The next step is to request affiliation with the community. In this phase you are encouraged to continue visiting us and to keep in regular contact with the vocation director. When the time feels right for both you and the community, the interview process begins. The interview process consists of having in-depth interviews with the vocation director and other members of the vocation team. References and writing a personal autobiography follow. During this affiliation, you maintain your own living arrangements and job, but you are invited to spend as much time as possible with the community. During your discernment period, one of the Sisters will be assigned as your prayer partner. She commits herself to remember you daily in prayer, and we encourage you to pray for her as well. The Sister prayer partner is an additional personal contact, but regular contact with the vocation director is maintained so that she can support and guide you during your discernment process. We hope that you will feel the support of the community as you continue to discern the direction in which God is leading you.