Tertianship

The Tertiate or tertianship is in the Jesuit Order ( Society of Jesus ), the third (and last) testing time before the priests are incorporated into the Order.

During the candidacy and the novitiate are at the beginning of training, the members of the Order to complete the Tertiate at the end of their training. This applies to those who are preparing for the priesthood, especially in their study of philosophy and theology. The Tertiate serves the renewal and deepening of its original appeal. For this study, the participants - usually 8 to 10 Jesuits headed by an ' instructor ' - the spiritual foundations of the Order, make again the thirty -day retreat and times undergo testing in special pastoral or social situations ( " experiments") in the tradition of Ignatius of Loyola.