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Basic norms for the formation of permanent deacons

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  • JOINT DECLARATION AND INTRODUCTION
    • JOINT DECLARATION
  1: ) Cf. Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts, Chiarimenti circa il valore [...]



  • JOINT DECLARATION AND INTRODUCTION
    • INTRODUCTION
      • I. The Ordained Ministry
  2: ) This introduction is common both to the “Ratio” and to the “Directory”. It should always be incl[...]
  3: ) Second Vatican Council, Lumen gentium, 18.
  4: ) Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1581.
  5: ) Cf. ibidem, n. 1536.
  6: ) Cf. ibidem, n. 1538.
  7: ) Ibidem, n. 875.
  8: ) Second Vatican Council, Lumen gentium, 28.
  9: ) Cf. ibidem, n. 20; CIC, canon 375, § 1.
  10: ) Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 876.
  11: ) Cf. ibidem, n. 877.
  12: ) Cf. ibidem, n. 878.
  13: ) Ibidem, n. 879.



  • JOINT DECLARATION AND INTRODUCTION
    • INTRODUCTION
      • II. The Diaconate
  14: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Lumen gentium, 29; Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Ad pascendum (15 August[...]
  15: ) Moreover, he also describes several of the sixty who collaborated with him as deacons: Timothy ([...]
  16: ) Cf. Epistula ad Philadelphenses, 4; Epistula ad Smyrnaeos, 12, 2: Epistula ad Magnesios, 6, 1; F[...]
  17: ) Cf. Didascalia Apostolorum (Syriac), capp. III, XI: A. Vööbus (ed.) The Didascalia Apostolorum ([...]
  18: ) Cf. canons 32 and 33 of the Council of Elvira (300303): PL 84, 305; canons 16 (15), 18, 21 of th[...]
  19: ) In the first period of Christianity, every local Church needed a number of deacons proportionate[...]
  20: ) Cf. Council of Trent, Session XXIII, Decreta de Reformatione, canon 17: Conciliorum Oecumenicoru[...]
  21: ) Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution, Lumen gentium, 29.
  22: ) AAS 59 (1967), pp. 697-704.
  23: ) AAS 60 (1968), pp. 369-373.
  24: ) AAS 64 (1972), pp. 534-540.
  25: ) Ten canons speak explicitly of permanent deacons: 236; 276, § 2, 3o; 288; 1031, §§ 2-3; 1032, § [...]



  • JOINT DECLARATION AND INTRODUCTION
    • INTRODUCTION
      • III. The Permanent Diaconate
  26: ) Cf. CIC, canon 1031, § 1.
  27: ) Paul VI, Apostolic Letter, Sacrum diaconatus ordinem (18 June 1968): AAS 59 (1967), p. 698.
  28: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium, 29; Decree Ad gentes, 16; Decre[...]
  29: ) Catechesis of John Paul II at the General Audience of 6 October 1993, n. 5, Insegnamenti, XVI, 2[...]
  30: ) “A particularly felt need behind the decision to restore the permanent diaconate was that of a g[...]
  31: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium, 29b.
  32: ) Cf. ibidem, Decree Ad gentes, 16.
  33: ) Ibidem, Decree Ad gentes, 16. Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1571. ***



