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DIMENSIONS IN THE FORMATION OF DEACONS

9 BNFPD, no. 67. 10 BNFPD, no. 68.

11 BNFPD, no. 69; see PDV, no. 44. 12 BNFPD, no. 66, citing PDV, no. 43.

13 BNFPD, no. 66. 14 BNFPD, no. 71. 15 Pope Benedict XVI, Encyclical God Is Love ( Deus Caritas Est ) (Washington, DC:

USCCB, 2006), no. 1. 16 BNFPD, nos. 32-33.

17 These demonstrations of maturity presuppose that he is already meeting his obligations to attend weekly Sunday Mass and all Holy Days of Obligation. “On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are obliged to participate in the Mass.” CIC, c. 1247.

18 BNFPD, no. 71. 19 BNFPD, no. 72. 20 BNFPD, no. 73. 21 PDV, nos. 47-49. 22 DMLPD, nos. 50-62. See BNFPD, no. 12. 23 BNFPD, no. 11. 24 BNFPD, no. 72. See PDV, no. 30. 25 BNFPD, no. 23. 26 BNFPD, nos. 1, 2. 27 BNFPD, nos. 70, 76. See PDV, no. 66.

28 BNFPD, no. 79. 29 BNFPD, no. 79. 30 PDV, no. 51. 31 PDV, nos. 51-56. 32 BNFPD, no. 85. 33 PDV, no. 53.

34 PDG (1984), no. 76. 35 PDG (1984), no. 77. 36 See ADUS. 37 GDC, no. 120. 38 See St. John Paul II, Encyclical On the Relationship Between Faith and Reason ( Fides et Ratio ) (Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1998).