Vocations and their formation today
Subtitle: formation in the religious life call, discernment, adaptation
By: Guy Lespinay.
Publisher: St. Pauls/Alba House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Staten Island, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780818913075
Subjects: Vocation (in religious orders, congregations, etc.); Vocation -- Catholic Church; Happiness -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Self-realization -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
Work titles: Être formateur aujourd'hui.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: The how or the why of religious life; title: Discernment in the face of positive and negative experiences; title: Are aptitudes signs?; title: Attitudes of those responsible for formation; title: Certainty and religious life; title: The call to religious life; title: From whom does the call come?; title: God calls by means of the events of one's life; title: The basis of our choices; title: The birth of a desire; title: Time for thinking things over; title: How to discover the call via aspirations; title: The desire to meet God and set out an exodus spirituality; title: The signs accompanying the choice of religious life; title: What is discernment?; title: Who is to discern?; title: Choosing on the basis of desires and motivations; title: The desire to encounter God, a God who makes sense of my life; title: The desire to live in a group; title: The desire for a change in life, conversion; title: The desire to follow Jesus; title: Trust in the future; title: Renunciation; title: The taste for knowing and learning; title: Generosity; title: The quest for an institutional form of life; title: Who are the young today?; title: A first statement; title: The universe of the young; title: Values that can favor a call to religious life; title: What are young people expecting from us?; title: The apprehensions; title: The fear of commitment; title: The fear of rules; title: Some reference points for formation; title: Accompanying vocations; title: Motivations; title: Elitism in religious life; title: The exercise of compassion : truth or ideology; title: The candidate's personal antecedents; title: Vital strengths of the individual; title: Purity of intentions and commitments; title: Pre-formation; title: To be successful : a gradual entering; title: The family background; title: Pastoral aptitudes or psychotherapy; title: The pre-formation steps; title: The initial request; title: Contacts with the community; title: Conditions for the period of training; title: Study; title: Regular and well-prepared interviews; title: Discretion; title: Adaptation to religious life; title: A new phase : the formation itself; title: Entry into religious life; title: The test of perseverance; title: The apprehension of a new culture and a structured life; title: Detachment from close relatives and friends; title: Work and self-realization; title: First challenges; title: The place of formation; title: Confrontation of generations or "inter-generation"; title: A method of formation and a structure of life; title: The work; title: Precise and verifiable objectives; title: The sense of the authority; title: Training in obedience; title: Training on the move and the dynamics of integration; title: The person vis-à-vis his new environment; title: To present a vision with a future; title: Emotional life and sexuality; title: Adaptation to studies; title: Those in charge of formation and of the formation community; title: The ideal community; title: A shared responsibility; title: Who has to adapt?; title: The person in charge of formation; title: The relation between the person in charge of formation and the person in formation; title: Religious culture; title: Psychological accompaniment; title: Training those in charge of formation; title: Hopes and fears; title: Evaluation; title: Some general considerations; title: The candidate in formation; title: The evaluation report to the community and the council; title: An evaluation of the programs; title: Pastoral work with vocations; title: The mysterious choices of god exerted on men; title: Developing a positive attitude towards our way of life; title: A visible community; title: An open community; title: Praying communities; title: Take time to live.