Bishop Brendan Leahy will explore the foundational nature of the community of the baptised faithful for any understanding of the presbyterate and Church leadership. While the ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council clearly frames the structure of the Church in terms of the People of God and the body of Christ, the essential nature of this communion in Christ is not always the necessary starting point in considerations about the call to and ministry of presbyters for the people of God. The ministerial priesthood is not only at the service of the baptismal priesthood (Cf. EG 104) but emerges out of that same reality.