Lay Formation Institute

The Lay Formation Institute is an initiative of our Diocesan vision, the Church Fully Alive. The Institute prepares the laity for leadership roles in our parishes and helps lay ministers eventually become accredited as ministers. The program is also available to anyone in the diocese to deepen their knowledge of the faith and the call to be disciples. Institute curriculum is comprised of online classes through the University of Notre Dame’s STEP program, and spiritual and pastoral formation days held locally. The basic program is 2 years. 

The Lay Formation Institute also has a Facebook group for members. Those with Facebook are invited to join the group: Lay Formation Institute of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee.

The inaugural program began in the fall of 2016. With the first cohort of the Lay Formation Institute concluding in May, our diocese will be starting a brand new program in August of 2018. There will be a few changes from the past:

• This program will run for three years rather than the previous two.  Our participants found that there was too much pressure to complete the classes in the given amount of time, so we have spread them out over a three-year rather than a two-year period.

• We will be using the University of Dayton instead of Notre Dame.  Dayton provides a wider variety of classes and the cost will be cheaper for the participants or the parishes if they are supporting a candidate.

See the The application forms below- Registration deadline is June 18th