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Carmelite Formation: a Journey of Transformation Ratio Institutionis Vitae Carmelitane CARMELITE FORMATION: A JOURNEY OF TRANSFORMATION GERNERAL CURIA OF THE CARMELITE ORDER ROME 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS LETTER FROM THE PRIOR GENERAL ......................... 5 ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................. 9 INTRODUCTION ................................................................. 12 PART ONE THE PROCESS OF FORMATION ................... 16 1. CALLED TO FOLLOW CHRIST: "IN OBSEQUIO JESU CHRISTI VIVERE".................................................... 16 A. Called by God‟s love....................................................... 16 B. Called to an Evangelical Journey .................................... 20 C. Setting out in response to the call ................................... 23 D. The journey of formation ................................................ 26 E. “This way is good and holy: follow it.” .......................... 30 2. CALLED TO THE CARMELITE LIFE: CONTEMPLATIVE FRATERNITY IN THE MIDST OF THE PEOPLE ........................................................................ 32 A. Receiving Elijah‟s mantle ............................................... 32 B. Contemplation: the heart of the Carmelite charism ........ 33 C. Prayer: the experience of God who transforms us .......... 39 D. Community: sharing the experience of God ................... 45 E. Service among the people: the experience of God sends us into mission ............................................................................. 50 F. Elijah and Mary ............................................................... 60 3. AGENTS AND INTERMEDIATES OF FORMATION: OBEDIENT TO THE ACTION OF THE SPIRIT ............... 64 A. The agents: God and the one who is called ..................... 64 B. Principal intermediates .................................................... 66 C. Support structures and the responsibilities of major 2 superiors .................................................................................. 73 PART TWO STAGES IN THE PROCESS OF FORMATION ....................................................................... 77 1. THE VOCATIONS MINISTRY: HELPING OTHERS TO FIND THEIR WAY................................................................ 78 A. Objectives and description .............................................. 78 B. Criteria for discernment .................................................. 81 2. THE PRE-NOVITIATE: PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY .............................................................................. 83 A. Objectives and description .............................................. 83 B. Persons responsible for the pre-novitiate ........................ 83 C. Structure and content ...................................................... 86 3. THE NOVITIATE: SETTING OUT ON THE JOURNEY ................................................................................................. 91 A. Objectives and description .............................................. 91 B. Persons responsible for the novitiate .............................. 92 C. Structure and content ...................................................... 95 D. Criteria for discernment .................................................. 98 4. THE PERIOD OF SIMPLE PROFESSION: ON THE JOURNEY ............................................................................ 100 A. Objectives and description ............................................ 100 B. Persons responsible for the period of simple profession 101 C. Structure and content .................................................... 104 D. Criteria for discernment ................................................ 107 5. FORMATION TO SERVICE: JOURNEYING FOR OTHERS ............................................................................... 110 A. Objectives and description ............................................ 110 B. Persons responsible for formation to service ................ 112 C. Structure and content .................................................... 115 D. Criteria for discernment ................................................ 118 6. ONGOING FORMATION: A CONTINUING JOURNEY ............................................................................................... 120 A. Objectives and description ............................................ 120 B. Persons responsible for ongoing formation .................. 121 C. Structure and content .................................................... 123 D. Times requiring special responses ................................ 125 PART THREE PROGRAM OF CARMELITE STUDIES ............................................................................................... 130 A. The pre-novitiate ........................................................... 130 B. The novitiate ................................................................. 132 C. The period of simple profession and formation to service 137 D. Specialization ................................................................ 140 APPENDIX .......................................................................... 142 INDEX .................................................................................. 146 4 LETTER FROM THE PRIOR GENERAL PRIORE GENERALE DEI CARMELITANI VIA GIOVANNI LANZA, 138 00184 ROM A-ITALIA Rome, 14th June 2013 Memorial of St. Elisha Prot. 238/2013 Dear Brothers, I wish to present you with a new edition of the 2000 Ratio Institutionis (RIVC). I say “new edition” in that following a request made to provincials and formators in 2009, many responded indicating that few changes needed to be made. Having considered the positive recommendations and suggestions made by the members of the Order, a number of experts were asked to contribute material for inclusion in a revised final text. The International Carmelite Formation Commission then worked on all the material received and made some additions to the text of 2000. New or revised additions relate to the vows, human development, silence, liturgy, work, inculturation and child protection. These texts were presented to the Order‟s formators in Camocim, Brazil, in 2010 and some changes were made. Finally, this new material was presented to the General Congregation in Niagara Falls, Canada, in 2011. To all who have contributed to this work I extend our sincere thanks. The text was approved by the General Council during session 306 held on 12th June 2013 according to our Constitutions (129). The Ratio Institutionis continues to be one of our most significant documents of this post-conciliar period. It has indeed led many, throughout a life-long formation process, into a more profound journey of transformation. Work must now continue regarding formation within the Order, which is already finding new expressions throughout a rich cultural expansion across the globe. It must also be the task of the Commission in the future, to continue to work on a revised Ratio Studiorum Carmelitarum. I am convinced, as I have said on many occasions, that formation is not only something that is academic and intellectual, but rather it is a question of an attitude that is both spiritual and life-oriented. To have an “attitude of formation” means to remain always attentive to the will of God and to our identity, which is fundamentally a response to that will, and to the signs of the times, through which, despite all their ambiguity, God is communicating something to us. Not to take account of formation, or not to take formation seriously, really demonstrates a serious lack of responsibility in relation to both the spiritual and the pastoral. I believe that, among many other values, the Ratio brings together a series of values in a balance that is not always easy to achieve, values that have to be complementary to one another in the process of formation in an Order like ours. On the one hand, the RIVC brings together realism and idealism, in order not to fall either into a kind of formation that might be too abstract and theoretical, and far removed from the human situation of our candidates and our context, or into an absence of lofty 6 and noble ideals that allow us to dream and to grow. Similarly, it brings together internationality and local culture in such a way that we can know that we are part of a universal order sharing processes, values and symbols that are common while at the same time respecting the diversity of local cultures. In this way, the RIVC integrates different nuances and expressions of the charism in a common project that includes a formation that preserves the fundamental values of our identity and of or spirituality. Lastly, the RIVC brings together the value of tradition (our history, our past, our symbols, our identity) and the creativity that is necessary in order to respond properly to the challenges of our time and to ensure that our charism is meaningful in the world of today. I ask you therefore, that you look upon this new version of the Ratio as a very important tool in the task of formation and as a document of vital importance in our Carmelite life today. I encourage you to read it and to work on it, both individually and in community. I believe that we can all be enriched by reading it and we can feel challenged and encouraged in our vocation, whatever our age may be or whatever stage of formation we find ourselves now. Finally, I ask you that you accept it with all the affection that we have towards what is our own, for all that belongs to our family, and with the kind of generosity that will make this new version
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