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Fr Mike Connors discusses the relationship between preaching and the Church's traditional mystagogical process of reflecting on the celebration of the sacraments. He encourages preachers to explore and savour the riches of our powerful rites, especially those associated with initiation.
Rev Michael Connors, CSC is a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Trained as a pastoral or practical theologian, he is director emeritus of the John S. Marten Program in Homiletics and Liturgics at the University of Notre Dame in the USA, where he continues to reside. He is a former team member of the North American Forum on the Catechumenate, and author of Preaching for Discipleship: Preparing Homilies for Christian Initiation (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2018).
Archbishop Mark Coleridge reflects on the role of the preacher as a prophet, proclaimer and poet. Each of these aspects are crucially important and interrelated in the liturgical act.
Most Rev Mark Coleridge was ordained in Melbourne and served in parishes before studying Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. He taught Scripture in Melbourne and was Master of Catholic Theological College. In late 1997, he was appointed to work in the Holy See's Secretariat of State. He is currently Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia. From 2018 - 2022 he served as President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.
Fr Richard Leonard, SJ offers some advice for good preaching and examines some key components of a good homily.
Rev Dr Richard Leonard, SJ is a regular columnist for the Tablet, author of ten books and directed the Office for Film and Broadcasting for the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.
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