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • INTRODUCTION
      • 1. The paths of formation
  1: ) Cf Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Sacrum diaconatus ordinem (18 June 1967): AAS 59 (1967), pp. 697-704. The [...]
  2: ) The Circular Letter of the Congregation indicated that courses must take into consideration the [...]
  3: ) Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Ad pascendum (15 August 1972), VII b): AAS 64 (1972), p. 540.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • INTRODUCTION
      • 2. Reference to a sure theology of the diaconate
  4: ) Cf John Paul II, Post-synodal Ap. Exhort. Pastores dabo vobis (25 March 1992), 12: AAS 84 (1992)[...]
  5: ) Cf Ecum. Council Vat. II, Dogm. Const. Lumen gentium, 28; 29.
  6: ) The Pontificale Romanum – De Ordinatione Episcopi, Presbyterorum et Diaconorum, Editio typica al[...]
  7: ) “(They should be) compassionate, industrious, walking according to the truth of the Lord, who wa[...]
  8: ) Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Ad pascendum, Introduction: l.c., pp. 534-538.
  9: ) Cf Pontificale Romanum – De Ordinatione Episcopi, Presbyterorum et Diaconorum, n. 207: ed. cit.,[...]
  10: ) Cf Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1570.
  11: ) Ibidem, n. 1588.
  12: ) Cf Ecum. Council Vat. II, Decr. Christus Dominus, 15.
  13: ) Cf C.I.C., can. 266.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • INTRODUCTION
      • 3. The ministry of the deacon in different pastoral contexts
  14: ) Cf Ecum. Council Vat. II, Dogm. Const. Lumen gentium, 29.
  15: ) Cf Pontificale Romanum – De Ordinatione Episcopi, Presbyterorum et Diaconorum, n. 210: ed. cit.,[...]
  16: ) Cf Ecum. Council Vat. II, Dogm. Const. Lumen gentium, 29.
  17: ) Cf ibidem.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • INTRODUCTION
      • 5. The role of Episcopal Conferences
  18: ) Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Sacrum diaconatus ordinem, I, 1: l.c., p. 699.
  19: ) Cf C.I.C., can. 276, § 2, 3o.
  20: ) Cf ibidem, can. 1031, § 3.
  21: ) Ecum. Council Vat. II, Decr. Optatam totius, 1.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • INTRODUCTION
      • 7. The permanent diaconate in institutes of consecrated life and in societies of apostolic life
  22: ) Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Sacrum diaconatus ordinem, VII, 32: l.c., p. 703.
  23: ) Ibidem, VII, 35: l.c., p. 704.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • I THOSE INVOLVED IN THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
      • 1. The Church and the Bishop
  24: ) Ecum. Council Vat. II, Dogm. Const. Lumen gentium, 64.
  25: ) Ibidem, 8.
  26: ) Equivalent to the Diocesan Bishop in this regard are those to whom the following have been entru[...]
  27: ) Cf C.I.C., cans. 1025; 1029.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • I THOSE INVOLVED IN THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
      • 2. Those responsible for formation
  28: ) This also includes the director of the specific house of formation, wherever it exists (cf C.I.C[...]



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • I THOSE INVOLVED IN THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
      • 5. Communities of origin
  29: ) John Paul II, Post-synodal Ap. Exhort. Pastores dabo vobis, 68: l.c., pp. 775-776.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • I THOSE INVOLVED IN THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
      • 6. Aspirant and candidate
  30: ) Ibidem, 69: l.c., p. 778.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • II CHARACTERISTICS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE PERMANENT DIACONATE
  31: ) Ibidem, 36: l.c., pp. 715-716.
  32: ) Catechismus ex decreto Concilii Tridentini ad Parochos, pars II, c. 7, n. 3, Turin 1914, p. 288.[...]



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • II CHARACTERISTICS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE PERMANENT DIACONATE
      • 1. General requirements
  33: ) Didachè, 15, 1: F. X. Funk (ed.), Patres Apostolici, I, o.c., pp. 32-35.
  34: ) St Polycarp, Epist. ad Philippenses, 5, 1-2: F. X. Funk (ed.), Patres Apostolici, I, o.c., pp. 3[...]
  35: ) C.I.C., can. 1029. Cf can. 1051, 1o.
  36: ) Cf Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Sacrum diaconatus ordinem, II, 8: l.c., p. 700.
  37: ) Cf C.I.C., cans. 285, §§ 1-2; 289; Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Sacrum diaconatus ordinem, III, 17: l.c., [...]
  38: ) C.I.C., can. 1031, § 2. Cf Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Sacrum diaconatus ordinem, II, 5; III, 12: l.c., p[...]
  39: ) Cf C.I.C., cans. 1040-1042. The irregularities (perpetual impediments) listed by can. 1041 are: [...]



