Program of Priestly Formation (Ascension)

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Program of Priestly Formation

f. A man who demonstrates growth in respect for, care of, and vigilance over his body : A person who pays appropriate attention to his physical well-being (including weight, exercise, consumption of food and drink, and hygiene), so that he has the energy and strength to accomplish the tasks entrusted to him and the self-knowledge to face temptation and resist it effectively. g. A man who relates well with others, free of prejudice, and who is willing to work with people of diverse cultural backgrounds : A man capable of wholesome relations with women and men 233 as relatives, friends, colleagues, staff members, and teachers and as people encountered in areas of apostolic work. h. A good steward of material possessions : Someone who is able to live a simple style of life and to “refrain from all things that have a semblance of vanity”; 234 someone who has the right attitude toward the goods of this world, since his portion and inheritance is the Lord; 235 someone who is generous in making charitable contributions and sustaining the poor. 236 i. A man who can take on the role of a public person : Someone both secure in himself and convinced of his responsibility, who is able to live not just as a private citizen but as a public person in service of the Gospel and representing the Church. Education in the awareness and mature use of social media is a vital component of human formation in seminaries. Prudence and discernment are more important in our current environment than they perhaps were in the past because information technology in our era advances exponentially faster than at any other time in human history. On the one hand, information technology can be used as a powerful tool for pastoral ministry, most notably evangelization. On the other hand, it habituates us to substituting the virtual for the

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233 See Ratio Fundamentalis , no. 95. 234 CIC, c. 282 §1; CCEO, c. 385 §1. 235 See Ps 16:5-6. 236 See Presbyterorum Ordinis , no. 17; CIC, c. 282 §2; CCEO, c. 385 §1.

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