Collaborators in Ministry - A Guide for Lay People and Clergy

Since the Second Vatican Council there has been a significant theological development of the church’s understanding of the involvement of lay people in ministry. There has been a notable shift from a time when the clergy led and lay people followed, to lay people “filling in” where there was a shortage of clergy, to the present appreciation that all the faithful are called to share in the church’s mission by virtue of their baptism.