Novices
The Two-year novitiate begins with the canonical year, which is devoted to a deepening of prayers and spiritual instruction. Second-year novices may engage in apostolic activities, but may not be responsible for full-time apostolic positions.
Novices study the vows in detail, Holy Scripture, religious/spiritual life, Church History, and the spirituality of the Sister of St. Joseph the Worker. The novice is gradually guided in the development of an intimate union with Christ from Whom all her apostolic activity flows, and is helped to grow in a warm fraternal charity with her Sisters.
Novices wear the black habit with a blue scapular and veil in honor of our Blessed Mother, the Model of all religious.