Commitment to diversity - an introduction, Jane Longmore; teacher education in Catholic colleges in England - historical context current perspectives and future directions, Arthur Naylor; church and state in education in England and Wales 1833-1975, Richard Cunningham; Catholicism and the nation state in 19th-century Britain, Mary J. Hickman; women's religious congregations and teacher education - a case study of the sisters of Notre Dame in the 19th century, Kim Lowden; the Vincentian contribution to St Mary's and teacher education in England, Philip Walshe; St Mary's College Hammersmith - its early development in the context of mid 19th-century teacher training, Noreen Nicholson; propagation of the faith - St Mary's College and the training of Catholic teachers 1944-1972, Michele Dowling; the changing social and religious context of Catholic schooling in England and Wales, Michael P. Hornsby-Smith; Catholic education in the United States - meeting the challenge of immigration, Stephen J. Denig; wrestling with managerialism, John Sullivan; contemporary young adult Catholics in England -faith and education, John Fulton; Mission into the millennium, Mary Eaton.