II.  Process of Discernment

- Discovery

This is a time to intensify the experience of Christian life by becoming part of a community that communicates Gospel values in a Salesian family atmosphere.

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Promise -

This is the time of Postulancy, a time of immediate preparation for the Novitiate. A Postulant engages in personal growth and ministry experience.

Commitment -

This is the time of formal commitment that begins with the Novitiate. The Novice enters into an initiation of consecrated life in the Church as a Salesian Sister. By means of a serious study of religious life, of theology, and through ministry experience, the Novice learns to center her life in Christ, living and learning the spirituality of St. John Bosco and St. Mary Mazzarello.

Service-

The end of the Novitiate marks the time a Novice makes her first profession. She commits herself to live the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and freely chooses to unify her life with Christ, giving herself in service to youth in the spirituality of the Salesian charism. After a period of time, a Sister takes her perpetual or final profession. Constant renewal of faith and commitment continue through a Salesian Sister’s lifetime.

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Contact Information
Salesian Sisters West Vocation Office
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Bellflower, CA 90706-2498
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