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annual evaluations. See evaluations annual retreats, 229f., 230, 445 anthropology, philosophical study of. See Discipleship Stage Aquinas. See Thomas Aquinas asceticism and simplicity of life, 43j., 49, 160, 187d., 216–218, 229k., 229n. Augustine, St., 226 background checks, 56, 66, 88 Baptism documentation required for admission of candidates, 82 priesthood and, 10, 14, 38, 46, 114, 118, 138 The Basic Plan for the Ongoing Formation of Priests , 2, 7, 402 benchmarks, formation Configuration Stage and, 198–199, 239–242, 292, 376–378 Discipleship Stage and, 192–197, 236–238, 289–290, 374–375 human formation and, 189–201 intellectual formation and, 271, 289–290, 292, 294 pastoral formation and, 373–384 Propaedeutic Stage and, 191, 235, 271, 373 spiritual formation and, 235–245 Vocational Synthesis Stage and, 200–201, 243–245, 294, 379–384 Benedict XVI, Pope, 27, 354n423, See also Sacramentum Caritatis, Verbum Domini Bible. See Scripture bishops admissions process of, responsibility for, 56, 70, 84, 87–90, 97 communion of priests with, 30–31, 33 continuing formation of priests and, role in, 33, 403, 405 Holy Orders and, responsibility for admission to, 177 magisterial teaching and, conformity of seminaries with, 309 priestly vocations and, responsibility for, 50d.

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