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

National Directory for Permanent Deacons

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aspirants, 192, ch5norm2 candidates, 218 deacons, 303 holiness, 23, 30, 68, 86, 225, 226, ch6norm4, 251, 258 Holy Orders age at ordination, 92 doctrinal understanding of diaconate, 24–30 impediments to ordination, 184, ch4norm3, ch4note8 imprint or character, 29 interval between institution as acolyte and ordination to diaconate, 244a., 248, ch6norm21 ordination of permanent deacon to priesthood, 83, ch2norm7 personal declarations prior to ordination, 248 reflection on doctrinal understanding of diaconate from Rite of Ordination of Deacons, 42 Rite of Ordination of Deacons, 248–250 scrutinies and documentation, 241–245, ch6norm19 Holy Spirit, 27, 30, 161, 167 homilies. See preaching human dimension of formation, 114–117 aspirant stage, 197–198 candidate stage, 224, ch6norm3 post-ordination stage, 257

imitation of Christ, 34, 124 impediments to ordination, 184, 189.3, ch4note8 incardination, 84

Instruction on Certain Questions Regarding the Collaboration of the Non-Ordained Faithful in the Sacred Ministry of Priest (1997), 292, preface note 38 integration of life, family, work, and ministry, 225, ch6norm16 intellectual dimension of formation, 127–134, ch3norm4

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