With joy, our community recently welcomed our new postulant, Sister Karina. Sister comes from a Catholic homeschooling family in Texas where she studied at Baylor University. She loves the Dominican charism and has been looking forward to trying her vocation in our monastery.
As a postulant, Sister Karina will spend approximately a year living in the Novitiate, learning about our life under the guidance of the Novice Mistress, and participating in the prayer and common life of the community. The word “postulant” comes from the Latin “postulare,” which means “to ask” or “to seek.” By a deepening experience of the monastic life ordered to union with God, the postulant seeks to know more surely if this life is God’s will for her.
Please keep Sister Karina in your prayers!
Further Reading:
- What comes after postulancy? Learn about our Stages in Formation
- Vocation Letters: A Postulant’s Rosary (following our fictional novice’s story)
- Could this be your vocation? Consider making a Vocation Retreat or Contact the Vocation Directress to learn more.