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

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National Directory for Permanent Deacons

d. The committee on admission interviews the candidate’s wife, if he is married, to ascertain her understanding of her husband’s institution into these ministries as part of the formation discernment process. e. Faculty and pastoral assignment supervisors provide assessments of the candidate. f. A smaller team from the committee on admission interviews the candidate to ascertain his knowledge of the ministry to be received and his capacity to fulfill its responsibilities. g. Other documentation is provided, as requested by the committee. 33 243 “It should not be permitted that the candidate’s family or the parish community presume his future Ordination” before the call of the com petent authority, especially by mailing invitations or making other preparations for the ordination celebration. “Behavior of this kind can constitute a form of psychological pressure that must be avoided in every way possible.” 34 The diocesan bishop will select those to be ordained to the diaconate and will set the date and other specifications for the ordi nation. It is assumed that the diocesan bishop will do this in consulta tion with the ordinand and his family. 244 Required documentation and procedures for ordination to the diacon ate include the following (these are to be followed when petitioning for ordination to the diaconate): a. Before petitioning for ordination, the candidate keeps in mind that there must be an interval of at least six months between the confer ring of the ministry of acolyte and ordination to the diaconate. 35 b. The candidate submits a written request to be admitted to the Order of Deacons. This request must be composed by the candidate person ally and written in his own hand; it “may not be copied formulary,

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