Novice master

In the Christian Church, a novice master or master of novices (Latin: magister noviciorum), is a member of an institute of consecrated life who is responsible for the training and government of the novitiate in that institute.

[1] The master of novices must be a member of the institute; he must have taken perpetual vows and be legally appointed.

The novice master's duty is to see that the time devoted to the period of the novitiate be passed in prayer, meditation, and the development of character through a study of the life of Jesus Christ and the saints, church history, the vows and the constitution of the institute.

Prior to the admission to the investiture and later before simple and perpetual vows, the master of novices is asked for his assessment.

In addition to general monastic maturity, the gift of winning souls is mentioned as a special qualification for the monk who takes care of the novices.