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viewed by "Paul." The priest in hospital ministry for example would be accountable and evaluated by the director of the hospital, but also his manner of celebrating the Sunday liturgy in the parish would be evaluated as well as other ministry he performs outside the hospital. At the end of the 12 month period the evaluations are made. Each priest evaluates himself. He is evaluated by the person to whom he is directly accountable. He is evaluated by "Paul." He is evaluated by the people receiving the services of his ministry. Dr. Felix Lopez of F. M. Lopez Associates, an industrial psychologist, who is on contract to the Diocese of Brooklyn for Pastoral Performance Evaluation, has developed an interesting "bias free," positive instrument for the people to use in the evaluation of the priest. The evaluations are mailed to the Diocesan Personnel Office, or a central place, where they are prepared and assembled into a working document. The priest, the person to whom the priest is directly accountable and "Paul" meet for the all important evaluation interview. The person to whom the priest is directly accountable is present only for that part of the evaluation interview pertinent to the performance of the priest in his area of ministry. For example, the pastor would be involved in the meeting to review the evaluation of the ministry of the associate pastor in the parish. The final evaluation meeting concerned with the growth of the total man would be done only by the priest and "Paul" since the total evaluation would include goals of prayer, of closer family relationships, of health, even of perhaps confidential matters. The Pastoral Concern has as its prime purpose the making of a more effective minister of the Gospel because he is a more mature, more knowledgeable, more free and more hopeful human being. It builds on the man's strengths, gives him insight into his weaknesses. It provides the good ground for the seeds of ministry to develop under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is a sign of God's Love for priests. It is an experience of the love of God in the life of the priest. I wrote this paper in the midst of an active ministerial priesthood. I am not an "expert." The ideas for "Pastoral Concern" came from listening, seeing, reflecting and living as a priest. They deserve a more articulate spokesman. In the midst