Introduction / James Keating
The history of the diaconate / Edward J. Enright
The contemporary renewal of the diaconate / William T. Ditewig
The deacon and Gaudium et spes / Paul McPartlan
The diaconate as medius ordo : service in promotion of lay participation / William S. McKnight
The deacon : icon of the sign of hope / Michael Ross
The moral life of the deacon / James Keating
Theological education and the diaconate / Charles A. Bobertz
Father and shepherd / Gerald F. Kicanas
The deacon and personal prayer / Owen F. Cummings
The deacon and work / Thomas Baker
The sacramental ministry of the deacon in parish life / Ray R. Noll
The diaconate and marriage : a sociological reflection / Mark A. Latcovich
The deacon's wife : an emerging role / Rebecca Meehan
Epilogue : the kenotic leadership of deacons / William T. Ditewig.
