The Knights of Our Lady

Of course, one does not enter the Order as one would join an association. The postulant is received as a squire after a minimum formation of 6 months. After another 2 years, he may take temporary vows as a donate for a 2-year period, which is indefinitely renewable. Then, at the call of the Master in Council, he may be admitted to his final profession, and to the knightly dubbing. When the private vows of Conversion of Morals (life according to the Rule), Fidelity to the Order (obedience and fraternal mutual aid) and Defence of the Church (vow similar to the Crusade vow, to defend the Church and Christendom at the risk of one’s life) are definitively taken, the donate receives the white mantle stamped with the cross of the Order. The following day, after the vigil at arms and Holy Mass, he is knighted.