Path to Becoming an HM Sister
The path to becoming an HM Sister
Pre-candidacy: usually 6-12 months
- An initial period of discernment
- Regular meetings with a sister from the HM membership team
- Formal application process
- Visiting community members
- Live-in experiences
- Spending time at Villa Maria Community Center
Candidacy: usually 1-2 years
- Living with and participating in the life of a small group of HM Sisters
- Continuing your current studies or employment
- Learning more about our life and mission
- Getting to know more members of the community
Novitiate: 2 years
- Deepening your relationship with God through prayer, reflection and spiritual direction
- Learning about vowed life
- Deepening your theological foundation
- Volunteering in ministry (part time)
- Exploring our community history, charism and ministries
Temporary profession: 3-6 years
- Making temporary vows of poverty, chastity and obedience
- Confirming and deepening your call to life in community
- Engaging in ministry
Profession of perpetual vows
- Committing your life as a Humility of Mary Sister
- A life-long adventure