{"id":5314,"date":"2015-05-14T19:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/?p=5314&lang=en"},"modified":"2016-09-16T14:07:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T12:07:40","slug":"some-stages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/en\/some-stages\/","title":{"rendered":"Some stages"},"content":{"rendered":"

To build something long-lasting requires time. The time for discovery and reflection, the time for experiment and commitment \u2026<\/p>\n

The Postulate <\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/p>\n

It is a time to experiment the community life and the mission of the Brothers, often lasting two years. By deepening his faith and his knowledge of the congregation, the aspirant prepares himself for a first choice. It is lived with other young people who aspiring to the same vocation, and sometimes with a community of Brothers if the applicant is alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung people are haunted by any sorts of harmful influences which, sometimes, lead them to a daily despair. I want to get involved to make increase in them a dynamic spirit which allows them to insure their future. I want to be a protagonist of hope for this terrorized youth. The joy of this choice is so great that I do not know where to begin. In fact, I have the joy to want myself devoted to God\u2019s will, to deepen day after day my relation with God, to want to love him with an undivided heart\u2026”\u00a0<\/em>Mark<\/strong>, Postulant, Ha\u00efti<\/p>\n

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The Noviciate<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"4<\/p>\n

This is the decisive moment to deepen one\u2019s life as a baptised person, while preparing oneself\u00a0 to take a decision for an effective\u00a0 commitment in the Brothers\u2019\u00a0 Congregation\u00a0 by taking religious vows.<\/p>\n

What is proposed :<\/p>\n

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  • To live in a quiet place, at his own pace, accompanied by a Brother, \u201cMaster of Novices\u201d, and in liaison with a community of Brothers.<\/li>\n
  • To know oneself better, through a more personal encounter with Christ, and to feel, the inner freedom and joy generated from the gift of self.<\/li>\n
  • To make the experience of God and of the following of Christ as the founders of the Congregation Jean- Marie de la Mennais and Gabriel Deshayes, and the first Brothers did.<\/li>\n
  • To deepen the Brother\u2019s vocation, while getting some experience of community life and the educational mission for the youth.<\/li>\n
  • To live daily according to the Brothers\u2019 Rule of Life, as a way of evangelising oneself, under the inspiration of the Spirit.<\/li>\n
  • <\/li>\n
  • To choose Christ and his mission, and to ask or to refuse to enter into the Congregation of the Brothers of Christian Instruction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    \u201cMy present experience at the Novitiate is wonderful. I immensely love my experience of life with God, with a greater knowledge of Father de la Mennais and with being with my Brothers.”
    \n<\/em>Bro. Isra\u00ebl<\/strong>, Philippines<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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