I am Sr. Gutberta, the Superior General of a Congregation. At present we have only two novices. Our novitiate house is situated in a place where other religious communities too have their novitiates. So, classes are arranged for them together. Therefore, together with my council, I decided to appoint Sr Pica, who is a teacher in our school, as a novice directress. Can she be appointed and be given both the responsibilities?
Religious life begins with admission to the novitiate. The novitiate holds an indispensable place in formation and the entire religious life. To guarantee that the novitiate will correspond to its purpose, the Codes offer an extensive section on this period of formation (CIC Canons 646-653 and CCEO Canons 517-525). These canons of both the Codes specify the content of the novitiate programme, qualities required for novice director/ess, and the decisions made at the end of the novitiate.
Sr Navya Thattil OSF
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