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • II CHARACTERISTICS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE PERMANENT DIACONATE
      • 2. Requirements related to the candidate's state of life
  40: ) Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Sacrum diaconatus ordinem, II, 4: l.c., p. 699. Cf Ecum. Council Vat. II, Dog[...]
  41: ) Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Sacrum diaconatus ordinem, III, 13: l.c., p. 700.
  42: ) Ibidem, III, 11: l.c., p. 700. Cf C.I.C., cans. 1031, § 2; 1050, 3o.
  43: ) Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Sacrum diaconatus ordinem, III, 16: l.c., p. 701; Ap. Lett. Ad pascendum, VI:[...]
  44: ) The Circular Letter, Prot. n. 26397 of 6 June 1997, of the Congregation for Divine Worship and t[...]
  45: ) Cf Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Sacrum diaconatus ordinem, VII, 32-35: l.c., pp. 703-704.
  46: ) Cf Idem, Ap. Lett. Ecclesiae sanctae (6 August 1966), I, 25, § 1: AAS 58 (1966), p. 770.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • III THE PATH OF FORMATION TOWARDS THE PERMANENT DIACONATE
      • 2. The propaedeutic period
  47: ) Cf C.I.C., can. 1026.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • III THE PATH OF FORMATION TOWARDS THE PERMANENT DIACONATE
      • 3. The liturgical rite of admission to candidacy for ordination as deacon
  48: ) Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Ad pascendum, Introduction; cf I a): l.c., pp. 537-538. Cf C.I.C., can. 1034,[...]
  49: ) Cf C.I.C., cans. 1016; 1019.
  50: ) Cf ibidem, can. 1034, § 1; Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Ad pascendum, I a): l.c., p. 538.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • III THE PATH OF FORMATION TOWARDS THE PERMANENT DIACONATE
      • 4. Time of formation
  51: ) Cf C.I.C., can. 236 and numbers 41-44 of the present Ratio.
  52: ) C.I.C., can. 236, 1o. Cf Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Sacrum diaconatus ordinem, II, 6: l.c., p. 699.
  53: ) Ibidem, II, 7: l.c., p. 699.
  54: ) C.I.C., can. 236, 2o.
  55: ) Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Sacrum diaconatus ordinem, III, 15: l.c., p. 701.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • III THE PATH OF FORMATION TOWARDS THE PERMANENT DIACONATE
      • 5. Conferral of the ministries of lectorate and acolytate
  56: ) C.I.C., can. 1035, § 1.
  57: ) Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Ad pascendum, II: l.c., p. 539; Ap. Lett. Ministeria quaedam (15 August 1972)[...]
  58: ) Idem, Ap. Lett. Ad pascendum, Introduction: l.c., p. 538.
  59: ) Cf Idem, Ap. Lett. Ministeria quaedam, VIII a): l.c., p. 533.
  60: ) Cf Pontificale Romanum – De Institutione Lectorum et Acolythorum, Editio typica, Typis Polyglott[...]
  61: ) Cf Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Ministeria quaedam, X: l.c., p. 533; Ap. Lett. Ad pascendum, IV: l.c., p. [...]
  62: ) C.I.C., can. 1035, § 2.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • III THE PATH OF FORMATION TOWARDS THE PERMANENT DIACONATE
      • 6. Diaconate ordination
  63: ) Ibidem, can. 1036. Cf Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Ad pascendum, V: l.c., p. 539.
  64: ) Cf C.I.C., can. 1050.
  65: ) Cf ibidem, cans. 1050, 3o; 1031, § 2.
  66: ) Ibidem, can. 1051, 1o.
  67: ) Ibidem, can. 1051, 2o.
  68: ) Cf ibidem, can. 1028. For the obligations which ordinands assume with the diaconate, see canons [...]
  69: ) Cf ibidem, can. 1037; Paul VI, Ap. Lett. Ad pascendum, VI: l.c., p. 539.
  70: ) Cf Pontificale Romanum – De Ordinatione Episcopi, Presbyterorum et Diaconorum, n. 177: ed. cit.,[...]
  71: ) Cf C.I.C., can. 833, 6o; Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Professio fidei et Iusiuran[...]
  72: ) C.I.C., can. 1015, § 1.
  73: ) Cf ibidem, can. 1019.
  74: ) Pontificale Romanum – De Ordinatione Episcopi, Presbyterorum et Diaconorum, cap. III, De Ordinat[...]
  75: ) Cf C.I.C., cans. 1010-1011.
  76: ) Ibidem, can. 1039.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • IV THE DIMENSIONS OF THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
      • 1. Human formation
  77: ) John Paul II, Post-synodal Ap. Exhort. Pastores dabo vobis, 43: l.c., p. 732.
  78: ) Ibidem: l.c., pp. 732-733.
  79: ) Cf ibidem: l.c., p. 733.
  80: ) Idem, Encycl. Lett. Redemptor hominis (4 March 1979), 10: AAS 71 (1979), p. 274.
  81: ) Cf Idem, Post-synodal Ap. Exhort. Pastores dabo vobis, 44: l.c., p. 734.
  82: ) Cf ibidem: l.c., pp. 734-735.
  83: ) Cf Idem, Ap. Exhort. Familiaris consortio (22 November 1981): AAS 74 (1982), pp. 81-191.
  84: ) Idem, Post-synodal Ap. Exhort. Pastores dabo vobis, 44: l.c., p. 735.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • IV THE DIMENSIONS OF THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
      • 2. Spiritual formation
  85: ) Cf the presentation of the Book of the Gospels, in Pontificale Romanum – De Ordinatione Episcopi[...]



