1. The purpose of the brothers’ formation is to develop their human qualities and the Christian virtues so that they will be able to live a truly Dominican life; this will enable them to take an appropriate part in the life and government of the community.
2. Since they share in the Order’s apostolate through profession, the brothers are to be trained for the exercise of an appropriate apostolate, thus becoming true co-operators in the mission of the Order.
3. Since it generally happens that the co-operator brothers have different aptitudes, and that their contributions to the Order’s work can take many forms, they should be given formation suited to their respective abilities, bearing in mind the needs of the Church and the Order in each region.

1. To facilitate religious formation, those personal aptitudes which contribute greatly towards human maturity should be integrated and developed. Among them are a stable personality, the ability to make weighty decisions, and the acceptance of personal responsibility.
2. If religious life is to be fully responsive to the world’s needs, not only must the brothers, each according to his aptitudes and situation, acquire an adequate understanding of the behaviour, the sentiments and the thinking processes to be found in current social life, they must also learn to assimilate and judge them in the light of their Dominican vocation.

1. The master, according to the capabilities of each, shall advance the brothers towards the gradual attainment of the perfection of religious and apostolic life, in the spirit of the Order. He shall teach them that to follow Christ is the supreme rule of our life; he shall teach them to be of one mind with the Church, to know and cherish the spirit of Saint Dominic and the Order’s sound traditions, to read when opportune the signs of the time and to interpret them in the light of faith.
2. Guided by their love for their Dominican family, which receives them and enriches them with its manifold traditions, the brothers will learn that religious life provides a more stable life-style, tested doctrine for the way to perfection, fraternal communion in solidarity with Christ, and freedom fortified by obedience.
3. During the studentate the master shall discuss the students with the conventual chapter at least once a year and shall send a written report on this to the prior provincial. If a brother is studying in another province, his own prior provincial shall be given a yearly report about him.

Solemn profession is to be made without delay on the day which marks the end of the period for which temporary profession was made. It may be anticipated by dispensation of the major superior given for a just reason, but not beyond three months. (CCL, n. 657, § 3). But if temporary profession was legitimately extended and profession was renewed, the brother may be legitimately admitted to solemn profession, even before the elapse of the extended period, provided all other conditions are fulfilled.

Reports of the chapter and council votes are to be sent to the prior provincial by the prior. Personal and academic reports on each candidate are to be sent to him by the master. And where students are concerned, the moderator of the centre for institutional studies shall send his report.

Solemnly professed brothers assigned, for reasons of study, to a convent outside their own province, do not have a voice in the chapter when it considers admitting brothers from other provinces to profession. They may be consulted, however, before the vote of the chapter and council when there is question of professing students who are living there but belong to other provinces.

1. When a brother has spent the year immediately preceding solemn profession, which for a cleric can be a scholastic year, in a convent of his own province, the prior provincial may admit him to profession, if the vote of the chapter and the vote of the council are favourable. He may also do so if the vote of either one is favourable, but not if both are contrary. In convents and houses where, according to n. 139-bis and n. 333, the council is not distinct from the chapter, the second vote is taken by the provincial council; in vicariates it is taken by the vicariate council.
2. When a brother has spent the aforesaid year outside his own province, the vote of its chapter and council are consultative only. However, in that case a vote of the council of the province of affiliation is always required. If it is favourable, the prior provincial may admit the brother to profession but not if it is contrary.
3. If a brother has not yet lived for a year in the convent of his actual assignation and is due to make solemn profession, the convent in which he spent the immediately preceding year takes a vote of the chapter and council according to n. 206, 2  But the convent where he is actually living must first take a vote for the sake of information.

Simple (temporary) vows cease:

1. when the time for which they were made or renewed has elapsed;
2. by an indult to leave the Order, granted by the Master of the Order with the consent of his council (see CCL 688)
3. by dismissal from the Order according to common law (CCL, nn. 694-704).

1. Renewal of profession is to take place on the day which marks the end of the period for which profession was made. (see Appendix n. 9).
2. For a good reason, the prior provincial has the faculty to permit the renewal of temporary profession to be anticipated but by not more than a month.

Only his own prior provincial may validly admit a brother to renew simple profession, having obtained the consultative vote of the chapter and council of the brother’s convent of assignation. (CCL, nn. 656, 657).