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===Comments from the 1998 General Assembly===


'''IV. FORMATION OF THE DIOCESAN CLERGY'''

At the General Assembly of 1992, in his reflection on the state of the Congregation, Fr. McCullen expressed the desire for a greater Vincentian presence in this apostolate which is so crucial for the renewal of the Church today.

I am happy to say that our presence in the formation of the diocesan clergy has increased over the last six years. Some of our new missions aim precisely at assisting the clergy. Today, the Congregation continues to sponsor a number of seminary programs where diocesan priests are formed: at Piacenza and Genoa in Italy; at All Hallows in Ireland; at Gdansk in Poland; at Popayán, Arauca, Garzón, Ibagué, Inzá, Betel, San Vicente del Caguán, Restrepo, and Vereda Minas Belalcázar in Colombia; at Chongoene in Mozambique; atAdelaide in Australia; at Curitiba in Brazil; at Malang in Indonesia and at Honiara in the Solomon Islands. Confreres in various countries also participate in seminary programs that are run by others for training diocesan priests (e.g., in the United States, Fiji, Nigeria, Poland, Byelorussia, France, Mozambique, the Philippines and many other countries). Likewise, they serve in universities that offer programs for priestly formation (e.g., at St. John's University in the United States, at Belo Horizonte in Brazil).

Robert P. Maloney "Status of the Congregation"

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===Excerpts from the [[Constitutions]] and Statutes===

... belongs to the purpose of the Congregation C: 1,3; CR:1,1

... work of helping the clergy and its renewal C: 15

... cooperation with the clergy C:3, # 2; S; 15, #3

... we shall receive pirest with hospitality S:15,#2

... obligations toward clerics CR: I, 1; V,1; XI,6

 
'''Seminaries'''

... work of the Congregation of the Mission, C: 15

... joined to parishes , S:10, #2

... the work of the formation of the clergy should be renewed, C; 15

... in the Common Rules, CR: XII, 6

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