PERSONAL HANDWRITTEN DECLARATION BEFORE THE DIACONATE (cf. CIC 1028, 1036)
Very Rev. ………………………………
Major Superior of ……………………
I, ……….., a perpetually professed student, am ….. years old, and am presently making my studies in ………… have been installed in the Ministries of Lector and Acolyte on the …. day of … in the year …., and on the … day of … in the year …, and I hereby
DECLARE:
1. That I request and desire to be admitted to the Order of Diaconate (cf. CIC 1036).
2. That I have a due knowledge of what relates to that Order and of the obligations that it entails (cf. CIC 1028).
3. That I am going to receive it freely and spontaneously (cf. CIC 1036).
4. And that I will dedicate myself perpetually to the ecclesiastical ministry (cf. CIC 1036).
I THEREFORE ASK you and your Council to grant me the favor of being ordained a Deacon on the coming date of ……..
This favor I confidently hope to obtain.
In …………, at ……… on the ….. of……….
(Signature)