Formation Assistant

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About this app

Formation Assistant supports every stage of Catholic diaconate formation by keeping candidates, spouses, formators, and diocesan formation teams connected, organized, and focused on discernment.

Built specifically for Catholic formation, Formation Assistant brings prayer, reflection, communication, feedback, scheduling, evaluations, and cohort management together in one secure platform.

FOR CANDIDATES AND ASPIRANTS

Stay engaged in formation wherever you are.

• Follow structured monthly discernment topics
• Complete spiritual exercises and reflections
• Record Lectionary and liturgical reflections
• Maintain spiritual practice logs
• Track formation activities and attendance
• Participate in prayer apostolates
• Receive feedback from your formation team
• View schedules, assignments, and upcoming events

FOR SPOUSES

Formation Assistant recognizes that diaconate formation affects the whole family. Spouses can participate in formation activities, receive communication and feedback, and remain connected with the formation community.

FOR FORMATORS AND FORMATION TEAMS

Spend less time managing information and more time accompanying people.

• Review candidate reflections and spiritual exercises
• Provide timely, meaningful feedback
• Save feedback as drafts before release
• Use structured approval workflows
• Monitor participation and progress
• Manage cohorts, candidates, and spouses
• Track attendance and formation activities
• Coordinate schedules and events
• Review evaluations and formation records
• Communicate with candidates and team members

DISCERNMENT AT THE CENTER

Diaconate formation is more than completing requirements. It is a process of prayer, discernment, human growth, spiritual formation, and accompaniment.

Monthly Discernment Topics help candidates prayerfully examine their vocation through Scripture, Church teaching, guided reflection, and questions designed around the different stages of formation.

FORMATION THROUGH SCRIPTURE

Lectionary Reflections encourage candidates to engage deeply with the Word of God and connect Scripture with their developing vocation and ministry. Formation team members can review reflections, offer comments, and use those conversations for ongoing accompaniment.

MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK

Formation Assistant gives formation teams a structured way to provide feedback to candidates and spouses. Feedback can be drafted, reviewed, approved, and released through an integrated workflow, helping teams communicate thoughtfully and consistently.

PRAYER AND SPIRITUAL FORMATION

Candidates can maintain spiritual practices such as:

• Liturgy of the Hours
• Discernment prayer
• Examination of conscience
• Spiritual reading
• Scripture reading
• Other practices established by their formation program

Prayer apostolates help keep prayer at the heart of the formation community by allowing participants to pray for the intentions and needs of others.

TOOLS FOR DIOCESAN FORMATION

Formation Assistant provides formation directors and administrators with tools to manage the broader formation program, including:

• Cohort management
• Candidate and spouse records
• Formation team dashboards
• Attendance tracking
• Scheduling and calendars
• Evaluations
• Spiritual practice configuration
• Prayer apostolates
• Formation resources
• Notifications and communication
• Role-based access and permissions

ONE PLATFORM FOR THE FORMATION COMMUNITY

Formation Assistant brings candidates, spouses, formators, and diocesan leaders together in one organized environment designed specifically for Catholic diaconate formation.

The goal is simple: reduce administrative burden, strengthen communication, support deeper discernment, and give formation teams more time for what matters most—accompanying people as they discern and respond to God's call.

Formation Assistant
Catholic Diaconate Formation. Organized.

What’s new

• Role-based home dashboards for your formation path
• Cohort and formation-team chat
• Parish observer evaluations, summaries, and N/A ratings
• Periodic reviews for formation teams
• Improved flashcard study decks
• Discernment topics and exercises for inquirers
• Profile, photo, and notification updates
• Open the app from links and notifications
• Accessibility and performance improvements