The aspirancy is a period of time which a woman, who manifests positive indications of a call to our life, spends within the enclosure for the purpose of further discerning that call. It gives the candidate a practical experience of daily life in the monastery and tests her aptitude for it before she makes the personal arrangements necessary before entering the postulancy. The aspirant is under the direction of the mistress of novices and participates to some extent in the common life of the monastery and the novitiate. When possible four to six weeks is desirable for the aspirancy period. When the aspirancy is completed the aspirant ordinarily leaves the monastery to allow for due evaluation on both sides.