Reference Form

Thank you for agreeing to serve as a reference for this vocational applicant to our community.

YOUR CANDID RESPONSES ARE APPRECIATED. YOUR RESPONSES WILL BE VIEWED ONLY BY ABBESS, VOCATION DIRECTRESS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, IN ORDER TO FORM AN IMPRESSION OF THIS PARTICULAR CANDIDATE AND HER POTENTIAL FOR THE RELIGIOUS LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

Today's Date*

Your Name*

First Last

Name of Applicant*

First Last

In case we need to get in contact with you for clarification or further questions:

Email*

How long have you known the applicant? And in what capacity have you known her?*

Have you observed or been informed of any behavior that raises questions in your mind that could potentially impair her ability to live the cloistered contemplative religious life?*

Please comment on the applicant’s general sense of maturity. This may include, but is not limited to behavior under stress, response to criticism, self-acceptance, sense of responsibility, and ability to follow through/fulfill obligations.*

Please comment on the applicant’s relational ability. This may include, but is not limited to her ease in relating to authority figures, her ease in relating to her peers, her ease in relating to women and to men.*

In your estimation, does this woman have the qualities live the Consecrated Life? Please explain.*

Further comments:*

Statement of Veracity*

I confirm that the above information is truthful and accurate to the best of my knowledge.

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