Candidacy (Asparency)
During this period, the candidate who desires to enter the Congregation of the Sisters of the Cross is accompanied and helped to make sure of her call. (COME AND SEE PROGRAMME)

• Pre – novitiate:
It is a time of experience which permits the candidate to deepen her life of faith and to grow in freedom to answer the call of God with a certain maturity, thus enabling the pre-novice and the Congregation to come to know each other. (ROL 30)

• Novitiate:
During this period, the novice makes sure of her call to follow Christ as a member of an international Congregation of apostolic life. She is initiated to live the charism of the Sisters of the Cross and she develops her capacity to respond to Him in total freedom. (ROL 31)
Inter-province novitiates
Over the past few years, the sisters have been reflecting upon the need to have an inter-province collaboration in Asia at any one stage of initial formation. Hence, the inter- province novitiates were opened in the year 2011 in five different places in India.

• Juniorate:
The junior Sister continues the personal spiritual experience begun at novitiate and grows in the love of Christ by a life of contemplation in action. She lives her mission in an apostolic community, and learns to situate herself as a religious in the milieu where she lives. (ROL 33)

• Lifelong formation:
Each Sister works at her integral formation which contributes to the development of her capacities and strengthens her apostolic vigor. She constantly renews her encounter with the living Christ and gives priority to His preferences and choices in her daily life. A deep spirituality fuels the soul with the spirit that makes ongoing commitment possible.