Novitiate Page #4

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signifying the beginning

of grand silence,

that means you don't talk.

Any questions?

Put your hand down, sister.

Postulants don't have questions.

And you are free to go home.

Good afternoon, mother. Praise the lord.

Now and forever. God bless.

- Praise the lord.

- Now and forever. God bless.

Good afternoon, mother. Praise the lord.

Now and forever. God bless, sister.

Totally love him, who gave himself

totally for your love.

He, Christ, is the splendor

of eternal glory,

the brightness of eternal light

and the mirror without cloud.

I haven't had the chance

to formally introduce myself yet.

I'm sister Mary grace.

I will be your postulant mistress

for the next six months,

perhaps your novice mistress after that.

This is sister Anne.

Sister Catherine, Kate.

Both professed nuns.

Both just took their final vows.

We're very proud of them.

Now, it is our job to help guide you

as you try to adapt to our way of life.

I'm sure at the beginning,

it will feel very different.

That's normal.

I remember when I first came here,

everything seemed so strange.

I didn't know if I'd ever

truly make it as a nun.

Please don't worry about that.

I'm sure you all will be great.

Now, we should probably

go over the schedule.

Postulants usually have

the same schedule every single day.

The most important thing

to pay attention to is the bell.

Pretty much everything we do here,

all day long,

all comes down to the bell.

The first bell you'll hear

each morning is the 5:00 A.M. bell.

That bell lets everyone know

it's time to wake up,

get ready for morning mass.

Mass begins once father Luca arrives.

Father Luca always keeps his back to us

the whole time,

and he always reads the liturgy

in Latin.

Sometimes it's hard to keep up.

After daily chores,

you'll hear the third bell

of the morning.

That lets us know

that grand silence is over.

Good afternoon, mother. Praise the lord.

Now and forever. God bless.

Good afternoon, mother.

Praise the lord.

As you probably noticed,

all our meals begin with a reading.

Even though it's after grand silence,

we should all try

and remain as quiet as possible.

Sometimes you might see

some of the novices

doing their own penances

in the refectory.

Probably best to just ignore it

until you're novices yourselves.

Every day after the 3:00 P.M. bell,

we'll have our lessons together.

As you probably remember,

reverend mother made it absolutely clear

that we are not to speak

during grand silence,

so let's practice a little bit

of sign language.

Slowly, that is, "what...

"Job...

"Right now?"

Sorry to interrupt, mother,

but you just got another package

from the archdiocese.

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