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Priestly Identity, Celibacy and Ethics
  • HSP 512
  • Frs. Richard, Brennan, Rothschild, Ramacciotti and Dr. Harvath
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Priestly Identity
  • Doctrinal, Theological, Spiritual (Intellectual)
  • Moral or Ethical Dimension
    • Human formation
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Identity-Intellectual
  • Who is the Priest?
    • Christ’s Priesthood and Sacrifice and the Life of the Priest
      • CCC
      • Presbyterorum ordinis
      • Directory on Life and Ministry of Priests
    • Celibacy and Theology of the Body

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A Man of Communion
  • PPF 83
  • The seminary seeks to prepare men to be bridges for, not obstacles to, the spread of the Gospel.  The identity to be fostered in the candidates is that he becomes a man of communion, that is, someone who makes a gift of himself and is able to receive the gift of others.


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Passions
  • Sense-appetite
  • PPF 83:  The seminarian needs integrity and self-possession in order to make such a gift.  The capacity to be fostered is the affective ability to engage in pastoral leadership with Jesus as the model shepherd.
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Habitus
  • Submission of passions to reason
    • Virtue
    • Vice
    • PPF 86: Candidates should give evidence of having interiorized their seminary formation.
    • PPF 87:  Candidates bear the primary responsibility for their human formation.
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Cardinal Virtues
  • Prudence
  • Justice
  • Temperance
  • Fortitude


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Virtue in Relationships

  • Created for Relationships
    • Inclination to life in community
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Ethics and Relationship Contract
  • Ministerial (Professional)
    • For the other
    • Self is here
    • But the intention is not for me to receive



  • Personal
    • There is a reciprocity that is expected
      • God
      • Other persons
    • Importance for Professional Relationships
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Developing Healthy Ministerial Relationships
  • Spiritual Dimension
  • Obedience
  • Confidentiality
    • Confession
    • Spiritual Direction
    • Pastoral Situations and Counseling
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Developing Healthy Personal Relationships
  • Spiritual Dimension
  • Defining Intimacy and its importance
    • Knowing and being known deeply
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Ethics and Relationship Contract
  • Unhealthy
    • Solely for the other
    • Solely for the self


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Virtue in Relationships
  • Boundaries
    • Temperance
      • Continence
      • Chastity/Celibate chastity
      • Language and actions
    • Prudence
      • Appearance of impropriety
      • Scandal
      • Flirtatious behavior
    • Behaviors that support integrity of relationship contract
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Boundary Violations
  • Abuse
    • Other
    • Self

  • Neglect
    • Other
    • Self
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Dual Relationships
  • Ministerial and Personal
  • Changing relationship contracts
  • Conflicts of interest
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Duties of Priest
  • Availability
    • Approachability
    • Trustworthiness
  • Dependability
  • Organization
  • Responsibility
  • Simplicity


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Canonical Issues
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The Experience of Priests on Ethics
  • Pastors
  • Vocation Directors
  • Young Priests
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Diocesan Codes of Conduct
  • Check with your archdiocese or diocese for policies relating to priestly ethics, faculties, etc.