This program deals with the need to preparing for our life and ministry after we've completed our work in Administration.  We invite priests over 60 to reflect on certain common experiences that will surely occupy their time and attention during their retirement years.  In cooperation with Mr. Alex Becker, Executive Director of the Priests' Retirement and Mutual Aid Association, and our Vicars for Senior Priests we will periodically offer one day programs dealing with some of the concerns of priests over 60:

• Health issues: what services are available through the Archdiocese and how do we obtain them?
• Pension benefits: what kind of compensation will we receive after we retire?
• Finding a place to live: Do I continue to live at the rectory where I was pastor?  Do I move to another rectory?  Do I buy a condo and live alone? Do I move in with a relative?  Do I apply to live at the Bishop Lyne Retirement Home for Priests?  What if I end up in a nursing home?  What are the pros and cons of each living situation?  A panel discussion of priests who represent each of these situations has been proven to be useful in helping priests make an informed decision on the very important decision of where to live during the retirement years.
• Personal identity as a "retired priest".  Having spent many years in administration as a pastor or in a diocesan ministry, a retired priest is confronted with the transition to the new life of a "retired priest".  What have other priests discovered as helpful tools to making a successful transition to retirement? 
  

For further information on this or any of our programs, please call or write:
Ongoing Formation in Ministry
4419 N. Kedzie Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
Phone: 773/478-7543
Fax: 773/583-8130