This stage in the profess's life begins with the simple profession made for one year renewable 5 tims. The young profess usually lives in a local religious house, where she can mature her vocation and acquire the religious, intellectual, technical or artistic formation required for her ministry.

The young profess will thus acquire in one of various centres of religious studies a basic thelogical formation tailored to her age, background and tastes and answereing the requirements of the congregation. Such a formation is indispensable as a foundation for all  religious life, and more so un the case of an apostolic religious life, wich demands a solid faith and the competence to be able to answer all questions posed by our contemporaries.