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    Obligation and Right of Admission and Preparation of suitable Candidates to Religious Institutes by Competent Superior in the Light of Can. 642. A Case Study of the Institute of the Order of Carmelites Discalced
    (Tangaza University College/Duquesne University, 2017) Namanda, Isaac Wekesa
    The preparation and effective admission of candidates in religious institutes is one of the main areas of focus in the Catholic Church. The church through religious institutes facilitates proper admission through the major superiors to ensure that we have well equipped religious men and women who understand this way of life and are ready to live and bear witness to the people, through the evangelical vows which are professed publicly. This admission should always cope with the needs of the contemporary world by not necessarily getting rid of old but giving room for flexibility and adjustment to enhance smooth integration between the new norms and old ones without distorting the identity and roots of the religious institutes. A charism needs to be lived according to the place, times and people. It needs to be lived with energy rereading it culturally, too In general vocations to religious life are generated through familiarity and friendship with the communities and a sustained relationship with a particular community, for a specific duration of time. The discernment process for entry into religious life begins at the time of formal association with the institute through the vocation promoter. The initial discernment is not first about suitability for ordained ministry, but rather about the fit of the person with the charism and spirit of the institute. Usually, a candidate for religious life goes through a period of candidacy and postulancy before being admitted formally to the institute’s novitiate to become a religious. Religious life begins with the novitiate, a period of intense preparation for first profession of the evangelical counsels. Therefore, admission to the novitiate is a major step and it is appropriate that is reserved to major superiors Can.620 of 1983 code 2 Proper law refers to statutes of juridic persons of institutes of consecrated life and societies of apostolic life. They are special because they do not only include written laws of juridic person but also include their legal customs Canon.20 of the 1983 code . Though there is room for proper law of each institute to determine more detail to the extent that may be considered necessary for the procedures for admission of candidates to religious life.