Sentences with word «postulant»
A "postulant" is a person who is applying to join a religious community or organization, showing interest in becoming a member. Full definition
As assistant novice mistress, she was able to form the young postulant nuns in her own Little Way, encouraging them to respond to God's infinite love for each of us.
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As Cathleen progresses from postulant to novitiate, her faith is repeatedly challenged by the harsh, often inhumane realities of being a servant of God.
Sorry, I was busy with some young new fresh and clean postulants to the holy faith.
The Oracle of Oum» ilah has placed his faith in Ashar, a young postulant who is unsure the stones of light even exist.
She and her fellow postulants are subjected to what can best be described as cruel hazing at the direction of the Reverend Mother (Melissa Leo).
Believe it or not, it's the 50th Anniversary of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music, a classic musical tale of the Von Trapp Family singers before World War II and their new tomboyish postulant, Maria, who becomes the governess of the home of a widowed naval captain.
This based - on - true - events story stars Julie Andrews as a young postulant.
Postulants, novices, young and old... a variety of charisms.
He is currently a postulant for the priesthood in the Episcopal Church and writing his first book.
Wesley Walker is a classical educator with Classical Conversations, a seminarian and a postulant for Holy Orders in the Anglican Church in North America.
Mother Celine and her postulant genuflect together and Mariette's right knee touches down on a great red Persian carpet that seems as warm as a sleeping cat.
Since the fugitive showed «signs of conversion and detestation of his past life, and desired to do penance (of which he later did a great deal),» they accepted him as a postulant.
Try some conversations with postulants, novices, young, old... wearing the habit, not wearing the habit... try talking to sisters with a variety of charisms.
It makes known the works of God by way of the sacred symbols [the sacraments] and it prepares the postulants to contemplate and participate in the holy sacraments.
The order of deacons purifies and discerns those who do not carry God's likeness within themselves and it does so before they come to the sacred rites performed by the priests -LSB-...] That is why during the rite of divine birth [baptism] it is the deacons who take away the postulant's old clothes.
In 1941, a few days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, age twenty - six, Thomas Merton entered Gethsemani as a postulant.
In this first the postulant was clothed.
After a few weeks as a postulant it was seen by the Novice Master that Martin was behaving as he should, and could be admitted formally to the novitiate.
Martin was received as a «postulant», and lived for a few weeks in the guest house, still to be seen just inside the great gates.
In order to become a member of the community, Josephus says, a «postulant» had to undergo a year's probation.
A mercenary, a postulant, and a slave — which one is truly the child of prophecy?
As she progresses from the postulant to the novitiate stage of training, she finds her faith repeatedly confronted and challenged by the harsh, often inhumane realities of being a servant of God.
Helping these young women as they move from the postulant to the novitiate stage in their instruction is Sister Mary Grace (Dianna Agron, «Glee»).