PROGRAM FOR PRIESTLY FORMATION FOR ENGLISH-SPEAKING CANADA (DIGITAL)

This new edition of Program for Priestly Formation for English-speaking Canada replaces the provisional edition that was published in 2018. It outlines the basic principles and guidelines for the formation of candidates to the Priesthood, particularly those called to live their priestly lives as diocesan Priests in English-speaking Canada, so they may be adequately prepared to live their future pastoral ministry at the service of the Church in today’s Canadian society. It also addresses the different agents involved in each Diocese in the work of pastoral care of vocations and preparation for Seminary entrance. In addition, it is offered as a guide with respect to the responsibility of ongoing formation for all Priests.

The text is based upon the Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis, authorized by the Congregation for the Clergy in 2016, which requires each Conference of Bishops to produce a Ratio Nationalis for the integral formation of priests at the Seminaries within its jurisdiction and to serve as the norms for the Statutes, Rule of Life, and Program of Formation in all its Seminaries.

143 pages, electronic format (PDF)*

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