Claretian Formation

From Vision to Practice

Formation Manual

“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.

All downloadable materials of the Claretian Formation Manual, organised in five parts: foundational aspects, dimensions of transformation, accompaniment, discernment, and the formation protocol.

Core Identity

The Forge of the Missionary

The interpretive key for the whole manual.

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I. Foundational AspectsII. DimensionsIII. AccompanimentIV. DiscernmentV. Protocol

 

I

Foundational Aspects

The interpretive ground of the whole manual.

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Foundational Vision

The transformative lens, the Forge of the Missionary, developmental vision, formation ecosystem, and the portrait of the mature Claretian missionary.

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2

Foundational Faculties

The human faculties engaged in formation: intellect, will, affectivity, memory, and their formative dynamics.

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II

Dimensions of Transformation

Core skills, virtues, practices and self-capacities for each formative dimension.

AHuman Dimension

A.1.Human Formation

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Core Skills

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Virtues

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Practices

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Self-capacities

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5

Tests

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A.2.Intellectual Formation

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Core Skills

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Virtues

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Practices

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Self-capacities

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BChristian Dimension

B.1.Pastoral Formation

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Core Skills

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2

Virtues

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3

Practices

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Self-capacities

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B.2.Spiritual Formation

1

Core Skills

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Virtues

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3

Practices

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4

Self-capacities

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CClaretian Dimension

C.1.Charismatic Formation

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Core Skills

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2

Virtues

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3

Practices

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Self-capacities

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C.2.Community Formation

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Core Skills

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Virtues

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Practices

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4

Self-capacities

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III

Accompaniment

Resources for formators and spiritual guides.

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Accompaniment in Formation – General

The overall framework, purpose and grammar of formative accompaniment.

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2

Practical Guidelines for V.G.S.

Concrete guidelines for Vocational Growth Sessions: structure, rhythm and record-keeping.

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3

Psychological and Ethical Dimensions

Boundaries, confidentiality, competence and the ethics of the accompanying relationship.

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4

Skills for Accompaniment

Listening, questioning, reflecting, confronting and summarising in formative dialogue.

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5

Awareness of Attachment Styles in Formation

How attachment patterns shape relationships, authority and community life.

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6

Mental Health Awareness in Formation

Recognising signs, responding appropriately, and knowing when to refer.

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7

Structural Diagnosis for Formators

Reading personality structure and developmental level within the formative process.

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8

Formative Intervention

Designing and carrying out interventions proportionate to the situation.

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Accompany

Integrative synthesis of the accompaniment process from first meeting to review.

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IV

Discernment

Learning to read the movements of the Spirit.

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Introduction to Discernment

Foundations: what discernment is, what it is not, and its place in formation.

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2

Ignatian Rules for Discernment

The rules for the discernment of spirits and their formative application.

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3

Cultivating a Discerning Heart

Interior dispositions, indifference, freedom and habitual attentiveness.

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4

Personal and Community Discernment

Processes for individual decisions and for communal discernment.

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5

Discernment – Reading the Signs of Daily Life

Finding God in ordinary events, relationships and responsibilities.

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6

Vocational Discernment

Accompanying the discernment of vocation across the stages of formation.

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7

Leadership and Discernment

Discerning governance, authority and decision-making in mission.

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V

Protocol for Formation

From discernment to a concrete formation plan.

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Protocol Practical Tools

The seven-step formation protocol with its worksheets: trust building, discerning dimensions, assessing capacities, identifying growth areas, the formation plan, accompaniment, review and integration.

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“Formation is not the management of behavior, but the awakening of freedom in Christ.”