Program of Priestly Formation 6th edition

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found as specialists, on the teaching staff, within the apostolate, within families, and in service to the community.” 489 Facilities should be adequate to the seminary’s needs and suitable for an institution of either secondary or higher education. The seminary buildings should provide an atmosphere conducive to human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral formation. Effective formation requires other physical resources, such as libraries, laboratories, pastoral practica chapels, computer facilities, and other information technology centers. Adequate enrollment is a critical component of a healthy priestly formation program. Consistently low enrollment may endanger the effec tiveness of community life and learning. It will normally result in poor stewardship of resources and may affect the morale of the seminary community. Careful monitoring of the enrollment of qualified seminarians is critical for realistic planning. In those seminaries where enrollment has been consistently low for a protracted period, consolidation into regional or interdiocesan seminaries should be investigated. A seminary must have sufficient financial resources to achieve its mission effectively, both now and in the future. The raising of annual operating income as well as endowments 490 should be planned and devel oped in such a way as to allow the rector to fulfill his essential role as pastor of the seminary community. 491 425. 426. 427. 428.

STRUCTURE

429. The structure of the seminary community depends on the nature, size, model, and level of the priestly formation program. It is important that seminary structures and the responsibilities of the various members of the seminary community be clearly defined in light of the mission of the seminary. Descriptions given here should be adapted to each program.

489 Ratio Fundamentalis , no. 151. 490 See CIC, c. 264; CCEO, c. 341. 491 See CIC, c. 262; CCEO, c. 336 §2.