RATIO FUNDAMENTALIS INSTITUTIONIS SACERDOTALIS

VI – THE AGENT OF FORMATION

The Most Holy Trinity is the principal agent of priestly formation.

- Shapes every seminarian according to the paln of the Father.

The formation for the priesthood will normally take place in the context of a Diocese, or in the
institutions to which the candidate belongs. With this, the members of the diocesan community
shares responsibility for prietly formation at differnet levels, according to different ways and
competencies:

a) The Diocesan Bishop

- The primary responsible for the admission to the Seminary and formation for the
priesthood.
- Responsible is expressed in the choice of the Rector and of the seminary formators.
- He should maintain frequent personal contact with those in charge of the seminary
placing his trust in them, so as to encourage them in their task.
- He should established a trustful dialogue with the seminarians, so as to enable them to be
sincere and open.

b) The Presbyterate
- As the place of fraternal communion in the exercise of the ordained ministry.
- Should be in communion with the diocesan Bishop, sharing his concern for the formation
of candidates through prayers, sincere affection, support, and visits to the seminary.

c) The Seminarians
- The protagonist of his own formation.
- Responsible for establishing and maintaining a climate of formation that is consistent
with the values of the Gospel.
- They are bound, individually and as a group.
- Internalized an authentically priestly way of life, in humility and in service of their
brothers.

d) The Community of Formators

- Formators is made up of priests who are chosen for it and well prepared.
- They should live in the Seminary.
- They should ought to meet regularly with the Rector to pray, to plan the life of the
Seminary and to assess periodically the growth of the seminarians.
- They should be a genuine eduating community tat offers a coherent and eloquent witness
to the values that belong to priestly ministry.
- The seminary formators must at least comprised of a Rector and Spiritual Director,
however, the number of formators must necessarily be sufficient for, and proportionate to
the number of seminarians.
- Seminary formators can be comprise of more than one Spiritual Directors, Vice Rector, a,
Coordinatorof Human Formation, Coordinator of Intellectual Formation, Coordinator of
Pastoral Formation and a Financial Administrator.