 Formation
Each
Province, General Commissariat, General Delegation and Hermetical or
Affiliated Community, has houses of formation in accordance with the
phases which the candidate has to go through. 
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The
pre-novitiate: Generally lasts from six months to one year.
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The
novitiate: Lasts one year, after which the candidate makes
his religious profession.
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The
scholasticate: This is the time when the candidate, after
his profession, intensifies and deepens his experience of following
in the footsteps of Jesus Christ in the Order and the Church.
This time also includes studies in preparation for the priesthood
and for specialization in various sciences.
The principles,
indications and programmes for initial and ongoing formation are explained
in the Ratio Institutionis Vitae Carmelitanae (Carmelite Formation: A
Journey of Transformation), published by
the General Curia of the Carmelites in Rome, 2000.
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