Homiletics Class Outline

   Recommended Books:

                        Preaching: The Art and The Craft

                        W.J. Burghardt, S.J.   Paulist Press

                        Homilies Alive: Creating Homilies That Hit Home

                        Msgr. F.P. Friedl and Ed Macauley   Twenty-Third Publ.

                        Overtaken By The Word: The Theology and Practice of Preaching

                        D.E. Harris, CM and E.F. Murphy, CM   Rubican Publ.

Class Date           Topic                                                            Explanation

01/27/07               There is no one right way to preach,           What is a Homily?

                                But there are many wrong ways!                                                                                                        

02/17/07               Nuts and Bolts of Homilies                          Proper Preparation Program

                                                                                                   Prevents Poor Preaching

02/24/07                Engendering the Homily                             Elements of a great one!

                ***************SUMMER BREAK************

09/08/07                Preaching for the Liturgical Year               How the changing seasons

                                                                                                   Impact Homilies

09/22/07                Homilies at Weddings, Funerals,                 Whats IN, Whats OUT                                      

                                   Baptisms and Special Events

10/03/07                Homilies/Taping/Review/Critiques            DIFs using A Cycle

Through                                                                                      Sundays after Easter (2008)

12/01/07                             

12/15/07                FINAL EXAM                                           Will I Pass?