Formation Process

To carry out the Albertine vocation in its fullness, the sisters prepare during a period of basic formation lasting 9 years.

Novices looking at the tatra mountains
Novices looking at the tatra mountains

1. [Postulancy]

6 months to a year

2. [Novitiate] 

2 years

3. [Juniorate]

6 years

4. [Perpetual Vows]

For Life

“Formation should therefore have a profound effect on individuals, so that their every attitude and action, at important moments as well as in the ordinary events of life, will show that they belong completely and joyfully to God. Since the very purpose of consecrated life is conformity to the Lord Jesus in his total self-giving, this must also be the principal objective of formation. Formation is a path of gradual identification with the attitude of Christ towards the Father.”

(JOHN PAUL II, Vita Consecrata, 65)