Pastoral Field Education

Pastoral Field education is a sustained immersion experience in which a student can discover, test, and develop their gifts for ministry, with the guidance of a qualified supervisor and the support of regular theological reflection with their advisor. It assists students in the acquisition of skills and self-knowledge in the context of faith, tradition, and active ministry; it “will not only give the [student] a greater awareness of the needs and mission of the [diocesan] Church, but will assist in the discernment and development of his own . . . talents and gifts.” (National Directory for the Formation, Ministry, and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States, 2nd edition, §228).