Director
of Incorporation
2300
Adams Ave., Scranton, PA 18509 Tel:
(570) -346-5414 - Email: kurdzielk@sistersofihm.org
Incorporation Phase
The incorporation
program consists of three phases: the candidacy, the novitiate
and a period of temporary profession. During this entire period
there is continual conversation, assessment and feedback regarding
the woman's progress and her suitability for the IHM lifestyle.
Candidacy
During the candidacy,
a woman lives in community with IHM sisters and participates
in the work of the Congregation. The Director of Incorporation
initiates her into the Congregation's prayer life, history and
spirit. After a period of one to two years, she is accepted
into the novitiate.
Novitiate
During the novitiate
a woman learns more about the Congregation, its structure and
the vowed life. The first year provides the sister with an opportunity
to develop her relationship with God through prayer and study.
The second year is a time during which the novice learns to
integrate prayer, the active life of the Congregation and the
vowed commitment. Upon completion of the novitiate phase, the
sister requests to make temporary vows for a period of at least
three years.
Temporary
Profession
During the time
of temporary profession the sister continues to discern her
call to the Congregation and to integrate and deepen the spiritual,
communal and ministerial aspects of her life, while living in
a local community and participating in full-time ministry.
After an appropriate
time in temporary profession, she requests to make public profession
of perpetual vows. At this point, initial incorporation ends.
The sister is admitted to full membership in the Congregation
and commits herself to lifelong, ongoing formation.
An integral component
of the IHM Congregation incorporation process is participation
in the Intercommunity Formation Program of the Religious Formation
Conference, which provides integrative learning and leisure
times with other men's and women's congregations.
Read
about the Tri-IHM/Oblate Formation Gathering!
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