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

Index

of parishes, 52 social justice and formation, 157–158 pastoral dimension, 135–142, ch3norm5–6 aspirant stage, 205 candidate stage, 228, ch6norm15 post-ordination stage, 261, ch7note23 pastoral formation, coordinator, 288–289, ch8norm5 Pastores Dabo Vobis , 8, 197 Paul VI (saint and pope), 4, 6, 10, ch4note2, ch5note22 payment. See finances Permanent Deacons in the United States: Guidelines on Their Formation and Ministry (NCCB, 1971, and 1984 revision), 6, 13 permanent diaconate. See diaconate personal declarations prior to rite of ordination, 248 personnel for formation. See organization, structure, and personnel for diaconal formation plenary assembly on diaconate (1995), 9 political office, diaconal participation, 96, ch2norm14, ch2note105 Pontificalis Romani Recognitio , 4, preface note 18 post-ordination stage, 251–269 continual conversion, 251 continuing education, 49, 104, 267, ch7norm2 dimensions of formation, 253–261 diocesan organization, 254, 266–269, ch7norm2, ch8note2

families of deacons, 255–256 formation personnel, 298–302 goals and motivations, 251–252 human dimension, 257 intellectual dimension, 260 new evangelization, 265 newly widowed deacons, 264 norms, ch7norm1–2 occupations of deacons, 268

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