Program of Priestly Formation (Ascension)

Program of Priestly Formation

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admission to. See admissions bishops and, responsibilities of. See bishops boards of, See boards of seminaries. business managers of, 464–465

community, 149–162 endowments of, 428 enrollment levels in, monitoring, 423, 427 facilities of, 425–426 fiduciary and financial responsibilities of, 419, 423, 428, 464 governance of, 407–422 bishop or major superior and, 408–414 boards and, 407, 415–419 planning and, 423–428 policy as to, 407–408, 420–422 seminary community’s role in, 161, 422, 429 handbooks of, 156, 159, 164 mission statements of, 421 planning, 423–428 public relations and development, 438, 463 registrars and, 455 specialists in, 459–465 sexuality. See celibacy and chastity admission of candidates and matters of, 58, 69, 72, 74–75 affective maturity for, 186, 211, 229m. gender identity, 20e., 334 homosexual experiences or tendencies, 64n107, 75 self-knowledge regarding, 72, 187, 212 simplicity of life and asceticism, 43j., 49, 160, 187d., 216–218, 229k., 229n. social teaching of Church, 277, 283g., 330, 335–336, 358, 477 Society of Apostolic Life. See religious orders solidarity, fostering spirit of, 43i., 229l., 229p. solitude, 100, 187h., 212, 229g., 229q., 235, 238, 241, 243, 245, 252

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