Claretian Formation
  • General Plan
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      • 1 · Objective and frame of reference
      • 2 · Conformed with Christ the Missionary
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      • 6 · Responsible agents and structures
    • Part Two · Stages
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    • Consecrated life
      • Vita Consecrata (1996)
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    • Priestly formation and vocation
      • Pastores Dabo Vobis (1992)
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      • Criteria for Discernment of Vocations (2005)
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Claretian Vocation Directory

This Directory gathers together the most important points of reference, objectives, criteria, attitudes and options that must be present in an adequate pastoral approach to Claretian vocation ministry.

Presentation
Historical Notes on Vocation Ministry in the Congregation
Introduction

I. VOCATION
II. VOCATION MINISTRY
III. THOSE IN CHARGE OF DIRECTING AND ANIMATING CLARETIAN VOCATION MINISTRY
IV. DYNAMISMS AND MEANS FOR ANIMATING VOCATIONS
V. SETTINGS FOR VOCATION MINISTRY
VI. PRINCIPLES AND CRITERIA FOR VOCATION DISCERNMENT
VII. WELCOMING VOCATIONS
VIII. CULTIVATING OUR OWN VOCATION

Appendix 1: Documents of the Magisterium and the Congregation on Vocation Ministry
Appendix 2 Vocational Texts in the Bible
Appendix 3 Vocational texts of the Congregation
Appendix 4: Canons of the CIC on the requisites and impediments for admission to the Religious Life and Ministries
Appendix 5: Documents, Reports and Forms
Appendix 6: Plan of Studies
Appendix 7: Chart of Psychological Traits of a Normal and Mature Person
Appendix 8: Chart of Abilities for the Claretian Life
Appendix 9: Chart of Psychic Illnesses or Disorders
Appendix 10: Chart of Negative Psychological Signs
Appendix 11: The Personal Project. Guidelines for Carrying It Out

THEMATIC INDEX
ABBREVIATIONS USED

Claretian Formation

A lifetime process of conformity with Christ, audacious in mission. A service of the General Prefecture of Formation of the Claretian Missionaries.

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CLARETIAN FORMATION BOOKS

  • General Plan of Formation
  • Claretian Vocation Directory
  • Initiation into the Missionary Life
  • Initiation in the Ministry of the Word
  • Historical Notes on Formation in the Congregation
  • Traces of Claret
  • The Claretian Formator
  • Claretian Year

OTHER MATERIALS

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FORMATIVE DIMENSIONS

  • Affective Dimension
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  • Intellectual Dimension
  • Moral Dimension
  • Somatic Dimension
  • Spiritual Dimension

PREFECTURE OF FORMATION

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  • School of the Heart of Mary

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