| Novitiate ~ a year of intense prayer, study and preparation for monastic profession. First Monastic Profession ~ a minimum of three years which may be extended, during which the woman live as a professed member of the community while continuing to study and deepen her understanding of monastic life. Perpetual Monastic Profession ~ the professed member makes a lifelong commitment with full membership in the Benedictine Sisters as she seeks God according to the Gospels and the Rule of Benedict. |  The Formation Team: Sr. Denise Mosier, O.S.B., Director (top photo); (left to right) Sr. Doris Nolte, O.S.B., (Director of Postulants) Sr. Andrea Verchuck, O.S.B., and Sr. Glenna Smith, O.S.B.
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