After the completion of the Aspirancy, the next stage of formation is the Postulancy.  If the community accepts the candidate after sufficient discernment, an Entrance date is set.  Leaving family and home, the candidate would enter and live permanently in the cloister.  It is here where the day-to-day formation of the Postulant begins by immersing herself in the atmosphere of the Carmelite life of the community.  Particular attention is to be paid to human formation and laying the foundation for formation in consecrated life.  “Space is given for the postulant’s personal adaptation and integration into the community, and, above all, the maturity of her decision”  (Ratio Institutionis Monialium OCD #64).  Special attention is given at this stage of the journey for initiation into the Carmelite way of life, prayer and spiritual accompaniment.  The postulancy typically lasts from one to one and a half years.  After its completion, the candidate may be admitted to the novitiate after sufficient discernment and the community’s approval.