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Vocations

Discernment and promotion of vocations.

Also called vocation, discernment.

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1950s

  1. Conclusiones de la Conferencia General de Río de Janeiro4 August 1955Rio de Janeiro Conclusions (root; founding of CELAM)Bishops' Conferences

1960s

  1. Summi Dei Verbum4 November 1963On the Fourth Centenary of the Tridentine SeminariesPope
  2. Optatam Totius28 October 1965Decree on Priestly TrainingEcumenical Council
  3. Renovationis causam†6 January 1969Instruction on renewal of religious formationRoman Curia

1980s

  1. Redemptionis Donum25 March 1984To men and women religious on consecrationPope
  2. Dilecti Amici31 March 1985To the youth of the world (International Youth Year)Pope

1990s

  1. Potissimum institutioni†2 February 1990Directives on Formation in Religious InstitutesRoman Curia
  2. Message to the People of God†27 October 1990VIII Ordinary General Assembly (1990), Formation of Priests in Circumstances of the Present Day: Message to the People of God [→ Pastores Dabo Vobis]Synod of Bishops
  3. The Program of Priestly Formation (4th ed.)†1992Program of Priestly Formation (4th ed.)Bishops' Conferences
  4. Pastores Dabo Vobis25 March 1992On the formation of priestsPope
  5. Vita Consecrata25 March 1996On the consecrated life and its missionPope

2000s

  1. Instruction concerning the criteria for the discernment of vocations with regard to persons with homosexual tendencies4 November 2005Criteria for Discernment of Vocations (homosexual tendencies)Roman Curia
  2. Guidelines for the Use of Psychology in the Admission and Formation of Candidates for the Priesthood28 June 2008Guidelines for the Use of Psychology in Priestly FormationRoman Curia

2010s

  1. Lettera ai seminaristi18 October 2010Letter to seminariansPope
  2. Ratio fundamentalis institutionis sacerdotalis8 December 2016The Gift of the Priestly VocationRoman Curia
  3. For Greater Things You Were Born1 March 2017For Greater Things You Were Born (on human dignity and vocation)Diocesan Bishops
  4. Final Document27 October 2018XV Ordinary General Assembly (2018), Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment: Final Document [→ Christus Vivit]Synod of Bishops
  5. Christus vivit25 March 2019On young people (post-synodal)Pope

2020s

  1. Program of Priestly Formation in the United States of America (6th ed.)24 June 2022Program of Priestly Formation (6th ed.)Bishops' Conferences
  2. Catechesis on Discernment31 August 2022 – 4 January 2023Fourteen catecheses on spiritual discernment, 2022-2023Pope