who are between 18 and 25, while others do accept older women.