Program of Priestly Formation (Ascension)

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Introduction

iv. Men born and raised in the United States who find themselves struggling intensely with particular cultural counterpoints to the Gospel, especially regarding sexual permissiveness, the drive to acquire and consume material resources, utilitarianism, and the exaltation of freedom as merely personal and individual autonomy, divorced from personal responsibility and objective moral standards b. An increasing number of priestly vocations now come from diverse and sometimes dysfunctional family situations.

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