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

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professors for diaconal formation, 290–292, ch8norm6, ch8note16 promotion of vocation, 167–172 “propaedeutic period,” 190, ch5note1. See also aspirant stage Protocol for the Incardination/Excardination of Deacons (NCCB, 1995), 11 psychophysical equilibrium/integrity, 115, 174, 185 publication of written materials and oral broadcasts, permission, 87, ch2norm9, ch2note91 diaconal aspirants, 167–172 formation personnel, 280–282 Redemptionis Sacramentum (Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, 2004), preface note 38 religious (men and women), 60 religious seminaries, 274 remarriage of widowed deacons, 80, 81 resignation/retirement of deacons, 111, ch2norm22 retention, 167–172 retreats. See spiritual retreats Rite of Ordination of Deacons, 42 Roman Missal , 37 Roman Pontifical , 246, 249 sacraments. See also specific sacraments Catechism of the Catholic Church on Matrimony and Holy Orders, 2 Church, sacramental nature, 21–22 diaconal participation, 67 Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem , 4, ch1note23, ch4note2, preface note 17 salaries. See finances Second Vatican Council. See also specific documents candidate stage, 229, ch6norm5 diaconate, 1–3, 8, 28, 32, 83 race/ethnicity. See diversity recruitment

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