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The Admission Process
When a man contacts the Franciscan Vocation Ministry he is sent a packet containing literature that may be helpful for him to get to know us as followers of Jesus Christ in the footprints of Saint Francis of Assisi.
Within the literature he will find an Information Form. After a man has completed the initial information form, he will be contacted by the Vocation Director.
If the man meets our guidelines, he will be invited to join us at one of our Franciscan communities for a weekend of hospitality, prayer, discernment, and fraternity. During a Hospitality Weekend or a Discernment Weekend Retreat, a man can come see how we live, where we minister, and pray with us. During the weekend there is time to meet personally with the Vocation Director and with other friars about our Franciscan life.
Following the Hospitality Weekend or Discernment Weekend Retreat, if it is mutually determined that the man should continue to explore a vocation with the friars of the Holy Name Province, he will be invited to attend a Franciscan Experience Weekend (FEW). During the FEW, the man enters into a number of formal conversations with other friars to discuss the vocation journey.
The FEW is hosted at Holy Cross Friary in the Bronx, NY. The postulants of the province, those in their first year of discernment with the province, live and minister in this urban parochial setting. The FEW provides an opportunity for an aspirant to meet and speak with those men who are beginning their journey with us.
The result of this weekend informs the friars and the aspirant if he is able and ready to continue in the application process. The formal application for admission to the province will be given or denied depending on the evaluation of the aspirant during the FEW.
Once an aspirant has completed his formal application for admission to Holy Name Province, his application goes before the Admission Board. The Board is appointed by the Minister Provincial of the Holy Name Province. The Admission Board determines if the aspirant will be admitted to our initial formation program as a postulant.
