Formation Plan (Novitiate)
(Sr. Norma, Sr. Mary Guadalupe, Sr Concepcion)
FORMATION ASPIRANCY
AREAS
(6 months to 1 year)
"Teacher, Where do you live?" (Jn. 1:38)
Time for greater familiarization
with the congregation. The
aspirant continues to live her
own lifestyle, work and/or
studies. Adequate self-
knowledge and self-acceptance
Description
To get the necessary
preparation before beginning
the Postulancy. Enables her to
see connections between the
events that happened to her
Objectives and her own role in them.
POSTULANCY
(one to two years)
"Come and See…" (Jn.1:39)
Provides an initial orientation
about Consecrated way of
life. Clarifying the self-ideal,
actual self and develop self-
transcendent values
Mutual knowledge between
the Postulant and the
Institute;
Clariffication of the call of
Jesus; preparation to make a
free and personal option.
NOVITIATE
(two years)
"and they stayed with Him." (Jn. 1:39)
Integration into the community
life of the Congregation and the
deepening of her faith and love
for Christ and the knowledge of
her free and personal option.
Learning the Evangelical Counsels
Aims at helping the novices to a
mature discernment regarding her
vocation. To know Christ and his
values and to integrate these with
her own values.
To be able to internalize the
values and attitudes of the
congregation's charism.
 Provides ground for self-
knowledge and self-worth.
Human Maturity
Provide awareness to the
candidates about the need to care physical attraction and
physical health and develop
physical stamina
Manifests good physical
health attested by medical
doctors
Physical
Discovers and explores one’s
sexuality
To allow oneself to be helped
in the development towards
human maturity
awareness of her self-
knowledge and self-
acceptance
becoming aware of her gifts,
talents, limitations,
inconsistencies and issues
manifests capacity to
transcend herself
Aware of her body and
sexuality as gift of God
Learning to accept and handle
sexual feelings
To learn how to discipline her
life
Deepens suffecient maturity in
which the aspects of human
development, intellectual pursuit,
psychological and spiritual
development are progressively
integrated.
Deepens her appreciation of her
body and sexuality
develop on how to live a
disciplined life
Growing in capacity to transcend
sexual feelings
 awareness to acquiring and
developing the knowledge for
consecrated life
Shows some capacity in
conceptual understanding and
assimilation
Intellectual
Learns reflective thinking as Deepens in one’s ability to think
well as to articulate her reflectively and analyze the events
thoughts and feelings and circumstances of daily life
Becoming aware of the need with the eyes of faith
to find the causes of social Practicing to analyze the socio-
phenomenon related to political-ecological situation using
injustice, violence, poverty, the see-judge-act method
other violation of human Continue growing in
rights and ecological crisis responsibility, accountability and
Learning to analyze world ethical sense in the use of media
news and of the local and and new technologies
national impact of events on
young people using the see-
judge-act method Becoming
aware of the ethics and
learning to be responsible and
accountable in the use of
media and technologies
especially the social media.
 Awaken and Learn to be aware
and to identify one's feelings
Emotional
awareness of being grateful to
Mother Earth and getting to
know one's feelings; names
reactions/emotions & their
possible sources.Openness to
learn how to relate with both
sexes with confidence and
respect.
express confidently and
constructively the emotions
accept, owned and transcends for
a higher value;
deepens awareness of personal
inconsistencies and issues
deepens acceptance of her
giftedness and woundedness
continue growing in having
healthy relationships with both
sexes.
 Shows intimate relationship with
God as foundation of Consecrated
life.
Shows interest and desire to grow
in her relationship with God.
Spiritual
Ecological Provide knowledge and
awareness about care for the
creation/universe.
Develops personal
relationship with God and
Jesus clarifies
life's direction and vocational
guidance
. introduction to the basic
tenets of Christian Faith
(Catechism), Life & Spirituality
of our Founders & our History
learning different forms of
Prayer introduction to
creation spirituality and
the New Creation Story
Shows awareness and
conciousness in caring about
mother earth and universe
Valuing creation including her
body as a gift of God
deepening of the personal
relationship with Jesus Christ by
contemplating his attitudes of
mercy, compassion, love of life
and caring for nature and the
ordinary things of everyday
exercise personal and communal
discernment as a means of
becoming one with the will of God
both in the important and in the
ordinary circumstances of life.
orientation and exposure to
different religions and learning to
appreciate others' faith
Deepens her responsibility in her
choices and lifestyle for the care
of the environment in an attitude
of thanksgiving for the gift of
creation.
 Allows the Aspirant to discover Have the opportunities to
her own giftedness. observe and receive
information about our
charism.
Charism
Introducing to various orientation to multi-cultural
community activities and living and learning to dialogue
responsibilities with the cultures
shows interest in living in assume attitudes of attention
community and respect towards
everyone, valuing individual
and cultural differences
develops healthy
Community relationships with co-
postulants, professed sisters
and authority figures
deepens appreciation of our
charism
develops healthy attitudes toward
authority based on one's sense of
inner authority; utilizes and shares
power for service
Deepen knowledge of religious
life with the emphasis of the
evangelical counsels;
witness to community
understand and appreciate multi-
cultural living
practice community dialogue in
the spirit of Christ in order to
accept diversity, interculturalities,
and intergenerational as riches,
and to integrate the different
ways of seeing, thinking and
acting

