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community fraternity, orderly life, readiness for service, etc.
During this period the candidates as well as the community
evaluate their fitness for living and working in the SJC
community; the community helps them so that they may be
able to strengthen their desire to dedicate themselves
generously to the service of God and His people.

iii. Postulancy
101 The principal goals of postulancy are the following: to help
the candidates gain more knowledge and experience
regarding the doctrinal, spiritual and apostolic dimensions
of religious life as well as the SJC life-style; to help them to
take a clear decision about their religious vocation; to help
them to acquire the human and spiritual maturity required
for their entry into the novitiate. This is also an occasion to
deepen their inclination to a life of meditation, community
living and apostolic services in conformity with the spirit of
SJC, together with developing their intellectual talents and
tastes.

II. Novitiate
102 The training given the candidates in the novitiate shall be so
integral and solid that they steadily grow into the discipleship
of Jesus, practice of evangelical counsels, life of prayer,
community fraternity, religious virtues, apostolate of merciful
love and the spirit of renunciation.

103 In order that these goals may be achieved:
ß1 The novices shall be progressively led into the depths of
a prayer life rooted in the Word of God and the mystery of
the Holy Eucharist;
ß2 A deep knowledge of and a firm commitment to the SJC
spirituality, charism of the Founding Father, history of the
Congregation and its apostolic style shall be developed in
the novices;
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