Handmaids Welcome Catherine Kirwan-Avila
The Handmaid US Province welcomed Catherine Kirwan-Avila into their novitiate on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, 2013. This initial step is the first of several phases that Catherine will experience before becoming a fully professed sister. Following her postulancy and novitiate training, which is a two-year process, Catherine will take temporary vows twice, for a total of six yers. In the first part of this process, Catherine will move into the juniorate phase, and later, become a Sister of Vows. The final phase of her vocation training will be her tertianship or third probation, where she will complete…