The principal characteristics of monastic life are:
1. Separation from the world by the enclosure and the habit.
2. The daily solemnization of the Divine Office.
3. Work.
4. Mortification of the body.
5. Community life.
6. Works of zeal towards our neighbour (if obedience allows or demands them).
Having given this definition of monastic life, it will next be expedient to consider its different elements in particular, as also the manner of practically applying them in the novitiate.
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