Susan K. Wood, SCL, is chair of the department of theology at Marquette University. Active in ecumenical work, she serves on the U.S. Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue, the U.S. Roman Catholic–Orthodox Theological Consultation, the conversation between the Roman Catholic Church and the Baptist World Alliance, and the International Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue. She is an associate editor of Pro Ecclesia and serves on the editorial advisory board of the journal Ecclesiology. She is the author of Sacramental Orders (2000), and editor of Ordering the Baptismal Priesthood: Theologies of Lay and Ordained Ministry (2003) both published by Liturgical Press.

Ordering the Baptismal Priesthood is a well organized and thoughtful contribution to the contemporary understanding of ministry.William C. Mills, The Union Institute and University, Cincinatti, Theological Studies

• ContentsIntroduction: The Collegeville Ministry SeminarSusan K. Wood, S.C.L.    viiMinistry and MinistriesMinisterial Identity: A Question of Common FoundationsMichael Downey    3The Ecclesiological Foundations of Ministry within an Ordered CommunionRichard R. Gaillardetz    26Ministry and MinistriesThomas P. Rausch, S.J.    52Canon Law and Emerging Understandings of MinistryElissa Rinere, C.P.    68Ordered MinistriesPriesthood Revisited: Mission and Ministries in the Royal PriesthoodDavid N. Power, O.M.I.    87Laity, Ministry, and Secular CharacterZeni Fox    121The Secular Character of the Vocation and Mission of the Laity: Toward a Theology of Ecclesial Lay MinistryAurelie A. Hagstrom    152Presbyteral Identity within Parish IdentitySusan K. Wood, S.C.L.    175Envisioning a Theology of Ordained and Lay Ministry: Lay/Ordained Ministry—Current Issues of AmbiguityKenan B. Osborne, O.F.M.    195Institutes of Consecrated Life: Identity, Integrity, and MinistryR. Kevin Seasoltz, O.S.B.    228Conclusion: Convergence Points toward a Theology of Ordered MinistriesSusan K. Wood, S.C.L.    256Contributors    269Index    271

Susan K. Wood, SCL, is chair of the department of theology at Marquette University. Active in ecumenical work, she serves on the U.S. Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue, the U.S. Roman Catholic–Orthodox Theological Consultation, the conversation between the Roman Catholic Church and the Baptist World Alliance, and the International Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue. She is an associate editor of Pro Ecclesia and serves on the editorial advisory board of the journal Ecclesiology. She is the author of Sacramental Orders (2000), and editor of Ordering the Baptismal Priesthood: Theologies of Lay and Ordained Ministry (2003) both published by Liturgical Press.

Ordering the Baptismal Priesthood is a well organized and thoughtful contribution to the contemporary understanding of ministry.William C. Mills, The Union Institute and University, Cincinatti, Theological Studies

• ContentsIntroduction: The Collegeville Ministry SeminarSusan K. Wood, S.C.L.    viiMinistry and MinistriesMinisterial Identity: A Question of Common FoundationsMichael Downey    3The Ecclesiological Foundations of Ministry within an Ordered CommunionRichard R. Gaillardetz    26Ministry and MinistriesThomas P. Rausch, S.J.    52Canon Law and Emerging Understandings of MinistryElissa Rinere, C.P.    68Ordered MinistriesPriesthood Revisited: Mission and Ministries in the Royal PriesthoodDavid N. Power, O.M.I.    87Laity, Ministry, and Secular CharacterZeni Fox    121The Secular Character of the Vocation and Mission of the Laity: Toward a Theology of Ecclesial Lay MinistryAurelie A. Hagstrom    152Presbyteral Identity within Parish IdentitySusan K. Wood, S.C.L.    175Envisioning a Theology of Ordained and Lay Ministry: Lay/Ordained Ministry—Current Issues of AmbiguityKenan B. Osborne, O.F.M.    195Institutes of Consecrated Life: Identity, Integrity, and MinistryR. Kevin Seasoltz, O.S.B.    228Conclusion: Convergence Points toward a Theology of Ordered MinistriesSusan K. Wood, S.C.L.    256Contributors    269Index    271

Susan K. Wood, SCL, is chair of the department of theology at Marquette University. Active in ecumenical work, she serves on the U.S. Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue, the U.S. Roman Catholic–Orthodox Theological Consultation, the conversation between the Roman Catholic Church and the Baptist World Alliance, and the International Lutheran–Roman Catholic Dialogue. She is an associate editor of Pro Ecclesia and serves on the editorial advisory board of the journal Ecclesiology. She is the author of Sacramental Orders (2000), and editor of Ordering the Baptismal Priesthood: Theologies of Lay and Ordained Ministry (2003) both published by Liturgical Press.

Ordering the Baptismal Priesthood is a well organized and thoughtful contribution to the contemporary understanding of ministry.William C. Mills, The Union Institute and University, Cincinatti, Theological Studies

• ContentsIntroduction: The Collegeville Ministry SeminarSusan K. Wood, S.C.L.    viiMinistry and MinistriesMinisterial Identity: A Question of Common FoundationsMichael Downey    3The Ecclesiological Foundations of Ministry within an Ordered CommunionRichard R. Gaillardetz    26Ministry and MinistriesThomas P. Rausch, S.J.    52Canon Law and Emerging Understandings of MinistryElissa Rinere, C.P.    68Ordered MinistriesPriesthood Revisited: Mission and Ministries in the Royal PriesthoodDavid N. Power, O.M.I.    87Laity, Ministry, and Secular CharacterZeni Fox    121The Secular Character of the Vocation and Mission of the Laity: Toward a Theology of Ecclesial Lay MinistryAurelie A. Hagstrom    152Presbyteral Identity within Parish IdentitySusan K. Wood, S.C.L.    175Envisioning a Theology of Ordained and Lay Ministry: Lay/Ordained Ministry—Current Issues of AmbiguityKenan B. Osborne, O.F.M.    195Institutes of Consecrated Life: Identity, Integrity, and MinistryR. Kevin Seasoltz, O.S.B.    228Conclusion: Convergence Points toward a Theology of Ordered MinistriesSusan K. Wood, S.C.L.    256Contributors    269Index    271