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The right of examining and admitting candidates to the novitiate belongs to the province. A special committee of brothers with a president shall be appointed to carry out the aforesaid examination.
The right of examining and admitting candidates to the novitiate belongs to the province. A special committee of brothers with a president shall be appointed to carry out the aforesaid examination.
Before anyone is admitted to the novitiate, superiors are obliged to obtain all those documents required by law, and any other information they may consider useful or necessary.
There shall be a Ratio Formationis for the whole Order, approved by the general chapter or by the Master of the Order, and revised from time to time. It should lay down general spiritual principles and basic training norms for forming the brothers, leaving the provinces to develop their own norms as time and place demand.
In convents of formation, genuine fraternal common life ought to flourish so that those in formation can gradually take an active part in community life, always respecting the various groupings within the community. This will lead to a formation that is solid and complete. Accordingly, all the brothers ought to bear in mind their responsibility for the formation of the younger brothers.
If the provincial chapter sees fit, a council of formation may be established. Distinct from the conventual council, it shall deal with matters relating to an integral formation and, in this way, helping the master to discharge his responsibility. The provincial chapter, or the prior provincial with his council, shall determine the composition and duties of this council.
Therefore, for the benefit of the faithful, the brothers ought to promote the confraternities of the Order, especially those of the Most Holy Name of Jesus and of the Most Holy Rosary and our other associations, as time and place demand, so that they may be of benefit to the faithful. As to their structure and government, these are laid down in their own statutes.
The structure and government of these fraternities shall be determined in their own rule.