Program of Priestly Formation (Ascension)

The Diocesan Bishop .................................................................. 57 The Rector .................................................................................... 57 Priestly Accompaniment ............................................................... 58 The Spiritual Director .................................................................. 61 Lay Accompaniment .................................................................... 64 Seminary Formation: Structural Elements ................................. 65 An Integral Formation .................................................................... 65 Seminary Stages of Formation .......................................................... 67 Propaedeutic Stage ....................................................................... 68 Discipleship Stage ........................................................................ 73 Configuration Stage .................................................................... 74 Vocational Synthesis Stage ............................................................ 74 Community ...................................................................................... 79 Norms for Community ................................................................. 81 The Continuing Evaluation of Seminarians ...................................... 84 Norms for the Continuing Evaluation of Seminarians ..................... 84 Human Dimension .............................................................................. 92 Propaedeutic Stage Benchmarks ........................................................ 100 Discipleship Stage Benchmarks ....................................................... 100 Configuration Stage Benchmarks ...................................................... 102 Vocational Synthesis Stage Benchmarks ........................................... 103 Norms for Human Formation ........................................................ 104 Spiritual Dimension ......................................................................... 114 Propaedeutic Stage Benchmarks ........................................................ 124 Discipleship Stage Benchmarks ....................................................... 124 Configuration Stage Benchmarks ...................................................... 125 Vocational Synthesis Stage Benchmarks ........................................... 127 Norms for Spiritual Formation ....................................................... 128

Intellectual Dimension .................................................................... 133 The Propaedeutic Stage .................................................................... 136

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