Vocations And Their Formation Today Formation In The Religious Life Call Discernment Adaptation Lespinay by Lespinay, Guy instant download after payment.

xxix, 175 p. ; 21 cm, Includes bibliographical references (p.171-172), Foreword -- The how or the why of religious life -- Discernment in the face of positive and negative experiences -- Are aptitudes signs? -- Attitudes of those responsible for formation -- Certainty and religious life -- The call to religious life -- From whom does the call come? -- God calls by means of the events of one's life -- The basis of our choices -- The birth of a desire -- Time for thinking things over -- How to discover the call via aspirations -- The desire to meet God and set out an exodus spirituality -- The signs accompanying the choice of religious life -- What is discernment? -- Who is to discern? -- Choosing on the basis of desires and motivations -- The desire to encounter God, a God who makes sense of my life -- The desire to live in a group -- The desire for a change in life, conversion -- The desire to follow Jesus -- Trust in the future -- Renunciation -- The taste for knowing and learning -- Generosity -- The quest for an institutional form of life -- Who are the young today? -- A first statement -- The universe of the young -- Values that can favor a call to religious life -- What are young people expecting from us? -- The apprehensions -- The fear of commitment -- The fear of rules -- Some reference points for formation -- Accompanying vocations -- Motivations -- Elitism in religious life -- The exercise of compassion : truth or ideology -- The candidate's personal antecedents -- Vital strengths of the individual -- Purity of intentions and commitments -- Pre-formation -- To be successful : a gradual entering -- The family background -- Pastoral aptitudes or psychotherapy -- The pre-formation steps -- The initial request -- Contacts with the community -- Conditions for the period of training -- Study -- Regular and well-prepared interviews -- Discretion -- Adaptation to religious life -- A new phase : the formation itself -- Entry into religious life -- The test of…