First, we keep in contact with the inquirer–Emails, visits, and if the inquiry seems to indicate the possibility of a vocation, a few months of observership within the community. There is ample time to reflect, weigh one’s experience, and return or realize this is not the life to pursue. If the community offers, and the candidate desires it, there follows a one-year postulancy. The postulant lives the full life of the sisters, accompanied by the novice director in what we call the novitiate. This is a time of discernment, and leads to two years as a novice. If the candidate and the monastery recognize an authentic vocation, and the novice desires it, she will make her first Profession of Vows at the end of her novitiate. She is now a junior with temporary vows (also called simple vows) which are renewed annually for at least five years. At any time during the postulancy or novitiate, the candidate is free to leave, as she is also at the completion of her period of Simple Vows. If the vocation is solid and the Professed is happy to recognize her call, she will be accepted for Solemn Monastic Consecration.