Moralny imperatyw troski o permanentną formację kapłańską w świetle Listu do moich kapłanów o stałej formacji abp. Stanisława Nowaka

Abstract

Dynamic changes in today’s world also require constant education and acquiring new qualifcations from priests. The fathers of the Second Vatican Council, the post-Conciliar Church and successive popes: John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Pope Francis had already had this awareness. Over the years, the principle of permanent formation of priests, a continuation of seminary education, has been developed. It includes human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral formation. Also, Archbishop Stanisław Nowak, for 27 years of his ministry in the Diocese and then the Archdiocese of Częstochowa, took personal care of formatio permanens. He gave this expression in the Letter To My Priests About Permanent Formation on June 7, 1996. He described the formation program in it and appointed the formators responsible for it. His concern for the priestly formation has been continued by his successor, the current archbishop of Częstochowa, dr Wacław Depo. The fruits of this formation ultimately depend on the personal approach of each priest to it. Ut Christus formetur in nobis.