Acknowledgments

Preface

Rev. Msgr. William Baumgaertner

Introduction

Background

Methodology

Outline of the Study

Part I. Context

Surviving the Shaking of the Foundations: United States Catholicism in the Twenty-First Century

Dr. R. Scott Appleby

Reaping Harvests, Sowing Seeds: Vatican Influences and National Developments in United States Seminaries from the Mid-Nineteen Eighties to the Present

Rev. James Walsh

The Priest as Parish Leader: A Contextual Analysis

Dr. Victor Klimoski

Part II. Mission and Members of Theologate Communities

The Mission of Theologates

Students and Their Backgrounds: Religious, Intellectual, and Human

Board Members, Administrators, and Faculties

Part III. Formation Programs

Evolution and Development of Formation Programs

Human and Spiritual Formation in Theologates

Intellectual Formation

Pastoral Field Education

Part IV. The Future

Perceptions about Church and Ministry

Perceptions about Priesthood

Conclusion

Appendix A: Theologate Ownership and Operation

Bibliography

Index