Candidacy is a stage of initial formation given to the young girls recruited from different states of India. This is a period when they are given insertion into practice of fundamental Christian spiritual exercises, ability for spoken English and introduction to different apostolic activities of the congregation. After this stage of formation, those girls who have joined after passing the Secondary Board Examination pursue the Higher Secondary course for two more years before their entry into pre- postulancy. After an year of intense coaching in English and other religious studies, they join the Postulancy. However all the candidates are subjected to a screening test to learn of their motivation, their physical fitness and mental aptitude to enable the directresses to guide and counsel them.