2021 Preaching Conference has been POSTPONED TO JUNE 20-22 2022
"Living in the Light of the Word: Enlivening the Scriptural Imagination"
Mark your calendar for June 20-22, 2022.
Mark your calendar for June 20-22, 2022.
At this conference, we will take a deep look at how the Holy Scriptures shape and inspire our preaching.
Five keynote speakers are on tap:
- Tom Long, Bandy Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- Rita Ferrone, Catholic scholar and journalist
- Gary Anderson, Hesburgh Professor of Catholic Thought, Old Testament scholar, University of Notre Dame
- Anna Carter Florence, Peter Marshall Professor of Preaching at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA
- Fr. Donald Senior, CP, Professor of New Testament Studies and President Emeritus, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL
In addition, at least twelve workshop sessions are planned:
- Fr. Ken Schmidt; preaching and trauma using the Scriptures
- Sr. M. Catherine Hilkert OP, & Fr. Jude Siciliano OP; preaching the Psalms
- Panel: online preaching & worship: Sr. M. Catherine Hilkert OP, Elizabeth Donnelly, Fr. Jude Siciliano OP, Flora Tang
- Rev. Hugh Page, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Africana Studies, U. of Notre Dame
- Fr. Maurice Nutt CSsR
- Karla Bellinger; "Keeping it Fresh" - creativity and Scripture
- Ann Garrido
- Robert Krieg; Christology for preaching
- Panel: lay preaching: Layla Karst, Sara Fairbanks OP, Oscar Castellanos
- Mike Connors CSC: Preaching hope in dark times
Presider/preachers at our masses will be Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville TX and Fr. Maurice Nutt, CSsR.
And please pray we will be able to gather in person!
And please pray we will be able to gather in person!