Accountability Policy

June 2011

Canon #661: Throughout their entire life religious are to continue carefully their own spiritual, doctrinal, and practical formation, and superiors are to provide them with the resources to do this.

View Ongoing Education Flyer and "Letter from the Provincial"

Accountability Form

1. Each member is responsible for his own continuing education and is expected to devote a minimum of five full days annually to this purpose. This does not include the Annual Retreat.
    

2. Superiors should assist members by providing appropriate reading materials and supporting appropriate continuing educational activities. Superiors are obliged to offer all confreres, particularly those in the first five years of perpetual vows, special opportunities for exchanging experiences and further education.
    

3. Superiors are also to participate in courses and conferences with respect to administration, spiritual leadership and other relevant topics.
    

4. Confreres of a district are encouraged to meet to discuss questions of religious life, pastoral work and theology. The date and themes should be made known to all as early as possible to give time for adequate preparation.
    

5. Each member under the age of 70 is asked to complete an Annual Accountability Statement detailing how he has fulfilled the Province policy on ongoing education. The annual statement covers the period of July 1st thru June 30th.
    

6. Those over the age of 70 are only required to submit an Accountability Statement if they have received Province funding for ongoing education in the previous fiscal year or plan to apply for funding in the current fiscal year.

Completed Accountability Statements:

May be mailed to Office of Education, Recruitment & Formation, USC Province Center,
PO Box 6038, Techny, IL 60082-6038
Or faxed to the Education Office at (847) 412-9503
Or emailed to the Education Office at educsvd@uscsvd.org (Subject line: AAS)