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • IV THE DIMENSIONS OF THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
      • 3. Doctrinal formation
  86: ) This refers to the Apostolic Letter of Paul VI, Sacrum diaconatus ordinem, n. 22: l.c., pp. 701-[...]
  87: ) Cf Congregation for Catholic Education, Circ. Lett. Come è a conoscenza (16 July 1969), p. 2. [...]
  88: ) Cf ibidem, p. 3.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • IV THE DIMENSIONS OF THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
      • 4. Pastoral formation
  89: ) John Paul II, Post-synodal Ap. Exhort. Pastores dabo vobis, 57: l.c., p. 758.
  90: ) Cf Congregation for Catholic Education, Circ. Lett. Come è a conoscenza, p. 3.
  91: ) Cf Ecum. Council Vat. II, Decr. Presbyterorum ordinis, 10; Decr. Ad gentes, 20.



  • BASIC NORMS FOR THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • CONCLUSION
  92: ) Didascalia Apostolorum, III, 13 (19), 3: F. X. Funk (ed.), Didascalia et Constitutiones Apostolo[...]



  • DIRECTORY FOR THE MINISTRY AND LIFE OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • 1 THE JURIDICAL STATUS OF THE DEACON
      • Sacred Minister
  34: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 28a.



  • DIRECTORY FOR THE MINISTRY AND LIFE OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • 1 THE JURIDICAL STATUS OF THE DEACON
      • Incardination
  35: ) Cf. CIC, canon 1034, § 1; Paul VI, Ad Pascendum, I, a: l.c., 538.
  36: ) Cf. CIC, canons 265-266.
  37: ) Cf. CIC, canons 1034, § 1, 1016, 1019; Apostolic Constitution Spirituali Militum Curae, VI, §§ 3[...]
  38: ) Cf. CIC, canons 267-268c § 1.
  39: ) Cf. CIC, canon 271.
  40: ) Cf. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, VI, 30: l.c., 703.
  41: ) Cf. CIC, canon 678, §§ 1-3; 715; 738; cf. also Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordin[...]
  42: ) Letter of the Secretariat of State to the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worshi[...]
  43: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Decree Christus Dominus, n. 15; Paul VI Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diac[...]
  44: ) Pontificale Romanum, De Ordinatione Episcopi, Presbyterorum et Diaconorum, n. 201, (editio typic[...]
  45: ) “Those dominated by an outlook of contestation or of opposition to authority cannot adequately f[...]
  46: ) CIC, canon 274, § 2.
  47: ) “Among the duties of the deacon there is that of ?promoting and sustaining the apostolic activit[...]
  48: ) Cf. CIC, canon 282.
  49: ) Cf. CIC, canon 288 referring to canon 284.
  50: ) Cf. CIC, canon 284; Directory for the Ministry and Life of Priests of the Congregation for the C[...]
  51: ) Cf CIC, canon 669.
  52: ) Cf. CIC, canon 278, §§ 1-2, explicating canon 215.
  53: ) Cf. CIC, canon 278, § 3 and canon 1374; also the declaration of the German Bishops' Conference “[...]
  54: ) Congregation for the Clergy, Quidam Episcopi (8 March 1982), IV: AAS 74 (1982), pp. 642-645.
  55: ) Cf. CIC, canon 299, § 3, and canon 304.
  56: ) Cf CIC, canon 305.
  57: ) Cf. Allocution of John Paul II to the Bishops of Zaïre on “Ad Limina” visit, 30 April 1983, Inse[...]
  58: ) Lumen Gentium, 33; cf. CIC, canon 225.
  59: ) Cf. CIC, canon 288, referring to canon 285, §§ 3-4.
  60: ) Cf. CIC, canon 288 referring to canon 286.
  61: ) Cf. CIC, canon 222, § 2, and also canon 225, § 2.
  62: ) Cf. CIC, canon 672.
  63: ) Cf. CIC, canon 287, § 1.
  64: ) Cf. CIC, canon 288.
  65: ) Cf. CIC, canon 287, § 2.
  66: ) Cf. CIC, canon 283.
  67: ) Cf. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, 21: l.c., 701.
  68: ) Cf. CIC, canon 281.
  69: ) “Since clerics dedicate themselves to the ecclesiastical ministry, they deserve the remuneration[...]
  70: ) “Suitable provision is likewise to be made for such social welfare as they may need in infirmity[...]
  71: ) CIC, canon 281, § 3. The canonical term “remuneration” as distinct from civil law usage, denotes[...]
  72: ) Ibid., canon 1274, § 1.
  73: ) Ibid., canon 1274, § 2.
  74: ) Ibid., canon 281, § 1.
  75: ) Cf. ibidem, canon 281, § 3.
  76: ) Cf. ibid., canon 281, § 3.
  77: ) Cf. ibid., canons 290-293.



