Declan Marmion is Professor of Systematic Theology at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, and currently serves as Dean of the Theology Faculty.Michael Mullaney is President and Professor of Canon Law at St Patrick's College, Maynooth. He is a priest of the Diocese of Cashel and Emly.Salvador Ryan is Professor of Ecclesiastical History at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, where he also teaches at the National Seminary.

Editors Declan Marmion, Michael Mullaney, and Salvador Ryan have gathered a timely collection of essays on priestly formation that offers an engaging historical overview of Catholic seminaries, an astute and critical assessment of the present state of affairs, and a practical and prudent blueprint for seminary formation in the years ahead. This collection, notable for its breadth and clarity, belongs on the desks of the world's rectors and bishops.Rev. Donald Cozzens, former seminary rector and author of The Changing Face of the Priesthood

• ContentsList of ContributorsForeword  - Archbishop Eamon MartinIntroduction - Declan Marmion, SMChapter One: Seminary Formation since the Council of Trent: A Historical OverviewSalvador RyanChapter Two: The Gift of the Priestly Vocation in the Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis SacerdotalisJorge Carlos Patrón WongChapter Three: Priestly Formation after Pastores Dabo VobisKatarina Schuth, OSFChapter Four: A Reflection on the Qualities of Candidates Entering Seminary and the Formation ImplicationsChristopher Jamison, OSBChapter Five: Analogia Ecclesiae—Models of Priesthood: Some Implications for FormationKevin O’Gorman, SMAChapter Six: Training for Catholic Priesthood in Ireland Today: Looking Back to Look ForwardBrenda Dolphin, RSMChapter Seven: Authenticity in Education for MinistryAoife McGrathChapter Eight: An International Perspective on Priestly FormationRonald D. Witherup, PSSChapter Nine: Forming the Parish-Priestly Integrated IdentityJohn KartjeChapter Ten: Formation of Priests: Assessing the Past, Reflecting on the Present, Imagining the FutureHans Zollner, SJAdditional Chapters Included in E-Book EditionChapter Eleven: Priestly Formation in Africa in the Light of the Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis SacerdotalisBede Ukwuije, CSSpChapter Twelve: A Zambian Perspective on the Propaedeutic Year in Light of the Revised Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis SacerdotalisCornelius Hankomoone, PSSChapter Thirteen: Challenges in the Formation of Seminarians in a Flourishing Indian Church: Past, Present, and FutureGabriel Mathias, OFMChapter Fourteen: The Challenge for Priestly Formation in Australia after the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex AbuseDavid Ranson