NATIONAL FORMATION PROGRAM

FORMATION PROGRAM MATERIALS

Each community will be responsible for owning a complete set of the new Formation Program materials: one Handbook and six Formation Manuals (one for each level). There will be two options available to do this

  1. Printing directly from the OCDS website. Permission to download and print the documents from the website has been granted. Candidates in Formation may also download and print their own copies.

  2. Purchasing 8.5” x 11” softcover paperback books directly from Lulu Press at cost. Each book will be available for purchase separately.

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FORMATION HANDBOOK & ASPIRANCY

FORMATION I: YEARS A & B

We are aware that there are some corrections that need to be made to the Formation Handbooks; that issue is being addressed. However, one error in particular is proving to be very problematic and that is the title of the required book for Formation I - Year A: "The Way of Perfection."

On page 6 of the Formation Manual, it states that "The Way of Perfection" can be found in Volume ONE of the Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila. This is incorrect: it is actually in Volume TWO.

Orders have been placed with ICS for Volume One with the result that there are disappointed customers asking for a refund since "The Way of Perfection" is not in that volume; this is causing problems (time, effort, energy) with ICS, as you can imagine. 

Formation Directors: please make sure to alert members of this error and instruct them to purchase Volume TWO of the Collected Works when studying "The Way of Perfection."         

FORMATION II: YEARS A, B, & C