Nice used book. Some wear to cover edges and corners. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: This collection of 12 essays addresses themes including the priest in communio; acting in persona Christi; priestly fraternity; and the role of the priest as catechist and chief evangelist. . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: * ADDRESS of His Excellency Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, Apostolic Nuncio: General Meeting of the U.S. Catholic Bishops, November 15, 1999 -- * INTRODUCTION: Most Reverend Richard Hanifen -- 1.) The call to communion and the road to priestly maturity: *circles of communion* by John M. D'Arcy -- 2.) The sacramental identity of the ministerial priesthood: *In persona Christi* by Daniel M. Buechlein -- 3.) Collaborators in ministry: the bishop and his priests by Robert N. Lynch -- 4.) Pastoral charity rooted in priestly fraternity by Francis George -- 5.) Ministry of the word, the Primum officium of the priest, and the *new evangelization* by Charles J. Chaput -- 6.) Preaching the gospel in the new millennium: obstacles and hopes by Roger M. Mahony -- 7.) The role of priests in catechesis in the new millennium: anchored in tradition by Donald W. Wuerl -- 8.) The role of the priest in fostering the ministry and service of laity in the church and the world by Howard J. Hubbard -- 9.) Priesthood in the service of justice by William S. Skylstad -- 10.) Priesthood in the midst of cultural diversity by Gerald R. Barnes -- 11.) The priest as administrator: rediscovering our tradition of pastoral leadership by Blase J. Cupich -- 12.) Toward a future full of hope: the church calls forth priestly vocations for the third Christian millennium by Paul S. Loverde