Have opportunities to be exposed to to develop their ministry skills the mission of our Institute in the
the various ministries.
Mission
Discovers and shares new
talents and skills
Practical Skills
Allows the postulant to begin Initiating and to be involved with
and to apply their gifts and building up of a society based on
education to missionary justice, solidarity and peace
services. awakening a according to the plan of a loving
consciousness of the ways God
God calls us through
happenings in the world and
in the reality in which we live
(community, society)
orientation to mission in
general through initial
contacts with situations of
poverty
learns to take and perform
different leadership roles
learns how to teamwork
Get to know her ability to
work wholeheartedly and
actively at assigned tasks
Develop and learn new Continue to develop her talents
practical skills and learning new skills such as
group facilitation, giving
recollections, conflict
management and/or resolution,
dialogue in teamwork, etc
cepcion)

JUNIORATE

(one to three years) (four to six years)

"to be with him and be sent…"
Sustains, nourishes, and to continue integrating the academic/
continues the growth and professional and pastoral activities
maturity acquired in the into a unified whole.
previous formation stages and To live every activity as Mission, with
keeps the spirit of a sense of "being sent"
commitment and service alive
so as to respond to the
demands of living out a
balanced community-mission
and prayer life

Greater integration in our missionary consecrated life, of

responsibility in work and preparation for the evangelizing action to
which they are sent by the Institute.
Characterized by the incorporation into the community of the
Institute, where the Young Professed begins to live as a committed
Consecrated person. Living out the vows and experiences of God
Learn to live adequate balance grows in human equilibrium in view of
among prayer-community- responsibilty,
work from the Mission of Jesus accounrablity and definite
commitment in the
living sincerely a simple, authentic and
ecological life style

Able to understand, managed Continues deepening and finding

and handle sensorial stimuli proper channels for physiological
and sexual feelings impulses
develop habits of reflection and a continue growing in being critically
critical sense of the happenings aware of the use of the new
of the world from a faith vision technologies and especially the
becoming critically aware of the Internet and social media with
sources and content responsibility and accountability
of the media, of new
technologies, of the cinema and
especially social media and
Internet.
bringing herself up to date on
ecological issues
Addresses issues of intimacy Acquires internal discipline of
appropriately; personal freedom and external
deepens & strengthens inner authority
freedom & authority in continue growing in maturity in
relation to her peers, the healthy expressions of affectivity
opposite sex and those in towards both sexes
authority
capacity to express and live
one's affectivity maturely
versus affective dependency
towards both sexes
faithfulness to prayer Strengthening the conviction of the
learning to be a contemplative centrality of Jesus Christ in her own
in action life continue integrating and
continues to deepen in the deepening her relationship with Mary,
knowledge of Jesus Christ the Mother of Mercy
Redeemer through her deepening her practice of
personal love relationship with contemplation before Christ on the
him, in whom she unifies and cross
structures the diverse aspects making her prayer the living
of her following Jesus consciousness of the presence of God
integrate one's knowledge and of the constant action of the Spirit
and appreciation of the in the world, inthe community and in
Charism and spirituality, and her own life.
Mission
learn to dialogue with other
religions

Committing to care for herself Continue growing in her commitment

and the environment in daily to care for the environment in daily
life life
participates fully in the life of
the Church according to our
Charism through assigned
ministries
practice dialogue, respect and
appreciation of diversity as a
means of collaborating in the
construction of peace in the
world
learns to adapt herself in a
positive way to the different
styles of persons,
communities, apostolic works
learn to articulate and give witness to
personal Charism and prophecy in the
light of the Spirituality of the
congregation.
Continue growing in her capacity to
assume conflicts of life with peace, in
sincere and loyal communication
Continue integrating diversity as
riches and taking it as opportunity to
collaborate in the growth of a life-
giving community
prepares herself for apostolic
discernment in the missionary
task
exercises responsibility and
accountability in relation with
the community and with
authority
Application of skills learned,
explores specific areas of
ministry as expression of one's
personal Charism
Learn other practical skills like
driving
valuing the apostolic experiences that
have been shared and discussed and
relived as occasions of growth in self-
knowledge and also in dedication to
the cause of the Reign of God
enhances one's potentials for
leadership by assuming roles of
responsibility with openness and
willingness
Acquires a ministry-related skills such
as teaching,counseling,retreat &
recollections giving, community
development & animation, etc.