Sample formation opportunities:
- No credit for annual retreat—canonical requirement
- Certificate courses
- College credit courses
- Adult enrichment courses as offered through a diocese
- Conferences, seminars, workshops, intensive weekends
- On-line courses
- Reading of books—identify book and attach brief summary of the book read
- Speaking workshops through your workplace
The following activities are not normally included in the formation opportunities:
- Travel to and from the place of instruction
- Information meetings and conferences
- Prayer services and liturgies
- Spiritual direction sessions
- Any parish meetings
- Administration and business meetings
- Support group functions
- Courses not related to ministerial services
- Courses, RCIA or talks you might be presenting