The Word at Hand
The Catholic Preaching Institute provides comprehensive resources to help clergy develop their craft.
We invite you to explore our print, digital and curated collections.
The Word at Hand
The Catholic Preaching Institute provides comprehensive resources to help clergy develop their craft.
We invite you to explore our print, digital and curated collections.
The Word at Hand
The Catholic Preaching Institute provides comprehensive resources to help clergy develop their craft.
We invite you to explore our print, digital and curated collections.
SPOTLIGHT resources … a collection in honor of the Beginning of the Petrine Ministry of the Bishop of Rome, POPE LEO XIV
- 2009 – Johannes van Oort. “Augustine, His Sermons, and Their Significance.” HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 65/1.
- 2012 – Michael Dominic O’Connor, O.P. “Preaching to the Whole Person: Classical Wisdom for the New Evangelization.” Homiletic & Pastoral Review.
- 2013 – Phillip Campbell. “St. Augustine’s Rules for Good Homilies.” Unam Sanctam Catholicam.
- 2015 – John A. Sypert. “Redeeming Rhetoric: Augustine’s Uses of Rhetoric in His Preaching Ministry.” Eleutheria: John W. Rawlings School of Divinity Academic Journal, 4/1.
- 2016 – John Cavadini. “Augustine’s Homiletic Meteorology.” Church Life Journal.
- 2017 – Daniel Cardo. “Straight Talk from Hippo: How St. Augustine’s Sermons Speak Volumes to Today’s Preachers.” Adoremus Bulletin.
- 2021 – Charles G. Kim. “Via Humilitatis Agendo: St. Augustine’s Sacramental Theology of Preaching.” Pro Ecclesia: A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology, 30/2.
- 2022 – Ryan Tinetti. “The Preacher’s Toolbox: Augustine’s Purposes of Preaching.” 1517-Christ for You.
Each month, CPI’s homepage highlights revered and lesser-known Catholic orators, topics relevant to current events, and contemporary discourse on modern homiletics. We invite you to visit our Preacher Features archive page.
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