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Formation

Books

•  Goodbye! Good Men! - How the Seminaries Turned Away Two Generations of Vocations to the Priesthood

Church Documents

•  Basic Norms for the Formation of Permanent Deacons Congregation for Catholic Education/Congregation for the Clergy (22 February 1998)
•  Basic Norms for the Formation of Permanent Deacons - Directory for the Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons
•  Directives on Formation (1990) - Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
•  Forming Tomorrow's Priest: As Christ Loved the Church by Archbishop Charles J Chaput of Denver
•  Inter-Institute Collaboration for Formation (1999) - Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
•  Pastores Dabo Vobis Pope John Paul II - Apostolic Exhortation - On the Formation of Priests in the Circumstances of the Present Day - 25 March 1992
•  Priests' Continuing Formation by Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua

Articles

•  America's Seminaries: A House Built on Sand by John-Peter Pham. An article about the preparation today's seminarians receive and whether or not they are instructed enough to teach. (from Crisis November 1998).
•  Ask Father: Priests and seminaries
•  John Paul II Speaks on Priestly Formation
•  Priesthood Without Christ? by John Lombardi. Priestly formation workshops are held captive to self-esteem facilitators bent on demythologizing the faith. (from Homiletic & Pastoral Review, February 1997)
•  Should Psychologists Chooose Seminarians? by John Fraunces (from Homiletic & Pastoral Review, January 1997)
•  Training Candidates for the Priesthood by Godfried Cardinal Danneels