Program of Priestly Formation (Ascension)

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Decree of Promulgation .................... ................................................ 1 Foreword ............................................................................................. 3 Preface .................................................................................................... 5 Introduction ....................................................................................... 10 Priestly Formation: One, Integral, Grounded in Community, and Missionary in Spirit ........................................................................... 10 Priestly Formation in the Context of the World and the Church Today ..................................................................... 12 The Ministerial Priesthood ............................................................. 18 Introduction ..................................................................................... 18 Trinitarian Foundation .................................................................... 18 Christological Nature ...................................................................... 19 Ecclesiological Expression ................................................................. 21 Priesthood in Presbyteral Communion ............................................. 22 Priesthood: A Journey of Discipleship ............................................. 23

The Life of Priests ............................................................................ 26

Priestly Vocations in the Church’s Pastoral Work ...................... 33 Accompaniment of Priestly Vocations ............................................ 33 The Discernment of Vocations .................................................... 37 Growth in Hispanic Vocations ........................................................ 38 High School Seminaries and Accompaniment of Adolescents ........... 39

Admission into a Formation Program ............................................ 40 Norms for Admission into a Formation Program ............................. 44

Seminary Formation: Those Who Accompany Seminarians .......... 55 Introduction .................................................................................... 55 Agents of Formation ....................................................................... 56

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