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15 DMLPD, no. 61. 16 PDV, no. 72. 17 These recommendations presuppose that he is already meeting his obligations to attend Sunday Mass and all Holy Days of Obligation. See CIC, c. 1247. 18 See this National Directory , no. 95; CIC, c. 276 §2 3°; and complementary legislation from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, “Canon 276, §2, 3º— Permanent Deacons and the Liturgy of the Hours,” www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/ what-we-believe/canon-law/complementary-norms/canon-276-2-3-priests-and-deacons-and the-liturgy-of-the-hours . 19 See CIC, c. 276 §2 4°. 20 DMLPD, no. 72. See also nos. 65, 71. 21 DMLPD, nos. 67, 72. 22 DMLPD, no. 73. 23 DMLPD, no. 73. In addition, “for adequate pastoral formation it is necessary to hold encounters whose main objective is reflection of the pastoral plan of the Diocese.” Congregation for the Clergy, Directory for the Ministry and the Life of Priests , new ed. (Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013), no. 96. (This is analogous for diaconal formation.) 27 PDO, no. 2. 28 RM, no. 1. 29 EG, no. 20. 30 DMLPD, no. 79. 31 See this National Directory , chapter eight, nos. 277-278, on distance learning. 32 DMLPD, no. 76. 33 See this National Directory , no. 105, regarding funding. 34 DMLPD, no. 78. 24 DMLPD, no. 39. 25 DMLPD, no. 77. 26 See this National Directory , nos. 79, 80, and 225.