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

National Directory for Permanent Deacons

National Association of Diaconate Directors, 13, 14, ch5note19 National Catholic Diaconate Conference, 12 National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) publications, assemblies, and conferences on diaconate, 6–7, 11–12

reconstitution as USCCB, preface note 1 standing committee on diaconate, 6

National Directory

development, 13–14 objectives and interpretation, 15–18, 305–306 National Directory for Catechesis (USCCB), 133 A National Study of the Permanent Diaconate in the United States (NCCB, 1981), 6 A National Study on the Permanent Diaconate in the Catholic Church in the United States, 1994-1995 (NCCB, 1996), 11 new evangelization. See evangelization/new evangelization newly ordained (first five years) pastoral care, 48, ch2norm5 programs, 263, ch7norm1 newly widowed deacons, programs, 264 Normae de Gravioribus Delictis (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith), preface note 38 norms

aspirant stage, ch5norm1–10 candidate stage, ch6norm1–23 dimensions in formation, ch3norm1–11 ministry and life, ch2norm1–22 organization, structure, and personnel for diaconal formation, ch8norm1–9

post-ordination stage, ch7norm1–2 vocational discernment, ch4norm1–5

Nostra Aetate , ch3note72–73

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