Can you give me an idea of what to expect? |
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Anyone interested in joining St. Procopius Abbey is encouraged to spend a few weekends visiting the community and meeting with the Vocation Director, Bro. Guy Jelinek, OSB. Contact can be made via vocations@procopius.org If he then chooses to apply for admittance and the monks decide to accept him, he will spend some time as a postulant, followed by one year as a novice. |
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During this year of training, he will come to know and understand himself better with the help of the monastic community, for the novitiate is an intense schooling in communal living. The novice spends his day in study, reading, prayer, reflection, work, and recreation. If at any time he decides the monastic life is not for him, he is free to leave. If, however, the novice finds meaning and purpose in this life, and if the monks judge that he can both benefit from the monastic life and assist the community in its quest for God, he may then profess temporary vows in the community for a period of three years. |
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During this time, he is exposed to the various apostolates of the Abbey and is guided in his monastic growth. After this probation, he must decide whether he wishes to make a life-long commitment to the monastic life and to St. Procopius Abbey. If so, he will take solemn vows -- a firm promise that he will dedicate his life to the search for God that is the essence of the monastic vocation. |
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