  • DIRECTORY FOR THE MINISTRY AND LIFE OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • 2 THE DIACONAL MINISTRY
      • Diaconal functions
  78: ) Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 29.
  79: ) John Paul II, Allocution to permanent deacons (16 March 1985), n. 2: Insegnamenti, VIII, 1 (1985[...]
  80: ) Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity Directory on the applications of the pri[...]
  81: ) Ibid., 70: l.c., p. 1068.



  • DIRECTORY FOR THE MINISTRY AND LIFE OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • 2 THE DIACONAL MINISTRY
      • Diaconia of the word
  82: ) Pontificale Romanum, n. 210: ed. cit., p. 125: “Accipe Evangelium Christi, cuius praeco effectus[...]
  83: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 29. “Deacons are also to serve [...]
  84: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Decree Presbyterorum Ordinis, 4.
  85: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum, 25; Congregation for Catholic Educ[...]
  86: ) Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 25a; Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verb[...]
  87: ) Cf. CIC, canon 753.
  88: ) Cf. ibid., canon 760.
  89: ) Cf. ibid., canon 769.
  90: ) Cf Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, n. 61: Missale Romanum, Ordo lectionis Missae, Praenota[...]
  91: ) Cf. CIC, canon 764.
  92: ) Congregation for the Clergy, Directory on the Ministry and Life of Priests, Tota Ecclesia (31 Ja[...]
  93: ) Cf. Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, nn. 42, 61; Congregation for the Clergy, Pontifical Co[...]
  94: ) Second Vatican Council, Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium, 35; cf. 52; CIC, canon 767, § 1. [...]
  95: ) Cf. CIC, canon 779; cf. Congregation for the Clergy, General Directory for Catechesis, (15 agost[...]
  96: ) Paul VI, Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Nuntiandi, 8 December 1975): AAS 68 (1976), pp. 576. [...]
  97: ) Cf. ibid., canons 804-805.
  98: ) Cf. ibid., canon 810.
  99: ) Cf. ibid., canon 761.
  100: ) Cf. ibid., canon 822.
  101: ) Cf. ibid., canon 823, § 1.
  102: ) Ibid., canon 831, §§ 1-2.
  103: ) Second Vatican Council, Decree Ad Gentes, 2a.
  104: ) Cf. CIC, canons 784, 786.



