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PREPARING FOR THE THIRD AGE OF LIFE The following information is offered for the general consideration and use of archdioceses and dioceses interested in enhancing the information provided to their priests as they contemplate and prepare for retirement. Each section of this Manual must be carefully reviewed and then, as needed, altered to reflect the policies and procedures that guide each archdioceses’ or dioceses’ pension plan and related retirement benefit programs available to qualifying priests. Prior to releasing or using a Manual intended to reflect an archdioceses’ or dioceses’ own pension plan and related retirement benefit programs, it is strongly recommended that the advice and guidance of a qualified financial and retirement benefits advisor familiar with the U.S. Catholic Church be sought. I. INTRODUCTION "Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made..." (Robert Browning) Ready or not, sometime after the age of 70, most workers leave the job they planned for and pursued for a great portion of their lives. Although retirement is viewed by each person as an individual experience, it is actually a part of living in which all persons, in some way, share common problems and pleasures. This pre-retirement manual has been prepared to help priests of the Diocese of ____________ plan and get ready for the "third age" years so they can live them in a fulfilling and joyous way. LSRP ● P.O. Box 1019, Bonita Springs, FL 34133 ● www.LSRPinc.org 1 | P a g e Every priest is st r o ng l y encouraged to make appropriate long-range plans for when he resigns from the ecclesiastical office, commonly referred to as "retirement." These plans should include at what age he prefers to offer his resignation, where he wishes to reside, how he wishes to continue to exercise his priestly ministry, and other practical matters (e.g., health, finances, etc.).
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