| Correspondence: Oscar Romero, gay marriage & Andrew Greeley | 2 |
| Editorial: Peacemaker | 5 |
| Et cetera: 'Charity fraud alert' | 6 |
| Notebook: Our man in Westport | 6 |
| Baumann, Paul | |
| It's the culture, stupid | 8 |
| Callahan, Daniel | |
| The future | 9 |
| Pfaff, William | |
| Chávez's revolution | 11 |
| Ellner, Steve | |
| CONFESSIONS OF A RELUCTANT CATHOLIC | 12 |
| McDermott, Alice | |
| Triptych: Christ's Sermon to God from the Wilderness | 18 |
| Creech, Morrie | |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley | 20 |
| Alleva, Richard | |
| Seminaries, Theologates, and the Future of Church Ministry | 22 |
| Imbelli, Robert P. | |
| Seminaries, Theologates, and the Future of Church Ministry | 22 |
| Leckey, Dolores | |
| Seminaries, Theologates, and the Future of Church Ministry | 23 |
| Aleshire, Daniel | |
| In defense of Mt. Saint Mary's | 31 |
| Portier, William L. | |
| In Love with Night | 34 |
| Steel, Ronald | |
| A Stairway to Paradise | 36 |
| John, Madeleine St. | |
| Commonweal Associates | 41 |
| In the public interest | 47 |
| Godfrey, A. W. |
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