Documents issued by

Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions)

Documents (18)	Type	Date
On the Reform of Ecclesiastical Studies of Philosophy philosophy seminary	Decree	2011.01.28
On religious education in schools education	Circular Letter	2009.05.05
Guidelines for the Use of Psychology in the Admission and Formation of Candidates for the Priesthood seminary	Document	2008.06.29
Reform of the Higher Institutes of Religious Sciences education	Document	2008.06.28
Educating Together in Catholic Schools: Shared Mission of Consecrated Persons and Lay Faithful education	Document	2007.09.08
On the criteria for the discernment of vocations with regard to persons with homosexual tendencies in view of their admission to the Seminary and to Holy Orders homosexuality seminary	Instruction	2005.11.04
Statement on the Program of Jewish Studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University Jews	Document	2002.11.14
Consecrated Persons and their Mission in Schools: Reflections and Guidelines education religious	Document	2002.10.28
Revising the order of studies in the for the faculties and departments of canon law canon law	Decree	2002.09.02
Directory for the ministry and life of permanent deacons Basic norms for the formation of permanent deacons deacon	Directory	1998.02.22
The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium education	Document	1997.12.28
On the admission to seminary of candidates coming from other seminaries or religious families seminary	Instruction	1996.03.08
Directives on the formation of seminarians concerning problems related to marriage and the family family seminary	Document	1995.03.19
The Presence of the Church in the University and in University Culture culture education	Document	1994.05.22
Directives on the preparation of seminary educators: seminary personnel, rectors, vice rectors, spiritual directors and confessors, professors, and collaborators seminary	Document	1993.11.04
On the Canonical Norms Relating to Irregularities and Impediments Both for Receiving Orders and Exercising Ordained Ministry seminary	Circular Letter	1992.02.02
On the study of the Fathers of the Church in the formation of priests seminary	Instruction	1989.11.10
Guidelines for the study and teaching of the Church’s social doctrine in the formation of priests seminary social	Document	1988.12.30

Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education

Documents (11)	Type	Date
Educational Guidance in Human Love Outlines for sex education bioethics education seminary	Document	1983.11.01
Lay Catholics in Schools: Witnesses to Faith education laity	Document	1982.10.15
On some of the more urgent aspects of spiritual formation in seminaries seminary	Circular Letter	1980.01.06
Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis, 1 seminary	Document	1980.01.06
On liturgical formation in seminaries liturgy seminary	Instruction	1979.06.03
The Catholic School education	Document	1977.03.19
On the Formation of Adult Vocations seminary	Circular Letter	1976.07.14
On the theological formation of future priests seminary	Instruction	1976.02.22
On the teaching of canon law to those preparing to be priests canon law seminary	Document	1975.04.02
A Guide to Formation in Priestly Celibacy seminary	Document	1974.04.11
On the study of philosophy in seminaries philosophy seminary	Curial Letter	1972.01.20

Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

Documents (1)	Type	Date
Seminaria Ecclesiæ Catholicæ seminary	Directory	1963.07.10

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General Regulations of the Roman Curia Roman Curia	Norms	Secretariat of State	1994.04.30
General Regulations of the Roman Curia Roman Curia	Norms	Secretariat of State	1992.02.04
Pastor bonus / The Good Shepherd Reorganizing the Roman Curia canon law Roman Curia	Apostolic Constitution	Saint Pope John Paul II	1988.06.28
Regimini Ecclesiæ universæ / Government of the Universal Church Reorganizing the Roman Curia cardinal pope Roman Curia	Apostolic Constitution	Saint Pope Paul VI	1967.08.15
Chirograph reserving to himself the Prefecture of the Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities Roman Curia	Letter	Pope Pius XI	1937.09.03
Con grande Nostra On the institution of a Commission conferring academic degrees in sacred disciplines	Letter	Pope Pius XI	1930.02.06
Seminaria clericorum Establishing the Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities Roman Curia seminary	Motu Proprio	Pope Benedict XV	1915.11.04
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