Claretian Formation Guide
“To Be with Him and to Be Sent Forth”
A digital home for the Formation Manual: theological depth, developmental process, and practical tools for real accompaniment. The manual is presented as a lifelong Forge where the missionary is purified, configured, tempered, and sent.
The Forge of the Missionary
The interpretive key for the whole website and manual.
Search & Filter Layer
Designed for a broad formation manual: search by topic, stage, dimension, audience, and resource type.
Foundational Vision
Transformative Lens
Introduces the way formation is read as transformation, not simply behavior management.
The Forge of the Missionary
Frames purification, configuration, tempering, and missionary sending as the manual’s core movement.
Developmental Vision
Holds growth, delay, fixation, regression, and lifelong re-forging within one formative horizon.
Formation Ecosystem
Names formation as a shared responsibility among candidates, formators, communities, and structures.
The Mature Claretian Missionary
Offers an integrated portrait of human, Christian, and Claretian maturity.
Lifelong Re-forging
Extends formation beyond initial stages into ongoing missionary conversion.
Dimensions of Formation
Human Formation
Self-knowledge, emotional maturity, freedom, responsibility, and integrated human growth.
Intellectual Formation
Disciplined study, critical thinking, theological reflection, and formation of judgment.
Spiritual Formation
Prayer, discernment, interior freedom, relationship with Christ, and growth in virtue.
Pastoral Formation
Missionary sensitivity, pastoral boundaries, service, leadership, and apostolic integration.
Charismatic Formation
Claretian identity, missionary zeal, Word-centered life, and charism-based belonging.
Community Formation
Fraternal life, conflict transformation, shared mission, communication, and belonging.
Formation by Stages
Pre-Novitiate
Initial discernment, human grounding, vocation awareness, and readiness for deeper formation.
Novitiate
Interiorization, prayer, Claretian identity, evangelical counsel, and spiritual discernment.
Post-Novitiate
Integration of study, community, mission, affective maturity, and ministerial preparation.
Ongoing Formation
Lifelong re-forging, missionary renewal, leadership, resilience, and fidelity in mission.
Accompaniment & Discernment
Accompaniment in Formation
Guidelines for VGS, psychological and ethical dimensions, accompaniment skills, attachment awareness, structural diagnosis, and formative interventions.
Discernment in Formation
Ignatian rules, personal and community discernment, decision-making, review of prayer, and discernment in daily life.
Workshops & Formation Pathways
iClaret
Pre-Novitiate Themes
Foundation, readiness, self-awareness, basic discernment, and human maturity.
Novitiate Themes
Prayer, Claretian identity, purification, configuration, and evangelical living.
Post-Novitiate Themes
Integration of study, mission, community, and pastoral responsibility.
Ongoing Formation Themes
Lifelong renewal, resilience, leadership, charism, and missionary fruitfulness.
Formation Protocol
1. Trust Building
Create the relational foundation for honest formative work.
2. Discern Dimensions
Locate the area of formation requiring attention.
3. Assess Capacities
Read strengths, gaps, supports, and developmental readiness.
4. Identify Growth Areas
Name the concrete focus for conversion and growth.
5. Formation Plan
Translate discernment into goals, practices, and review points.
6–7. Accompany, Review, Integrate
Walk the process, evaluate fruit, and integrate learning into life.
Tools, Templates & Resources
Self-Assessments
Tools for personal awareness, capacities, virtues, practices, and growth points.
Formation Plans
Templates for personal formation plans, goals, practices, and review rhythms.
Evaluation Templates
Quarterly reviews, progress forms, and accompaniment notes.
Journals & Logs
Accompaniment journals, prayer reviews, and daily life discernment logs.
Worksheets
Exercises connected to modules, workshops, and stage-based pathways.
Bibliography
Recommended references by stage, dimension, and theme.
Module Page Template
- Title
- Example: Emotional Regulation
- Metadata
- Dimension | Formation Area | Stage Relevance | Category
- Goal
- The specific formative outcome of the module.
- Why it matters
- A brief synthesis explaining its importance in formation.
- Content
- Core skills, virtues, practices, self-capacities, common risks, and distortions.
- For Formators
- Accompaniment notes, reflection questions, exercises, worksheets, related modules, and downloads.
Visual Sitemap
HOME
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├── Foundational Vision
│ ├── Introduction & Orientation
│ ├── Transformative Lens
│ ├── The Forge of the Missionary
│ ├── Developmental Vision
│ ├── Growth Dynamics
│ ├── Lifelong Re-forging
│ ├── Formation Ecosystem
│ └── The Mature Claretian Missionary
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├── Stages of Formation
│ ├── Pre-Novitiate
│ ├── Novitiate
│ ├── Post-Novitiate
│ └── Ongoing Formation
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├── Dimensions of Formation
│ ├── Human Dimension
│ ├── Christian Dimension
│ └── Claretian Dimension
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├── Accompaniment & Discernment
├── Workshops & Formation Pathways
├── Formation Protocol
├── Tools & Resources
└── Appendices