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catechumen

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as in novice

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Recent Examples of catechumen But this Easter, the Archdiocese of Chicago marked a 52% increase of catechumens and candidates to join the Catholic Church versus 2025. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2026

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By July, morale among immigration officers had dipped below its nadir during the Biden Administration, with agents now complaining of being overextended, inundated with novice recruits, and undermined by inflammatory rhetoric from on high.

— Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Thomas was a novice attorney who had already run and lost as the Republican candidate for state attorney general.

— Michael Kiefer, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026

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Texas’ Democratic sweep has raised questions about whether California transplants helped turn the state blue, but experts doubt the newcomers drove the shift.

— Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Some Democratic candidates had experience as mayors or state lawmakers, but many are political newcomers.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Nov. 2026

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The novitiate, in this case, is Colin Smith (Harry Melling), a genial young man from the southeast London suburb of Bromley.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
Community shapes people into better versions of themselves Schloegel remembers feeling anxious at the start of his novitiate, the period of living in community with other Augustinians before taking his vows.

— Jason DeRose, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025

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