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Parish Mentorship Program

91自拍 and Seminary is offering a holistic ongoing formation program that gives pastors personal renewal, practical mentorship training, and fraternal support. Through this program, diocesan presbyterates will be strengthened and equipped to confidently mentor transitional deacons in the Vocational Synthesis Stage as well as newly ordained priests.

 

Cost: FREE (participants responsible for travel costs).

Format

The Parish Mentorship Program consists of three in-person gatherings per year for two years. The gatherings include opportunity for practical instruction, contemplative retreats, small group practicum and one-on-one mentoring.

Schedules are designed for clergy, beginning Monday evening and ending Friday morning. Daily schedules include a morning and afternoon session, communal Mass and Adoration. Lodging and meals are provided at the Saint Benedict Guesthouse and Retreat Center.

Lodging & Meals

Lodging and meals are provided at the Saint Benedict Guesthouse & Retreat Center. Check-in is 4 pm Monday and check-out is 12 pm Friday.

Participation

Dioceses are encouraged to send 2鈥3 Pastors along with the Vocation Director and/or Vicar for Clergy. From our collaboration with other programs nationwide, we have found that this fosters a long-term communal impact on the presbyterate more than isolated participation.

2026鈥2028 Schedule
Year 1

1 Responding to the Holy Spirit as a Formative Community
August 31鈥揝eptember 4, 2026
Retreat Format

  • Introduction to Ongoing Formation, the Vocational Synthesis Stage and Parish Mentorship
  • Cultivating spiritual fatherhood and priestly identity
  • The Holy Spirit as the primary formator

2 The Art of Accompaniment
November 30鈥揇ecember 4, 2026

  • Practical skills and tools of accompaniment
  • Fostering communion in the presbyterate and parish
  • Bridging the generational gap

3 Christian Psychological Integration in Parish Life
March 8鈥12, 2027

  • Accompanying the anxious generation
  • Principles for healthy conflict
  • Psychological issues and remedies
Year 2

4 The Church as Field Hospital: Receiving and Administering Mercy
August 30鈥揝eptember 3, 2027
Retreat Format

  • Witnessing to the power of mercy and living in freedom as children of God
  • Appropriation of St. Ignatius鈥檚 鈥淩ules for the Discernment of Spirits鈥
  • Renewing the Sacrament of Penance

5 Formation for a Life of Discernment: Personal, Ecclesial, and Pastoral
November 29鈥揇ecember 3, 2027

  • Personal Discernment, Communion Ecclesiology, and the Role of the Laity in relation to Ongoing Formation
  • Benedictine spirituality applied to parish life and mentorship
  • Cultivating a healthy liturgical temperament

6 The Parish Community: Mobilized for Mission and Evangelization
March 6鈥10, 2028

  • Recapturing God鈥檚 plan for creation and the mission of the Church
  • How to bring an entire parish through the kerygma, a call to discipleship, and getting mobilized for mission
  • Understanding the importance of how we do what we do