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Rev. W. Shawn McKnight, S.T.D.Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations
CCLV Report2013 National Gathering of Rectors of U.S. SeminariesSlide2
www.usccb.org/priestlyformation
Power Point Available @Slide3
USCCB Formal Statement on PreachingSlide4
Pope Benedict XVI called for improved homiliesSacramentum
CaritatisVerbum DominiFormal Statement approved at the November 2012 Plenary Assembly Directed to priests, deacons & those involved with the initial and ongoing formation of clergyExpands
upon
Fulfilled in Your Hearing
Explicit encouragement for doctrinal & catechetical preaching
Addresses challenges for the
homilist in our present context:
Growing social diversity & polarization
Secularism
Commercialism/Individualism
Largely uncatechized assembly
Preaching the Mystery of Faith:The Sunday HomilySlide5
“The Church’s rich theological, doctrinal and catechetical tradition must therefore properly inform the preaching task in its liturgical setting, for Jesus Christ must be proclaimed in a new way and with new urgency.”
Preaching the Mystery of Faith:The Sunday HomilySlide6
CCLV Conference for teachers of homiletics June 24-25, 2013at Notre Damen
o cost for registrationfree use of air-conditioned residence rooms on campus.Preaching the Mystery of Faith:
A USCCB Conference for Teachers of
HomileticsSlide7
Youth involvement in Church is critical for vocations;Low encouragement reported from youth/young adult/ campus ministers;Underrepresentation of Hispanic/Latinos and strong representation of Asians.
Trending younger still; average 34.6, median 3127% have college debt; average $21,125, median $18,0002012 Ordination Surveyusccb.org/vocationsSlide8
Percentage of Hispanics by generationSlide9
Consultation held at the USCCB in June 201115 psychologists, seminary & diocesan officials, canon & civil lawyers
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Use of Psychology in AdmissionsChapter 3: The Process of AdmissionsChapter 4: Record Retention & Other Legal ConcernsGlossary: Definition of Terms
Handbook on
Seminary AdmissionsSlide10
First chapter on the use of psychology in the admissions process under reviewChapters on the process for admissions, canonical and legal concerns, and glossary of terms still to come.
Handbook on Seminary AdmissionsSlide11
Program of Priestly Formation, 5th
edition, expires December 2015Consultation has begun with key constituenciesNCDVDNACSMATS
FSSD
Rectors
Preliminary review of the PPF
Request for Rectors to review the current PPF, 290-367
Identify norms that need emendation, if any
Highlight difficult norms for which special resources should be made available
Program of Priestly Formation,
5
th
EditionSlide12
Annual U.S. Surveys of Theology & College SeminariesSlide13
2011: Catholic Social Teaching Formation /
Intercultural Competency Training2012: Formation for Evangelization & Catechesis2013: Liturgical & Spiritual Formation
2014:
Homiletic & Pastoral Formation
2015:
Admissions & Human Formation
Annual Surveys of Priestly FormationSlide14
Assessment, Preparation and Reception of International Seminarians
Guidelines for Receiving Pastoral Ministers in the United States, Revised Edition (USCCB Publication, 2003).Seminar on Policy & Procedure for the Reception of International Clergy & Seminarians,
Parresia
Project
, NCEA & Sacred Heart Institute, Huntington, NY April 24-26, 2013.
Welcoming, Screening and Preparing International Clergy & Seminarians, St. John Vianney Center & CCLV, San Diego, CA, June 10, 2013.Slide15
Request from USCCB Communications
Suggest 1 or 2 men in 2013 ordination class who could write
a 500-600 word blog
on
their dreams for the priesthood.
What
do they see themselves doing and include a bit about their own
background.
Send a
simple e-mail to
Sr. Mary Ann Walsh (mwalsh@usccb.org) giving the seminarian’s name, a bit
of interesting background, and
the seminarian’s e-mail
address.
Submit information by February
8. Slide16
CCLV Report 2013
www.usccb.org/priestlyformation