Guidelines for Receiving Pastoral Ministers in the United States, Third Edition
was developed as a resource by the
Committees on: Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations; Cultural Diversity in the Church; the Protection
of Children and Young People; and Canonical Affairs and Church Governance of the United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). It was approved by the committee chairmen, Bishop Michael
F. Burbidge, Bishop R. Daniel Conlon, Bishop Daniel E. Flores, and Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, JCD,
and authorized for publication by the Administrative Committee at its September 2014 meeting. It has been
directed for publication by the undersigned.
Msgr. Ronny Jenkins
General Secretary, USCCB
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Code of Canon Law: Latin-English Edition, New English Translation
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Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches: Latin-English Edition, New English Translation
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Redemptoris Missio
, Post-
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Ecclesia in America
, Encyclical Letter
Fides et Ratio
,
Encyclical Letter
Redemptoris Missio
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Evangelii Gaudium
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Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World
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Guidelines for the Use of Psychology in the Admission
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