The National Directory for the Formation, Ministry, and the Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States (Ascension)

ABBREVIATIONS

Second Vatican Council, Decree on the Missionary Activity of the Church ( Ad Gentes Divinitus ) (Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1965) St. John Paul II, The Heart of the Diaconate: Servants of the Mysteries of Christ and Servants of Your Brothers and Sisters , Address to Deacons of the United States, Detroit, Michigan (September 19, 1987) Congregation for Catholic Education, Basic Norms for the For mation of Permanent Deacons ( Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Diaconorum Permanentium ) (Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1998) Catechism of the Catholic Church , 2nd ed. (Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops–Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2000) Code of Canon Law Latin-English Edition ( Codex Iuris Canonici ), trans. Canon Law Society of America (Washington, DC: Canon Law Society of America, 1983) Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Circular Letter, Scrutinies Regarding Suitability of Candidates for Orders , Prot. No. 589/97 (November 28, 1997), www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/vocations/diaconate/upload /CDVDS28Nov1997.pdf St. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Ad Pascendum (August 15, 1972) Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

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