Novice master
As novice master or Magister or Magistra (from the Latin Magister novitiorum ) is the term used in the religious communities of the Roman Catholic Church to refer to those members of the order who are responsible for the introduction and training of the candidates for the order.
If a candidate joins an order, he goes through several years of testing and training and is first considered a postulant or candidate , after being admitted to the novitiate as a novice (from the Latin noviter , "newcomer"). The novice master (or novice master) is tasked with training the novices and making it easier for them to grow into religious life: in lectures, one-on-one conversations, etc. he is the first point of contact for all questions relating to novices. At the same time he tests them for their vocation as well as for their suitability for life in the order and the community. Canon law provides that the novice master himself must be a member of the order whose candidates he instructs, he must have made perpetual profession and be legally appointed.
Before being admitted to clothing and later before simple and perpetual profession, the novice master is asked for his assessment, which naturally plays an important role.