Deacon Inquirer

2014 Cohort Formation Schedule

2009 - 2010

Posted 9/4/2009

Course #

Course Description

Instructor

Location

Time

Dates

 

Inquiry Meetings

Dcn. Keith

STM/SJV

2pm – 5pm

3/22 & 3/29

100

Orientation to Diaconate Formation

Dcn. Keith

STM

8am-3pm

10/10/09

101

Diaconal Vocation and Ministry

Dcn. Keith

DPC

8am – 3pm

11/7

102*

Discernment Skills for the Diaconate

Dcn. Jim Trant

STM

8am – 3pm

12/19

103*

The Importance of Personal & Communal Prayer for Discernment

Fr. John Lankeit

DPC

8am – 3pm

 

1/23/10

* 

Pre-Convocation Formation

Dcn. Keith

TBD

6:30- 9pm

1/29

* 

Convocation

Bishop Olmsted

TBD

8am – 3pm

1/30

104*

Practicum in Personal Prayer

 

 

 

Spring/10

105* 

Perspectives on Family and Marriage

Mike Phelan

STM

9am – 3pm

3/27

106*

Basic Teachings of the Church for Inquirers

Dcn. Dennis Raczkowski

DPC

8am – 3 pm

2/27

**

Welcome To Aspirancy Celebration

Dcn. Jim Trant

TBD

6:30-8:00

4/30

107*  **

Aspirant Retreat

TBD

TBD

8am – 7pm

August

Course Dates, times and instructors are subject to change.  Please call 602-354-2013 for changes.

Key:

TBD = To Be Determined                                                                   SJV = St. John Vianney (Sedona)

STM = St. Thomas More Parish, 6180 W. Utopia, Glendale             

DPC = Diocesan Pastoral Center, 400 E. Monroe, Phx.                    

 

Most courses will be taught at St. Thomas More Parish:  6180 W. Utopia Rd. Glendale, AZ  85308.  Located 1/2 mile South of the 101 and 3 blocks West of 59th Ave.

 

Spouses of inquirers are expected to attend all sessions with their husbands.  Requests for permission to miss a formation session should be addressed by email to Dcn. Keith Davis (dcndavis@diocesephoenix.org).  Children living at home are asked to attend PDF 105.

 

*  PDF 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, the Convocation, and the Congress are for those who have submitted applications (and their spouses).

 

** Aspirancy Celebration and PDF 107 are for those admitted to Aspirancy (and their wives).