  • DIRECTORY FOR THE MINISTRY AND LIFE OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • 2 THE DIACONAL MINISTRY
      • Diaconia of the liturgy
  105: ) Second Vatican Council, Decree Ad Gentes, 16; Pontificale Romanum, n. 207: ed. cit., p. 122 (Pre[...]
  106: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 29.
  107: ) Second Vatican Council, Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium, 10.
  108: ) Ibid., 7d.
  109: ) Cf. ibid., 22, 3; CIC, canons 841, 846.
  110: ) Cf. CIC, canon 840.
  111: ) Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1570; cf. Caeremoniale Episcoporum, nn. 23-26.
  112: ) “Deacons have a share in the celebration of divine worship in accordance with the provisions of [...]
  113: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium, 26-27.
  114: ) Cf. CIC, canon 846, § 1.
  115: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Constitutions Sacrosanctum Concilium, 28.
  116: ) Cf. CIC, canon 929.
  117: ) Cf. Institutio generalis Missalis Romani, nn, 81b, 300, 302; Institutio generalis Liturgiae Hora[...]
  118: ) CIC, canon 861, § 1.
  119: ) Cf. ibid., canon 530, n. 1o.
  120: ) Cf. ibid., canon 862.
  121: ) Cf. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, V, 22, 1: l.c., 701.
  122: ) Cf. Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, nn. 61; 127-141.
  123: ) Cf. CIC, canon 930, § 2.
  124: ) Cf. ibid., canon 907; Congregation for the Clergy etc., Instruction Ecclesiae de Mysterio (15 Au[...]



  • DIRECTORY FOR THE MINISTRY AND LIFE OF PERMANENT DEACONS
    • 2 THE DIACONAL MINISTRY
      • The deacon properly proclaims from the books of Sacred Scripture.
  125: ) Cf. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, V, 22, 6: l.c., 702.
  126: ) Cf. CIC, canon 910, § 1.
  127: ) Cf. ibid., canon 911, § 2.
  128: ) Cf. ibid., canon 943 and also Pope Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, V, 22, 3[...]
  129: ) Cf. Congregation for Divine Worship, Directory for celebrations in the absence of a priest, Chri[...]
  130: ) Cf. John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio, 73: AAS 74 (22 Novemb[...]
  131: ) Cf. CIC, canon 1063.
  132: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Constitution Lumen Gentium 29; CIC, canon 1108, §§ 1-2; Ordo Celebra[...]
  133: ) Cf. CIC, canon 1111, §§ 1-2.
  134: ) Cf. ibidem, canon 137, §§ 3-4.
  135: ) Exultate Deo of the Council of Florence (DS 1325); Doctrina de sacramento extremae unctionis of [...]
  136: ) Cf. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem II, 10: l.c.,699; Congregation for the C[...]
  137: ) Cf. CIC, canon 276, § 2, n. 3o.
  138: ) Cf. Institutio Generalis Liturgiae Horarum, nn. 20; 255-256.
  139: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium 60; CIC, canon 1166 and canon 11[...]
  140: ) Cf. CIC, canon 1169, § 3.
  141: ) Cf. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem V, 22, 5: l.c., 702; also Ordo Exsequiar[...]
  142: ) Cf. Rituale Romanum - De Benedictionibus, n. 18 c.: ed. cit, p. 14.



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      • The Diaconia of Charity
  143: ) Cf. CIC, canon 129, § 1.
  144: ) St. Polycarp, Epist. ad Philippenses, 5, 2; F. X. Funk (ed.), I, p. 300; cited in Lumen Gentium,[...]
  145: ) Cf. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem l.c., 698.
  146: ) Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 29.
  147: ) Pontificale Romanum - De ordinatione Episcopi, presbyterorum et diaconorum, n. 207, p. 122 (Prex[...]
  148: ) Hippolytus, Traditio Apostolica, 8, 24; S. Ch. 11 bis pp. 58-63, 98-99; Didascalia Apostolorum ([...]
  149: ) Second Vatican Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 40-45.
  150: ) Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, V, 22, 9; l.c., 702. Cf. John Paul II, Cate[...]
  151: ) Cf. CIC, canon 494.
  152: ) Cf. CIC, canon 493.



