Reclaiming Our Priestly Character - Revised Edition

In a day and age in which permanent commitments are devalued by our society and in a particular way the priesthood is under attack for the sins of a small percentage, it is of utmost importance to re-emphasize both the permanence and the dignity of the calling to the ministerial priesthood. Reclaiming Our Priestly Character offers a review of the present crisis surrounding priestly identity through careful theological scholarship and a wise and practical spirituality, providing a clear path toward the renewal of the priestly character. An essential guide for every priest and seminarian.

Fr. David L. Toups was ordained in 1997 as a priest of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Florida. He attended both the Gregorian and Angelicum Universities receiving his doctorate in dogmatic theology in 2004. He has served as parochial vicar, seminary professor and dean of students at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida. He is currently working in Washington, D.C., at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops as the Associate Director of the Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations. Fr. Toups is responsible for a number of articles and has recently completed a book in 2008 entitled Reclaiming Our Priestly Character, published by the Institute for Priestly Formation.