Skylstad, Bishop Arthur Tafoya, and Bishop Paul A. I would like to express our thanks to the members of the Priestly Life and Ministry Committee who have spent many hours in reviewing this work. We are grateful to many people for their work in developing this document. We hope that the episcopal conference will periodically renew this plan. We invite those responsible for the ongoing formation of members of religious congregations to study this document and to make useful applications where possible. This document is aimed more specifically to members of diocesan presbyterates. We recognize the special and unique formational needs of members of religious congregations. We are mindful that the majority of those who will make up our presbyterates in the next ten years are already priests, and thus, will benefit from the directions in this document.
We propose this document for the ongoing formation for priests as a guide for the next ten years. This Basic Plan for the Ongoing Formation of Priests can complement and follow up the Program of Priestly Formation currently in use in the United States. This document seeks to complement the directions set out in the apostolic exhortation I Will Give You Shepherds (Pastores Dabo Vobis) (PDV) of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, and in The Directory on the Ministry and Life of Priests (DMLP) developed by the Congregation for the Clergy. We hope that this ratio fundamentalis or basic plan will provide an impetus for ongoing formation and a catalyst for program development.
With that in mind, we offer this Basic Plan for the Ongoing Formation of Priests. We recognize the jubilee time of the new millennium as a special opportunity for conversion and spiritual renewal for the Church in general, and for our priests in particular.
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