{"id":326606,"date":"2014-08-14T03:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T01:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/future-priests-what-kind-of-formation-is-needed\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T14:57:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T12:57:48","slug":"future-priests-what-kind-of-formation-is-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.focolare.org\/en\/future-priests-what-kind-of-formation-is-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Future priests: What kind of formation is needed?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20140813-02\"<\/a> A new generation in the Catholic Church<\/b> to whom the Bishops have entrusted the venues for formation: they are young priests (born in the second half of the \u201870s and the first years of the \u201880s), who are well prepared, some of them are finishing their studies in Rome and who will be assigned to the formation in seminaries. 23 priests from eleven Countries<\/b> – Thailand, Congo, Kenya, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland and Italy \u2013 participated in the 2014 Course for Seminary Formators (14-26 July, 2014), organized by the Center of the spirituality of communion for diocesan priests and seminarians \u201cVinea mea<\/a>\u201d of Loppiano<\/a> (FI), together with the Sophia University Institute<\/a> (Loppiano) and with the Priests Movement<\/a> of the Focolare Movement. \"20140813-04\"<\/a>“Some spoke of a spiritual retreat<\/b>, or of a conversion; others spoke of a synthesis of study and life,” stated the director of the course, Fr Silvestre Marques. “Everyone agreed that the communion and the unity in diversity was tangible and became the experience that was lived by all and which they will bring with them as a witness of life in their seminaries.” The course \u2013 now on its 9th edition \u2013 is made for rectors, spiritual directors and formators<\/b> who are working full-time in a seminary and proposes pathways and paradigms for the discernment and the formation of vocations to the priestly ministry, that can adequately respond to the challenges of the socio-cultural changes and their effects in the life of the youth. \"20140813-03\"<\/a>This course takes place in a span of two years:<\/b> two weeks for each year, with talks given by experts, group workshops and plenary sharing sessions, all united to the liturgical celebrations. The course study, which has the approval of the Congregation for the Clergy and the Congregation for Catholic Education, grants credits given by the Sophia University Institute<\/a>, after the presentation at the end of the course of a written paper. “They were two weeks lived in the atmosphere of Sophia<\/b>: a well-rounded experience of life, thought and prayer,” Fr Silvestre continued. “Everyone had the joy of having made the experience that they had always longed for and searched for and which they now would like to present to their educational communities.” \u00abI was not able to follow everything well because it was conducted in the Italian language<\/b> but I understood another language, that of the community\u00bb, wrote one of the participants. And another: \u00ab It is a challenge to live it; we saw our difficulties in a new light\u00bb. The appointment was set for 2015 <\/b>for the second part of the course, where they will study in-depth the 4 fundamental dimensions of the priestly life: human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral. \u00a0For the seminary formators, see you again in Loppiano in July 13 to 25, 2015, at the \u201cVinea mea\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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