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Institute for the Preparation of Seminary Formation Staff and Advisors

Along with the National Catholic Education Association Seminary Department, the Society of St. Sulpice, Province of the United States (Sulpicians) co-sponsor an Institute for men and women beginning formation work in seminaries. Since 1993, the Institute has provided an orientation for rectors, teachers, spiritual directors, mentors and advisors new to a seminary setting.

The Institute brings together new formation personnel in order to learn about the various challenges of priestly formation in the contemporary seminary. The Institute introduces participants to the following core issues in seminary ministry:

  • Fr. Gerald McBrearity
    Fr. Gerald McBrearity
    A Theology of the Priesthood & Implications for Seminary Ministry
  • Trends and Transitions in Seminary Formation
  • The Integration of Chaste Celibacy and Sexuality
  • Developmental Issues of Today's Seminarians; Psychological Testing
  • The Role of Academics and Intellectual Formation
  • Human and Spiritual Formation; Internal and External Forum
  • The ABC’s of Multicultural Formation

The faculty for the Institute includes Sister Katarina Schuth, OSF, and Sulpicians Fathers Melvin Blanchette, Gerald McBrearity, Philip Keane, Gladstone Stevens, James Myers and John Kemper. Fr. Gerald McBrearity is the Director.

Formation Institute 2011
The next Institute for the Preparation of Seminary Formation Staff and Advisors will be held in June 2011 at St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California. Registration forms will be mailed to all seminaries and religious houses of formation in late 2010 by the Seminary Department of the NCEA. At that time, additional information and a registration form will be available for download from: www.ncea.org/departments/seminary/SeminaryPrograms.asp

 

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