The Changing Stages of Priestly Formation in Seminaries

This paper examines the context of Catholic seminary formation in light of the foundational documents that govern this process.

Focusing on the human aspects of formation, the PPF6 lays out a 7–10 year program of studies. While not downgrading the academic aspects of ...

New language describes the new priestly formation stages

The other reason for the changes in language stems from reflection on the lived experience within seminary and diocesan life in the United ...

What is the Propaedeutic Stage of seminary formation? - New Outlook

This is the second year that propaedeutic year has been available, because in 2023, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops published a ...

The changing face of seminary formation: Group therapy, digital ...

Laguna mentioned, along with attending counseling or therapy to work through any issues that could negatively affect a priest's ministry. Ms.

Priestly formation changing for larger seminary class - Catholic Times

The Church recently restructured the formation of seminarians into four stages: propaedeutic (preliminary instruction), discipleship, configuration and ...

EXPLAINER: A Seminary Primer, Part II – The Stages of Formation

Having determined that a man is in fact called to priesthood for his (arch)diocese, the tenor of seminary formation switches from that of ...

Seminarians' new way to be spiritually formed: 'propaedeutic'

... Priestly Formation mandates a "propaedeutic" stage for all first entering into seminary ... This new change is shifting the way US seminarians ...

Propaedeutic Stage - Conception Seminary College

In the fall semester of 2023, Conception implemented a new formation structure to the seminary called for by Program of Priestly Formation (PPF).

Seminary focus shifts from academic to pastoral

The Configuration stage lines up with the study of theology and focuses on the priestly identity. Men who are in this stage, while still ...

Conversion and the Difficulty of Forming Priests in a Contemporary ...

These pillars are: human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral. Regarding intellectual formation, The Program of Priestly Formation suggests ...

Changes to College Priestly Formation: A Defense

However, the seminary's internal language, mindset, and practice are to make this shift. Of course, simply renaming the years men spend in the ...

Formation at the Seminary - Seminarian Division

The final stage of priestly formation begins after the man's ordination to the diaconate. At this point, with his studies and seminary formation complete, he ...

Seminaries and Priestly Formation: New Options in the Light of ...

formation that is chosen in a seminary, the focus must change from. 'training of seminarians' to 'formation of seminarians in discipleship'. This is well ...

Program of Priestly Formation implements new norms

When the Configuration Stage is completed, the seminarian's time at the seminary is over. He is ordained a transitional deacon and then enters ...

Seminaries begin implementing new Program of Priestly Formation

There are four stages of formation in the new PPF: propaedeutic, discipleship, configuration and vocational synthesis. The four dimensions of ...

Back to Seminary with the New Program for Priestly Formation

The most significant change is in the propaedeutic stage, similar to the novitiate stage in many religious orders' formation. From the Latin ...

Rising to the Challenge for the Church - Conception Seminary College

The propaedeutic stage, as the first stage, focuses on helping young men have a “foundation for this journey [of priestly formation] …especially in the human ...

Vatican approves norms to reshape U.S. priestly formation - The Pillar

The final document, approved by Rome and circulated Wednesday, delineated four stages of seminary formation: propaedeutic, discipleship, ...

Propaedeutic Stage - usccb

One of the first questions that bishops and seminary communities ask about the 6th edition of the Program of Priestly Formation,.