Angela Townend, MSW, RSW, is the Toldo Research Chair for the Advancement of Human Formation at St. Peter’s Seminary in London, Ontario. She provides counselling to seminarians, ordained priests, and religious, teaches in the theology department, and conducts research on human and relational maturity, leadership development, and the character needed for ministry in a synodal Church. With more than 36 years of experience as a clinical social worker and educator, Angela has specialized in trauma, group work, and mental health. She previously taught in the undergraduate social work department at King’s University College and co-taught behavioural medicine courses for medical residents through the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University. Her current work brings clinical practice and research into conversation with the Church’s synodal journey, with a particular focus on developing the relational maturity and leadership capacities needed for shared listening, discernment, and ministry. Angela has been married for 40 years and is the mother of three adult sons.