Novices prepare to take vows in a congregation.
A novice is a person who has taken the habits but has not yet professed . The term comes from the Latin novicius , which translates as “recent” or “new.”
Novitiate stage
The novices are in the novitiate stage. In this period, which usually lasts between six and twenty-four months, they prepare before making religious vows .
It can be said that the novices go through a testing phase. Feeling the call of their vocation , they approach a congregation and begin to acquire the necessary foundations to assume religious commitment. If this stage did not exist, many people without an authentic feeling of faith would be admitted.
Once the novitiate has been completed, it is understood that the novice already knows the congregation in question in depth and is fully aware of what it means to take vows. This way you can decide freely.
Apprentice or beginner
The idea of novice or novice can also be used with reference to someone who is an apprentice or a beginner . For example : “Although I have extensive experience in the world of theater, I am a novice in the field of music” , “I entered the company as a novice and left as a true expert” , “The most experienced players usually help the novices to join the team.”
If we return to the definition of the novitiate stage, we can understand the nuances that are printed in this use of the term "novice" and its respective masculine, which indicate a natural lack of experience in a field that we have just joined. In the first example, the station assures that music is a field in which it is entering and that makes it a novice, while in theater it has come a long professional path.
We continue with a sentence that contrasts the beginnings of the issuer in his time in a company: when he joined, his knowledge and experience were scarce; However, his last day reflected an undeniable learning that placed him at the opposite extreme. Finally, we talk about the help that the athletes of a given team generally provide to the novices, so that they can integrate.
The Sound of Music
“The Sound of Music” , on the other hand, is the title by which the film “The Sound of Music” ( “The Sound of Music” in Spain ) was known in Latin America . This musical film directed by Robert Wise , which featured performances by Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer , was released in 1965 and won five Oscars and two Golden Globes .
Julie Andrews, the star of "The Sound of Music"
The story of this film, whose script was written by Ernest Lehman , was based on the Broadway musical of the same name. The music, which plays a huge role in this work and is the reason why so many people remember it almost a century later, was composed by Oscar Hammerstein II , Richard Rodgers and Irwin Kostal . We should also note that this is an adaptation of The Story of the Trapp Family Singers , a novel by the writer Maria Augusta von Trapp , born in 1905 in the Astro-Hungarian Empire.
In addition to the awards it won, such as the aforementioned Oscars, it is necessary to point out that it is one of the most relevant musical films in the history of cinema. So much so that in 1998 it was ranked fourth on this list by the American Film Institute . It is also preserved in the National Film Registry and was highlighted by the United States Library of Congress for its historical and cultural aspects and its aesthetic importance.