This video series is the continuation of the Bishop D'Arcy Program for Priestly Renewal. In this year, we ask "How do we create a culture of preaching in our parishes, schools, and apostolates that fosters deeper affiliation in the Church?" The goal is to nurture the religious lives of individuals and families and foster the growth and vitality of Christian congregations in the United States, by helping Christian pastors strengthen their abilities to proclaim the Gospel in more engaging and effective ways.
Video 1: "What's Wrong with Catholic Preaching? And What Can We Do About It?"
Timothy O'Malley, Ph.D.
This first video offers a diagnosis of what’s wrong with Catholic preaching, attentive to both the homilist and the assembly. The solution to Catholic preaching is not merely rhetorical but instead must involve a deeper encounter with Jesus Christ in Sacred Scripture by the priest and assembly alike. In other words, the problem with Catholic preaching is our own failure to treat the homily as an occasion of evangelization and spiritual formation in the context of the Church’s worship.
Video 2: "Fostering an Encounter with Jesus Christ in Scriptures"
Anthony Pagliarini, Ph.D.
The second video attends to what we mean by speaking about an encounter with Jesus Christ in the Scriptures. Encountering Jesus Christ in Sacred Scripture is not the same thing as meeting our friend across the street. Instead, it is through the particularities of Scripture that we come to know our Lord. The first task of the homilist and the assembly alike is therefore to contemplate the wondrous presence of our Lord as given to us in Scripture.
Video 3: "Preaching Jesus Christ Today"
Fr. Kevin Grove, C.S.C.
The third video addresses the task of preaching Jesus Christ in the world today. This session forms homilists, in particular, to think about their obligation to contemplate the mystery of Christ in the Scriptures and in the lives of the assembly alike. From this contemplation, priests can better announce the saving mystery of Christ for the sake of men and women.
Video 4: "Preaching in the Multicultural Church"
Katherine Angulo, M.A.
The U.S. Catholic Church has long been diversifying, with its Hispanic population undergoing particularly rapid growth in recent decades. This swiftly- changing cultural landscape necessitates the development of a new blueprint for engaging multiple cultures in ways different than anything the U.S. Catholic Church has tried before. This blueprint needs to be developed with the emerging Church of 2050 in mind and heart. One important dimension of Church life that needs particular attention is preaching: formation styles, catechetical techniques, and approaches to evangelization all need to be considered through new lenses. A fundamental understanding of the Church as multicultural needs to be built into everything we do and say, especially in preaching. Our multicultural identity cannot be an afterthought or an add-on to the celebration of the Eucharist. A central question for preachers to ask themselves is: "Am I preaching to a previous version of the Church or to the emerging Church of 2050?"
Video 5: "Everyday Preaching for the Sake of Evangelization"
Kayla August
This fifth video addresses the need of rich parish formation for the kind of everyday preaching that is necessary for evangelization in our day. Kayla August invites priests to understand that their preaching should empower the faithful to preach Jesus Christ in the world, whether on airplanes or in the workplace.
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Timothy P. O’Malley, Professor of the Practice, is the Director of Education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life and Academic Director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy. He holds a concurrent appointment in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Notre Dame majoring in theology and philosophy. His M.T.S. is in liturgical studies also from the University of Notre Dame. And he completed a doctorate at Boston College in theology and education, focusing on an Augustinian approach to liturgical formation. He researches and teaches at Notre Dame in the areas of liturgical-sacramental theology, marriage and family, Catholic higher education, catechesis, preaching, and spirituality. His teaching and research adapts Romano Guardini’s approach to liturgical-sacramental formation in late modernity. He is the author of nine books on topics related to the liturgy, RCIA, the Eucharist, sacramental theology, marriage and family, and liturgical formation. Dr. O’Malley is presently working on two academic books, one related to Augustine and liturgical formation and the second on liturgy and the transformation of the social order. He is married and has two children, and is originally from Knoxville, TN.
Dr. Anthony Pagliarini grew up in northeastern Pennsylvania (WilkesBarre). After earning his B.A. in Theology and Philosophy at Notre Dame, he taught high school in a Catholic mission parish in Belize. He then moved to Rome to study Theology at the Angelicum and work as a guide in the Vatican Necropolis (the “Scavi”). He spent the following three years in Austria completing graduate work at the International Theological Institute. He then returned to Rome for further study at the Pontifical Biblical Institute and the École Biblique. After completing his SSL, he returned to Notre Dame to begin doctoral work in Old Testament. He now teaches in the Department of Theology and is the Director of Undergraduate Studies. His course offerings include Foundations of Theology, The Catholic Faith, Introduction to the New Testament, Psalms and Wisdom Literature, Prophets, Theology of Creation, and Intensive Intermediate Hebrew. Anthony and his wife Katie live in South Bend with their four children.
Born and raised in Montana, Fr. Kevin Grove was ordained a Holy Cross priest at Notre Dame in 2010. After doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge and before joining the faculty at Notre Dame, Fr. Grove was a post-doctoral researcher at L’Institut Catholique in Paris, France, and a fellow at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. In addition to his research and teaching, Fr. Grove serves pastorally at Notre Dame as an assistant faculty chaplain, chaplain to the Master of Divinity program, and as a pastoral resident for undergraduates in Dunne Hall.
As the Program Director of the Thriving in Ministry Initiative, Katherine directs four important outreach efforts supported by Lilly Endowment, Inc. Katherine works to prepare pastoral leaders for long-term ministry in the Church in the Strong Foundations for Catholic Leaders program; provides intellectual and spiritual renewal for invited diocesan priests in the Bishop John M. D'Arcy Program in Priestly Renewal; and is partnering with Iskali to create cultures of affiliation in the Hispanic Catholic Church in the United States through the Young Adult Innovation Hub. The fourth initiative seeks to re-propose the Holy Family of Nazareth as the foundation for catechetical renewal within the domestic Hispanic Church. This program is being piloted in the Archdiocese of San Antonio, TX and the Diocese of Raleigh, NC.
Born in Mexico and raised in Colombia, Katherine received her B.A. in Modern Languages and her M.A. in Pastoral Ministries. She has more than 24 years of experience in parish and diocesan ministry including the Dioceses of Knoxville TN; Raleigh, NC; and the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Angulo was the creator and editor of The Mark, a Catholic teen magazine, and the Executive Producer of the volunteer training program Called to Accompany/Llamados a Acompañar. She serves on the Board of Advisors for the Lilly Endowment in Thriving in Ministry Initiatives. She is on the Board of Governors for the Mexican American Catholic Colleges (MACC), and Board of Advisors for the Nuevo Momento initiative from Boston College.
Kayla August is a student at the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College, where she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Theology and Education with a focus on preaching, particularly from a lay perspective. She has preached in a variety of places, including Catholic Women Preach Online, McGrath Institute for Church Life’s Saturdays with the Saints, and the St. Francis of Assisi Parish in New York’s 7 Last Words of Christ prayer service on Good Friday, Her interest in formation is rooted in her experiences as a University Ministry Intern at Loyola University of New Orleans, as well as her professional work as the Assistant Director of Evangelization in the University of Notre Dame’s Campus Ministry department, and a the Rector of Lyons Hall on the Notre Dame campus. Kayla desires to use preaching to impact religious education by inspiring Catholics to deepen their encounters with Scripture, tradition, and how God plays an active role in our daily lives. She also hopes, through preaching, to enliven the youth and young adult Catholic communities and inspire marginalized voices—like her own—in the Catholic faith to play an active role in the Church.