Best Practices in Formation

 These links open Word documents:

Discerning a Vocation to Carmel: the Council's Role

Discernment Interview

More Tidbits on Discernment

Notes on Discernment

Study Group Profession Request Procedure

Study Group Profession Interview Summary Sample

Visitor Discernment Process

With the generous permission of our Canadian OCDS, we provide exerpts from their formation manual which might also be very helpful for discernment:

 Aspirant Self-Evaluation Guide

Self Evaluation Guide for every level of formation

Points for the Council to Consider Prior to the Discernment Interview

Guidelines for All Interviews

Some helptful articles from the California-Arizona Province Formation Guidelines:

Impediments to joining the Secular Order - by Doreen Glenn Pawski OCDS

Saying No When the Call to Carmel is Lacking - by Rebecca Lambert OCDS

Discernment - by Francis J. Kindkugel SJ

Vows in the Secular Order - by Michael Buckley OCD

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