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

National Directory for Permanent Deacons

post-ordination stage, 258 spirituality, 67

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admission to candidacy, 212, ch5norm10 institution into ministries of lector and acolyte, 247, ch6norm23 ordination to the diaconate, 250, ch6norm23 charity, ministry of deacon as minister of charity, 90–91 deacon role, 38–40 pastoral dimension, 139 social justice and formation, 157–158 Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People (USCCB), 133f., ch6norm10 children of deacons. See families of aspirants, candidates, deacons Christian ethics, 133e., ch6norm8 Christifideles Laici , ch1note9, ch1note12, ch1note14, ch2note30–31, preface note 8 Church deacons obliged to pray, 95 role in discernment, 179 missionary mandate, 1 sacramental nature, 21–22 Circular Letter (CL; Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, 1997), 214, 241, ch2note78, preface note 38 clerical attire of deacons, 94, ch2norm12 clerical title for deacons, 93, ch2norm11, ch2note102 Code of Canon Law . See canon law collaborative models of diaconal formation, 274 colleges/universities and diaconal formation, 274 committee on admission, 297 Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life, and Vocations (CCLV; USCCB), 14, 17, 215 confidentiality requirements, 46, ch2norm16, 184, ch4note3

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