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      • The canonical mission of permanent deacons
  153: ) Cf. John Paul II, Address to the permanent deacons of the USA, Detroit (19 September 1987), n. 3[...]
  154: ) Cf. CIC, canon 157.
  155: ) Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 27a.



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    • 2 THE DIACONAL MINISTRY
      • Parish
  156: ) Cf. CIC, canon 519.
  157: ) Cf. CIC, canon 517, § 1.
  158: ) Cf. CIC, canon 517, § 2.
  159: ) Cf. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, V, 22, 10; l.c., 702.
  160: ) Cf. CIC, canon 1248 § 2; Congregation for Divine Worship, Directory for celebrations in the abse[...]
  161: ) John Paul II, Catechesis at the General Audience of 13 October 1993, n. 4: Insegnamenti XVI, 2 ([...]
  162: ) Cf. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, V, 24; l.c., 702; CIC, canon 536.
  163: ) Cf. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, V, 24; l.c., 702; CIC, canon 512, § 1. [...]
  164: ) Cf. CIC, canon 463, § 2.
  165: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 28; Decree Christus Dominus, 27[...]
  166: ) CIC, canon 482.
  167: ) CIC, canon 1421, § 1.
  168: ) CIC, canon 1424.
  169: ) CIC, canon 1428, § 2.
  170: ) CIC, canon 1435.
  171: ) CIC, canon 483, § 1.
  172: ) CIC, canon 1420, § 4, canon 553 § 1.



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      • Contemporary context
  173: ) Second Vatican Council, Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium, 2.
  174: ) Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 5.
  175: ) Second Vatican Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 2b.
  176: ) Second Vatican Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 4a.



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      • Vocation to holiness
  177: ) Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 40.
  178: ) Second Vatican Council, Decree Presbyterorum Ordinis, 12a.
  179: ) Second Vatican Council, Decree Ad Gentes, 16.
  180: ) John Paul II, Catechesis at the General Audience of 20 October 1993, n. 1: Insegnamenti, XVI, 2 [...]
  181: ) “All of Christ's faithful, each according to his or her own condition, must make a wholehearted [...]
  182: ) These “being at the service of the ministers of Christ and of the Church must keep themselves fr[...]
  183: ) “Clerics have a special obligation to seek holiness in their lives because they are consecrated [...]
  184: ) John Paul II, Catechesis at the General Audience of 20 October 1993, n. 2: Insegnamenti, XVI, 2 [...]
  185: ) John Paul II, Catechesis at the General Audience of 20 October 1993, n. 1. Insegnamenti, XVI, 2 [...]
  186: ) John Paul II, Catechesis at the General Audience of 20 October 1993, n. 1: Insegnamenti, XVI, 2 [...]



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      • The Relations of Holy Order
  187: ) John Paul II allocution of 6 March 1985, n. 2: Insegnamenti, VIII, 1 (1985), p. 649. Post Synoda[...]
  188: ) Cf. John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis, 16: l.c., 681.
  189: ) John Paul II, Catechesis at the General Audience of 20 October 1993, n. 2: Insegnamenti, XVI, 2 [...]
  190: ) Cf. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, V, 23: l.c., 702.
  191: ) Cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Redemptor Hominis (4 March 1979), nn 13-17: AAS 71 (1979), p[...]
  192: ) Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, II, 8: l.c., 700.
  193: ) John Paul II, Catechesis at the General Audience of 20 October 1993, n. 2: Insegnamenti, XVI, 2 [...]



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      • Aids to the Spiritual Life
  194: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Decree Presbyterorum Ordinis, nn. 14 & 15: CIC, canon 276, § 2, n. 1[...]
  195: ) Second Vatican Council, Decree Presbyterorum Ordinis, 12.
  196: ) Pontificale Romanum - De Ordinatione Episcopi, presbyterorum et diaconorum, n. 210; ed. cit., p.[...]
  197: ) St Augustine, Sermones, 179, 1: PL 38, 966.
  198: ) Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum 25; cf. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacru[...]
  199: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 25a.
  200: ) Cf. CIC, canon 833; Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Professio fidei et iusiurandum f[...]
  201: ) Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum, 21.
  202: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium, 7.
  203: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium, 7.
  204: ) Second Vatican Council, Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium, 59a.
  205: ) Cf. CIC, canon 276, § 2, n. 2; Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, VI, 26, 2: l[...]
  206: ) Cf. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, VI, 26, 2: l.c., 703.
  207: ) Second Vatican Council, Decree Presbyterorum Ordinis, 5b.
  208: ) Cf. canon 276, § 2, n. 5o; Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, VI, 26, 3: l.c.,[...]



