Growth in discipleship means "to put on the mind that was in Christ Jesus." (Phil. 2: 5) This means coming to know Jesus so intimately and patterning one's life on his so closely that one projects the values that Jesus had. Certain structures of Seminary life attempt to do this.

1. Apart from the moments of community prayer, the emphasis on prayer methods will be continued so that seminarians will develop and maintain an appetite for personal prayer. They will be asked to spend at least an hour daily in personal prayer.
2. The spiritual director will also ensure that a programme of retreats and days of recollection is drawn up in which over a period of time certain aspects of the Christian life are treated. There will be a weekly Gospel meditation. The solemnities of the Church's liturgical year will be appropriately celebrated as will occasions of national and world importance.
3. Spiritual direction, as the moment when seminarians are helped to recognize the voice of the Spirit in their lives, will be a priority.
4. Following the definition of St. Anselm, "Fides quaerens intellectum", seminarians will be helped to understand theology not as a secular subject but as an exercise in contemplation.

For more information see Plan of Formation I