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

National Directory for Permanent Deacons

liability for actions taken by deacon, 108, ch2norm21 life and ministry. See ministry and life Liturgy, ministry of candidate stage, practica, ch6norm13 candidate stage, study of liturgy, 133h., ch6norm12

deacon role, 33, 35–37, 88–89 intellectual formation, 133h. pastoral dimension, 139

Liturgy of the Hours

director of spiritual formation, 286 formation, 121a., 201a., 226d., ch6norm4 ministry and life, 69, 95, ch2norm13, 259d. Lumen Gentium ( Dogmatic Constitution of the Church ), 3, 21

married aspirants, candidates, deacons, 72–74. See also families of aspirants, candidates, deacons; wives of aspirants, candidates, deacons aspirant stage, 198

candidate stage, 221, 236 celibacy affecting, 78, 248 divorce, 82, 150, ch3note62

in formation, 148–152 irregular marriages, 150 length of time married prior to requesting admittance, 149 as living example of fidelity and indissolubility in marriage, 73–74 marital history examination, 150

mixed or non-sacramental marriages, 178, ch2note64 personal declaration prior to rite of ordination, 248 post-ordination stage, 258 remarriage of widowers, 80, 81 spirituality, 67 as widowers, 79–81, 149, 248, 264

Matrimony, sacrament of bi-ritual deacons, 110

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