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      • Prayer life
  209: ) Cf. CIC, canon 276, § 2, n. 3o.
  210: ) Cf. CIC, canon 276, § 2, n. 4o.
  211: ) Cf. CIC, canon 276, § 2, n. 5o.
  212: ) Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 23a.
  213: ) Second Vatican Council, Decree Christus Dominus, 11; CIC, canon 369.
  214: ) Cf. CIC, canon 276, § 2, n. 5o; Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, VI, 26, 4: [...]
  215: ) John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis, 36, quoting Propositio 5 o[...]
  216: ) Cf. John Paul II, Allocution to the Roman Curia, 22 December 1987: AAS 80 (1988), pp. 1025-1034;[...]



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      • Spirituality of deacons and states of life
  217: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium, 29b.
  218: ) His rationibus in mysteriis Christi Eiusque missione fundatis, coelibatus ...omnibus ad Ordinem [...]
  219: ) Cf. CIC, canon 277, § 1; Second Vatican Council, Decree Optatam Totius, 10.
  220: ) John Paul II, Letter to Priests on Holy Thursday, 8 April 1979, 8: AAS 71 (1979), p. 408.
  221: ) Cf. canon 277, § 2.
  222: ) John Paul II, Allocution to the permanent deacons of the U.S.A. in Detroit (19 September 1987), [...]
  223: ) Cf. CIC, canon 1031, § 2.
  224: ) John Paul II, Allocution to the permanent deacons of the USA in Detroit, 19 September 1987, n. 5[...]
  225: ) Cf. CIC, canon 277, § 1.
  226: ) Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, III, 16: l.c., 701: Apostolic Letter Ad Pas[...]



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      • Characteristics
  227: ) John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Pastores Dabo Vobis, n. 42.
  228: ) John Paul II, Catechesis at the General Audience of 20 October 1993, n. 4: Insegnamenti, XVI, 2 [...]
  229: ) Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, II, 8-10; III, 14-15: l.c., 699-701; Aposto[...]
  230: ) Cf. John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis, 70: l.c., 780.



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    • 4 CONTINUING FORMATION OF DEACONS
      • Motivation
  231: ) John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis, 70: l.c., 779.



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    • 4 CONTINUING FORMATION OF DEACONS
      • Subjects
  232: ) John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis, 76; 79: l.c., 793; 796. [...]



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    • 4 CONTINUING FORMATION OF DEACONS
      • Formators
  233: ) Cf. Second Vatican Council, Decree Christus Dominus, 15; John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Ex[...]
  234: ) Congregation for the Clergy, Tota Ecclesia, Directory for the ministry and life of priests (31 J[...]
  235: ) Cf. John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Dabo Vobis, 78: l.c., 795.



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    • 4 CONTINUING FORMATION OF DEACONS
      • Specificity
  236: ) Congregation for the Clergy, Directory for the ministry and life of priests Tota Ecclesia, 71: p[...]



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    • 4 CONTINUING FORMATION OF DEACONS
      • Dimensions
  237: ) Cf. John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Pastores Dabo Vobis, 71: l.c., 783; Congre[...]
  238: ) Cf. St Ignatius of Antioch: “Deacons, who are ministers of Christ Jesus, must be acceptable to a[...]
  239: ) Cf. John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Pastores Dabo Vobis, 72: l.c., 783; Congre[...]
  240: ) John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Pastores Dabo Vobis, 72: l.c., 785.
  241: ) Cf. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem, VI, 28: l.c., 703; CIC, canon 276, § 4.[...]
  242: ) Cf. CIC, canon 279.
  243: ) John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Pastores Dabo Vobis, 72: l.c., 783.



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    • 4 CONTINUING FORMATION OF DEACONS
      • Organization and means
  244: ) Cf. CIC, canon 1029.



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