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!
03/10/07
Homilies/Taping/Review/Critiques
DIFs using A Cycle
Through Sundays of
Lent (2008)
06/24/07
***************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?