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Davenport Diaconate Class
VI
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On this page, you will find information specific
for those admitted into Class VI of the Deacon Formation Program--including
calendars and information about the stages of formation. On Saturday, July 17, the candidates attended a preaching workshop taught by Dc. Frank Agnoli at St. Mary in Grinnell. The photo on the right is of the formation community praying the Liturgy of the Hours together that morning.
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Announcements
The next Candidacy session will be held on August 14-15, 2010, in Davenport.
Prayer and meals will take place at Assumption High School while class sessions will take place at St. Ambrose. Doors open at 8:00 am on both Saturday and Sunday and the day's program begins promptly at 8:15 am.
Class VI Candidates
The following men are Candidates in the Deacon Formation Program:
2008-9: Aspirancy
The Aspirancy Handbook is available here in PDF format.
2009-13: Candidacy
The classes meet monthly from August through May; a retreat is scheduled in June. The monthly classes meet from Saturday morning through mid-afternoon on Sunday. The weekends are planned for the second Saturday of the month.
These sessions will take place at Assumption High School and St. Ambrose University.
The following dates are tentative and subject to change:
2009-10: Year 1
The Candidacy Year I Handbook is available here in PDF format.
2010-11: Year 2
Click here for Calendar.
The planned dates for candidacy sessions are as follows: In 2010: August 14-15, September 11-12, October 9-10, November 13-14, December 11-12 In 2011: January 8-9, February 12-13, March 12-13, April 9-10, May 14-15.
Click here for Liturgical Ministry Schedule.
Click here for syllabi and other class resources:
Links to Resources on Academic Writing / Citation Styles
St. Ambrose University
Department of Theology homepage
Catechetics (MPTh 557)
A retreat day takes place on Saturday, June 11 at St. Mathias in Muscatine.
Installation to the Lectorate is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 10 at St. Mary, Riverside.
The following forms from the Candidacy Year II Handbook are available:
2011-12: Year 3
Click here for Calendar.
The planned dates for candidacy sessions are as follows: In 2011: August 13-14, September 10-11, October 8-9, November 12-13, December 10-11 In 2012: January 14-15, February 11-12, March 10-11, April 14-15, May 19-20.
A retreat day takes place in June, tentatively scheduled for the 9th.
Installation to the Acolytate is tentatively scheduled for July 8.
The Homiletic Intensive at St. Menirad will be held on July 15-21.
2012-13: Year 4
Click here for Calendar.
The planned dates for candidacy sessions are as follows: In 2012: August 11-12, September 8-9, October 13-14, November 10-11, December 8-9 In 2013: January 12-13, February 9-10, March 9-10, April 13-14, May 18-19.
The canonical retreat takes place in June, tentatively scheduled for the 7th-12th.
Ordination is tentatively scheduled for July 13.
2013-16: Post-Ordination Formation
According to the Directory, “[t]he goal for
this path in formation is to responsibly address the various aspects of
a deacon’s ministry, the development of his personality and, above all,
his commitment to spiritual growth” (#239). This phase of formation is
divided into two parts: the initial three years after ordination and
life-long formation.
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