Postulancy

• A nine month period or longer
• A time for her to view the community and to sincerely ask herself if she can adjust and be a contributing member
• Formation classes to help her understand religious life and the charism of the Marian Sisters
  
• Work and study done primarily at the motherhouse
• Community assesses her abilities to live a vowed life

Novitiate

• Two year novitiate
• Reception of the habit and Sister name
• Engagement in more intense prayer and study, primarily of the vows and community Constitutions
• Fewer visits from family and friends to help her focus more on deepening her relationship with Christ as her spouse
• Besides the daily Hour Hour, an extra thirty minutes before Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament
  

Junior Professed

• Annually renews vows for 5 years
  
• Lives life as a professed Sister striving daily to grow closer to Our Lord
• Continues formative studies on the nature and aim of religious life, specifically the charism of the Marian Sisters
• Begins her work or further studies
  

On -going Formation

• Monthly Recollection Days
• Yearly retreat
• Various workshops
• Occasional in-house informative speakers