Scholars Issue Statement on Contemporary Priesthood

A scholarly group at Boston College has issued a statement on the priesthood and ministry in the contemporary Catholic Church that calls for reexamining the formation process for diocesan priests and eradicating the priesthood's embedded clerical culture. The Seminar on Priesthood and Ministry for the Contemporary Church, sponsored by the Theology Department and School of Theology and Ministry, was composed of women and men who are lay and ordained theologians and ministers working in pastoral and academic settings, and co-chaired by STM Professors Thomas Groome and Rev. Richard Lennan with Joseph Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology Richard Gaillardetz. BC News