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

National Directory for Permanent Deacons

distance learning programs, 275–278, ch8norm8 formation policy board, 296, ch8norm3 formators/formation team, 117, 163, 164, 236, 237, ch6norm17, 283–292 freestanding model, 274 graduate schools of theology, 274 mentors, 293 models for diaconal formation, 274 norms, ch8norm1–9 pastoral formation, coordinator, 288–289, ch8norm5 post-ordination formation personnel, 298–302 professors, 290–292, ch8norm6, ch8note16 recruitment and preparation of personnel, 280–282 resources, 271–272 seminaries, diocesan or religious, 274 spiritual formation, directors, 286–287, ch8norm4 Orientalium Ecclesiarium ( Decree on the Catholic Eastern Churches ), 3

parishes

avoiding presumption of ordination, 243 admission/selection procedures, 182 aspirant stage of formation, 203 candidate stage of formation, 220 discernment of vocation, 179, ch4norm1 pastoral care, 52, 99 post-ordination stage, 254

pastoral care

candidates, formational assessment, 229 of deacons, ch2norm1 deacons’ responsibility, 71 diversity and formation, 140, 155–156 formation, 139–142, ch3norm5–6, 228, ch6norm15 for newly ordained, 48, ch2norm5

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