Formation

During this period of 6-9 months, the postulant lives with the community. She becomes acquainted with the spirituality and apostolic mission of the Association through participation in the daily life of the community. This is a period of intense transformation, a time of detoxification from the prevailing culture with its demands on the heart. It is “propaedeutic” to living more intensely according to the law of the Spirit (cf. Rom. 8:2). 

After the period of postulancy, the sister will enter the novitiate, receive the habit of the community and a new religious name. The novice devotes twelve months to a more intense understanding of the religious life as it pertains to the specific vocation of the Servants of the Children of Light. Activities outside of the life of the community are limited during this canonical year of the novitiate. In the second year of the novitiate, the novice slowly begins to insert herself into the apostolic activity of the religious community.

After the novitiate period, the novice professes the evangelical councils of poverty, chastity and obedience, as well as the fourth vow characteristic of the religious community. This time is one of continued formation in the charism of the community, as well an insertion in the work of the apostolate. The sister will continue her formation in the Montessori Method, as well as work toward completing a Bachelor’s degree if she does not already have one.  Simple vows are professed for an initial three years, thereafter renewable up to another three years.