- A
postulant (from Latin: postulare, "to ask") was
originally one who
makes a
request or demand; hence, a candidate. The use of the term is now generally...
- a monk, one
first must be
accepted by a
community as a
postulant.
During the time of
postulancy the man
lives at the
monastery to test his vocation, to...
- 3-month
Postulancy or Probation. An
Inquirer may
apply multiple times to
become a
Postulant.
Three months or more
after applying, the
Christian Postulant is...
- dropped. In 1867, the year in
which the
community welcomed its
first postulant,
debts were so
serious that the
property was put up for
public auction...
-
authorized the
prioress to
receive Therese. On 9
April 1888 she
became a
postulant in the
Carmel of Lisieux. The
convent Therese entered was an old-established...
- the
Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, in 1960 as a lay
postulant, but left less than a year
later to lay the
groundwork for his own religious...
-
requirements for the
duration of the novitiate. The
novice must
complete a
postulancy before being admitted to the novitiate, the
duration of
which can be short...
-
marketeering operations of a
Mafia don, and has an
affair with a
woman in the
postulant stage of
becoming a nun. He
eventually repents and
returns to his faith...
- write: At one
stage in the
initiation procedure,
Christian tells us...the
postulant climbs down an iron ladder, with seventy-eight rungs, and
enters a hall...
- the
Marquis of
Bellefonds informed her that she
would be
accepted as a
postulant; however, she was
unwell and
advised to rest. When she
returned to court...
