Guidelines for Receiving Pastoral Ministers in the USA

Eparchial Bishop. A bishop to whom is entrusted an eparchy for him to shepherd and for which he exercises “proper, ordinary, and immediate” power (CCEO, c. 178). Eparchy. In the Eastern Catholic Churches sui iuris , a portion of the People of God entrusted to the pas toral care of an eparchial bishop (see CCEO c. 177). It is equivalent to a diocese in the Latin Church. Ethnic Ministry. The term used to describe various specialized ministries to particular populations, clas sified along national or ethnic origin lines. Excardination/Ascription. The canonical process by which clerics permanently transfer to another diocese, institute of consecrated life, or society of apostolic life. Excardination takes effect only at the moment of incardination into the new entity (CIC cc. 267 and 268; CCEO cc. 359, 360 §2, and 364). Faculty. A grant of authority under canon law, which empowers a cleric to act in a manner in which he would not otherwise be empowered to act by vir tue of the Sacrament of Holy Orders alone. Immigrant Seminarians/Clergy/Religious. Those who were born outside of the United States and are discerning their vocation after having immigrated to or resettled in the United States. Immigration and Nationality Act. The primary federal statute, as amended, that regulates immigra tion into the United States (8 USC Section 101 et. seq.). The acronym used for the Immigration and Nationality Act is “INA.” Various federal depart ments implement the INA including: the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, and the Department of Health and Human Services. Incardination/Ascription. The canonical process by which clerics are juridically bound to a particu lar Church or to another canonical entity capable of incardination/ascription such as a clerical religious institute or society of apostolic life for the exercise of their ministerial service (CIC cc. 265-266; CCEO cc. 357-358, 428).

Intercultural. Multiple levels of communication and understanding between cultures and the engage ment of cultural differences. Intercultural competence. The capacity to commu nicate, relate, and work across cultural boundaries. It involves developing capacity in three areas: knowl edge, skills, and attitudes. International Pastoral Minister. A person from a country outside the United States who is a member of the clergy, a seminarian, or a non-ordained man or woman in consecrated life for the Latin Church or the Eastern Catholic Churches sui iuris . Local Ordinary. In the Latin Church, a local ordi nary includes the diocesan bishop or other person who is placed over a particular Church, even if tem porarily, as well as those who possess general execu tive power within the particular Church, such as a vicar general or an episcopal vicar (CIC c. 134 §2). Major Superior. A religious who governs an entire religious institute, one of its provinces or equivalent parts, or an autonomous house (e.g., an abbey or pri ory) or his or her vicar (CIC c. 620; CCEO c. 418). Member. In this document, a member is one belong ing to a religious institute or a society of apostolic life (CIC cc. 607, 731; CCEO cc. 410, 572). Minister/Minister of the Gospel. In the context of the Church, a bishop, priest, or deacon. Mission Country. A country in which the Church has not taken root. Ordinarily, more established areas of the Church send priests and other religious workers to such countries to evangelize or preach the Gospel to the people of the missionary countries (CIC c. 786; CCEO c. 590). Missionary countries are under the jurisdiction of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (formerly Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith), a curial office of the Holy See. Dioceses and eparchies of more estab lished countries fall under the jurisdiction of the Congregation for Bishops and other congregations ( Pastor Bonus , §§75-76, 85-92). Nonimmigrant Religious Worker. A foreign-born person who is sponsored by a religious denomination or religious organization under the R visa pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(R) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

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