What Is It Like To Be An Aspirant?

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1 hour ago, GraceUk said:

I remember in my My Beloved  where the skull present in the cell was mentioned. One postulant or novice didn't like it and was encouraged to pat   it on the head to get her used to it.  I wouldn't have liked this either. Hope the skull thing has been abolished. Anyone know?

As regards penances I read that poor Clares have never accused each other in the Chapter of Faults. I agree with this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The skull thing certainly doesn't apply in all Carmels anymore (it may in some very traditional ones). In the two Carmels where I've visited (not as a candidate, but as a friend who entered the "enclosure"), there were no skulls.