The 6th edition of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Program of Priestly Formation mandates a "propaedeutic" stage for all first entering into seminary.
ST. MEINRAD, Ind. (OSV News) One of the biggest changes in priestly formation in the Catholic Church in a generation is gaining traction at St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in St. Meinrad. The sixth edition of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Program of Priestly Formation, or PPF, which began to be Future priests will train in human formation, spiritual formation, intellectual formation and pastoral formation.