Program of Priestly Formation (Ascension)

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Program of Priestly Formation

Spiritual Direction Seminarians must meet regularly with a priest spiritual director, normally biweekly. 330 The seminarian freely chooses an available spiritual director from a list prepared by the coordinator of spiritual formation. Spiritual directors should have proper training and adequate credentials for the work. These priests must be approved by the rector and appointed by the competent authority. 331 Spiritual direction should be offered in the language that allows the seminarian to best express himself. In the case of seminarians of an institute of consecrated life or society of apostolic life, the formation director or the competent authority of the institute or society offers guidance on an appropriate spiritual director for the seminarians under his care. Seminarians should confide their personal history, personal relationships, prayer experiences, cultivation of virtues, temptations, and other significant topics to their spiritual director. If, for serious reason, there is a change of director, the new director should give attention to continuity in the seminarian’s spiritual development.

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330 See CIC, c. 246 §4; CCEO, c. 346 §2, 4°. 331 See CIC, c. 239 §2; CCEO, c. 339 §1.

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