National Directory for the Formation, Ministry and Life of Permanent ...
National Directory for the Formation, Ministry and Life of Permanent ... National Directory for the Formation, Ministry and Life of Permanent ...
162 Basic Standards for ReadinessAPPRECIATION/KNOWLEDGE OF3. Personal Pastoral Care• Health: physical, psychological,and spiritual maintenance ofhimself as person and minister• Sabbaticals, planned ministerialchange in placement, and creativityin ministry discernmentand placement; retirement; timeoff/vacations; a family perspectiveSpiritual Dimension4. Spirituality and Prayer• The need for lifelong faith formationand education to growas a person and a deacon• The response to the universalcall to holiness with an integratedspirituality based onprayer, reflection, and liturgicalparticipation in the Eucharistand Sacrament of Reconciliation• Commitment to Christian ministrythat builds on and expandsone’s baptismal call to ongoingpersonal conversion• Various spiritualities that havedeveloped in the history and lifeof the Church• The ways in which faith isactive in his life and ministry• Moral and social issues as constitutiveelements of a Gospelbasedlife• The value of receiving spiritualdirection and personal counselingfor his growth in wholenessDEMONSTRATED ABILITY/SKILL• To establish appropriate healthand spiritual boundaries to maintainpersonal health and care• To demonstrate personal andprofessional preparedness inministry; to use a ministry performanceappraisal, needsassessment, and appropriateprofessional resources; to planretirement; to spend time aloneand with family and friends• To develop and commit to aplan for continuing personaland professional diaconal educationand formation• To participate in the Eucharistdaily or frequently; to participateregularly in reconciliation;to participate in ongoing spiritualformation (e.g., spiritualdirection, retreats, communityworship [especially the Liturgyof the Hours], personal prayer,meditation, visits to the BlessedSacrament, personal penanceand mortification, and devotionto Mary and the communion ofsaints• To develop a lifelong commitmentto leadership in Christianministry, a driving force of theChurch’s service in the world• To identify, affirm, and critiquethe various Christian spiritualitiesoperative in himself andothers; to discern new formsof prayer spiritualities intoday’s Church• To articulate his personalexpression of faith with his spiritualdirector, formation team,faculty, pastor, colleagues, deacons,parishioners, etc.
Basic Standards for Readiness163APPRECIATION/KNOWLEDGE OFDEMONSTRATED ABILITY/SKILL• To integrate the wide spectrumof moral and human issues intohis spiritual consciousness,prayer, and ministry: humanrights, sexuality, economics,peace, ecology, moral ethics,solidarity with human needs,the preferential option forthe poor• To maintain a commitment toregularly scheduled spiritualdirection and to opportunities,as appropriate, for physical andpsychological health in consultationwith a professional advisor5. Spirituality and Marriage• A commitment to the spirituallife in the context of his marriageand ministry• Relationship of marriageand ministry6. Spirituality and Celibacy• A commitment to celibacyfor the unmarried candidateand deacon• The potential for a celibatelifestyle for the married candidateand deacon• To communicate and share hisministry, prayer, and formationwith wife and family; to demonstratemarital chastity in conformityto the magisterial teachingon marriage and sexuality• To balance marriage andministry commitments• To form a support system• To accept the gift of celibacyand be willing to accept it if socalled; to speak truthfully aboutthe gift and demands of acelibate life
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162 Basic St<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>for</strong> ReadinessAPPRECIATION/KNOWLEDGE OF3. Personal Pastoral Care• Health: physical, psychological,<strong>and</strong> spiritual maintenance <strong>of</strong>himself as person <strong>and</strong> minister• Sabbaticals, planned ministerialchange in placement, <strong>and</strong> creativityin ministry discernment<strong>and</strong> placement; retirement; time<strong>of</strong>f/vacations; a family perspectiveSpiritual Dimension4. Spirituality <strong>and</strong> Prayer• The need <strong>for</strong> lifelong faith <strong>for</strong>mation<strong>and</strong> education to growas a person <strong>and</strong> a deacon• The response to <strong>the</strong> universalcall to holiness with an integratedspirituality based onprayer, reflection, <strong>and</strong> liturgicalparticipation in <strong>the</strong> Eucharist<strong>and</strong> Sacrament <strong>of</strong> Reconciliation• Commitment to Christian ministrythat builds on <strong>and</strong> exp<strong>and</strong>sone’s baptismal call to ongoingpersonal conversion• Various spiritualities that havedeveloped in <strong>the</strong> history <strong>and</strong> life<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Church• The ways in which faith isactive in his life <strong>and</strong> ministry• Moral <strong>and</strong> social issues as constitutiveelements <strong>of</strong> a Gospelbasedlife• The value <strong>of</strong> receiving spiritualdirection <strong>and</strong> personal counseling<strong>for</strong> his growth in wholenessDEMONSTRATED ABILITY/SKILL• To establish appropriate health<strong>and</strong> spiritual boundaries to maintainpersonal health <strong>and</strong> care• To demonstrate personal <strong>and</strong>pr<strong>of</strong>essional preparedness inministry; to use a ministry per<strong>for</strong>manceappraisal, needsassessment, <strong>and</strong> appropriatepr<strong>of</strong>essional resources; to planretirement; to spend time alone<strong>and</strong> with family <strong>and</strong> friends• To develop <strong>and</strong> commit to aplan <strong>for</strong> continuing personal<strong>and</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional diaconal education<strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong>mation• To participate in <strong>the</strong> Eucharistdaily or frequently; to participateregularly in reconciliation;to participate in ongoing spiritual<strong>for</strong>mation (e.g., spiritualdirection, retreats, communityworship [especially <strong>the</strong> Liturgy<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Hours], personal prayer,meditation, visits to <strong>the</strong> BlessedSacrament, personal penance<strong>and</strong> mortification, <strong>and</strong> devotionto Mary <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> communion <strong>of</strong>saints• To develop a lifelong commitmentto leadership in Christianministry, a driving <strong>for</strong>ce <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Church’s service in <strong>the</strong> world• To identify, affirm, <strong>and</strong> critique<strong>the</strong> various Christian spiritualitiesoperative in himself <strong>and</strong>o<strong>the</strong>rs; to discern new <strong>for</strong>ms<strong>of</strong> prayer spiritualities intoday’s Church• To articulate his personalexpression <strong>of</strong> faith with his spiritualdirector, <strong>for</strong>mation team,faculty, pastor, colleagues, deacons,parishioners, etc.
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