 To mark the transition, the novice is clothed in the Dominican habit; whereas members who have professed vows after novitiate wear black veils, novices (who have not made vows) wear a white veil.The novitiate year is crucial, for it is then "…that the novices better understand their divine vocation, and indeed one which is proper to the institute, experience the manner of living of the institute, and form their mind and heart in its spirit, and so that their intention and suitability are tested.