NEW
PREACHING RESOURCE: LITURGICAL YEAR “C”
Dear Preachers:
In anticipation of our next liturgical year (C) which, as you
know, begins in Advent, I have just compiled a CD of past “First
Impressions.” The CD contains two reflections for
almost all the Sundays and major feasts of the year. In
addition, there are helpful essays for preaching during the
liturgical seasons (Advent, Lent, the Triduum, etc.), ten book
reviews and essays on various aspects of preaching. The files
are in three formats (Microsoft Word, WordPerfect and Adobe
Acrobat Reader) so you should have no trouble opening them
on your computer.
It is a bit early to think of Christmas
gifts, though not if you or someone you know is part of a parish
staff. They usually start planning in the Fall. This collection
will make an appropriate gift for preachers, RCIA facilitators,
lectionary-based scripture groups—or anyone who wants
to prepare for Sunday liturgy by reflecting on the scriptures.
Each CD costs $25 (which includes postage
to any location in the world) and there are two ways to purchase.
As an "End-of-Year" bonus...
orders shipped before December 1st, 2006 will include both liturgical
years - B and C.
Send a check made out to “Dominican Friars of Raleigh” to:
Preaching Resources
Dominican Friars
P.O. 12927
Raleigh, NC 27605
OR
Make a secure on-line order by simply going to the "First
Impressions" webpage
http://www.judeop.org/cd‑yearc.htm and
click on the “Year C-- CD” button on the left
and follow the instructions.
Blessings on your preachings,
Jude Siciliano, OP
Promoter of Preaching
Southern Dominican Province, USA
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Special Offer to Preachers Exchange
and First Impressions subscribers.
For 35 years, Celebration, the
homiletic resource of The National Catholic Reporter,
has promoted worship and preaching tied
to justice. Celebration is now fully electronic.
Click below to learn more.
http://www.celebrationpublications.org/CELpromo/CELclickad.htm
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Nurturing the Contemplative Spirit
The goal of this silent retreat is to create a contemplative
experience that will nurture, support, and deepen one's contemplative
spirit. Each day the retreat team will offer insights and teachings
about the contemplative life and share preaching at Eucharist.
Retreatants will have the opportunity to participate in sitting
meditation three times a day, connected with morning and evening
prayer, and to experience a desert day in the latter days of
the retreat.
Retreat Preaching Team: Sister Gloria Marie Jones, OP, (Mission
San Jose) and Friar James Barnett, OP, (Province of St Albert the Great).
When: July 23-29, 2006 (Sunday evening-Saturday noon)
Where: Sinsinawa Mound Retreat and Conference Center, Sinsinawa,
WI
Cost: $470 (includes $50 non-refundable deposit) Room and
board: $300 (6 nights, 18 meals)Retreat experience: $170
Registration: Deadline July 1, 2006Print your registration
form here! Or register online here! For more information, please contact Summer
Cushman.
7200 West Division Street - River Forest, IL 60305 - 708.714.9018
- parable@dom.edu
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The Doctor
of Ministry in Preaching forms master preachers who have
an advanced understanding of the ministry of preaching and can
integrate it with biblical, historical, theological and pastoral
disciplines. Students develop their own theology of preaching
through coursework, discussion, peer evaluation and regular practice.
Aquinas Institute's Doctor of Ministry in Preaching is designed
to enable students to deepen their biblical, theological, liturgical,
historical and homiletic knowledge and to develop communication
skills for advanced professional competency in preaching and homiletics.
Doctoral level excellence in preaching is characterized by the
student's ability to integrate an operative theology of preaching
with sound biblical, congregational and cultural exegesis and contemporary
homiletic and liturgical theory.
Can I work and go to school at the same time?
In response to the needs of active ministers, Aquinas began offering
its successful D.Min. program in a revised, internet-based format.
Students are able to take courses at Aquinas while maintaining
their full-time preaching positions. Each of the six required
core courses is structured as a four-month study with three periods
of direct internet or seminar interaction as a learning community:
- A two-week pre-study period conducted over the internet
- An intensive, five-day, Monday-to-Friday seminar in St. Louis
- A two-week post-study period conducted over the internet
What kinds of ministry does the program provide formation
for?
- Full-time preachers in parish, retreat or spiritual renewal
settings
- Promoters of preaching in pastoral settings (e.g., directors
of continuing formation of clergy for a diocese, synod or those
working with permanent deacons)
- Skilled practitioners of preaching prepared to teach graduate
homiletics courses
A
description of the program's content is available and may
be printed out for future reference. Contact Jared
Ainsworth-Bryson, Director of Admissions, for additional
information. Applications are
being accepted. Applications will close and
all materials must be received in full by February
15, 2006. All applications will be reviewed
as a group during March 2006. Cohort
selection will be announced to applicants by April
10, 2006.
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