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ADMISSION
A candidate seeking admission in the Society of Divine
Vocations must have a very strong desire to serve God and
his people.
He must have the ability and the inclination to work in
vocation ministry.
He must have completed at least his high school education.
Be in good health, be a baptized and confirmed Catholic and
be free from canonical impediments.
FORMATION
Upon completing the admission process an individual may be
accepted into the community as a candidate.
After a short period of candidacy, he will start the
postulancy (Pre-Novitiate)
This is followed by one year of novitiate, after which the
candidate takes temporary vows of poverty, chastity and
obedience for one year. These vows are renewed annually. At
the end of three years in temporary vows, he will take
perpetual vows.
Candidates for the priesthood must also obtain a college
degree and attend four years of theological studies before
ordination.
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