To All the World: Preaching and the New Evangelization

by Michael Connors

Overview

Pope Francis's vision of the ministry of preaching offers a renewed emphasis on what it means to preach the Word of God in such a way that it transforms lives and communities, and inspires hope. In To All the World, Michael Connors, CSC, draws together contributions from a variety of expert voices to reflect on the importance of liturgical preaching today.

To All the World combines contemporary scholarship with pastoral practicality in one volume by well-known practitioners in the ministry of preaching including Timothy Radcliffe, OP, Honora Werner, OP, Paul Turner, Jeremy Driscoll, OSB, Karla J. Bellinger, and Cardinal Donald Wuerl. It will serve as a perfect companion to the United States Bishops' document, Preaching the Mystery of Faith: The Sunday Homily, and will be of interest to all those who share the pope's vision and call to be evangelists of the Word to all the world.

To All the World includes essays by:

• Karla J. Bellinger
• Jeremy Driscoll, OSB
• Cardinal Donald Wuerl
• Virgilio Elizondo
• David H. Garcia
• Curtis Martin
• Susan McGurgan
• Hosffman Ospino
• Timothy Radcliffe, OP
• Donald Senior, CP
• Jude Siciliano, OP
• Melvin R. Tardy
• Paul Turner
• Honora Werner, OP

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814647080
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	06/15/2016
Pages:	178
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Michael E. Connors, CSC, is director of the John S. Marten Program in Homiletics and Liturgics in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is the editor of We Preach Christ Crucified (Liturgical Press, 2014).

Table of Contents

Preface Michael E. Connors, CSC vii

Chapter 1 Preaching: Conversation in Friendship Timothy Radcliffe, OP 1

Chapter 2 La Virgen de Guadalupe as Mother and Master Icon for the New Evangelization Virgilio Elizondo 12

Chapter 3 Forming Preachers for the New Evangelization Honora Werner, OP 22

Chapter 4 Preaching with Evangelical Dynamism Jude Siciliano, OP 31

Chapter 5 Preaching and the Rites of Initiation Paul Turner 38

Chapter 6 Made for Mission: Evangelizing Young Adults Curtis Martin 52

Chapter 7 The Bilingual Preacher, Catholic Social Teaching, and the Hispanic Community David H. Garcia 67

Chapter 8 Preaching the Mystery of Faith and the New Evangelization Donald Senior, CP 75

Chapter 9 Evangelizing US Latinos in the Twenty-First Century; Realities and Possibilities Hosffman Ospino 87

Chapter 10 Ten Ways to Make It Stick: The Importance of Connection to Preaching and Teaching Karla J. Bellinger 102

Chapter 11 Preaching the Language of Yes Susan McGurgan 119

Chapter 12 Black Preaching and the Diaconate: Gifts and Challenges for the New Evangelization Melvin R. Tardy 129

Chapter 13 Preaching the Resurrection: Central Content of the New Evangelization Jeremy Driscoll, OSB 139

Chapter 14 Preaching, Teaching, and the New Evangelization Cardinal Donald Wuerl 154

Contributors 166

Editorial Reviews

Preaching is such a personal endeavor that it takes a wide range of writers to cover its multiple aspects. Connors has masterfully gathered a roomful of opinions and experiences to share insights about the mystery and power of preaching the gospel.
Rev. Paul Turner, Pastor, St. Anthony Catholic Church in Kansas City Missouri, Contributor, To All the World


To All the World offers refreshing insight, informative guidance and helpful encouragement as a tool for the ever-present challenge to preach the New Evangelization. This book represents a wide breadth of pastoral experience presented in a highly readable and wonderfully encouraging response to the task of evangelizing all people. I strongly recommend To All the World to those who day in and day out seek to perfect their ministry of preaching.
His Eminence Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington


To All the World is an important book that explores how preaching is essential to the New Evangelization. The essays are practical, inviting the reader to consider how every aspect of one's life should be a preaching of Jesus Christ to the world. The breadth of cultural and ministerial backgrounds is unique to this volume. The reader will be inspired to think anew about the ministry of preaching through the edited essays.
Timothy P. O'Malley, Director, Notre Dame Center for Liturgy


We preachers need solid theological grounding, scriptural depth, insights into the times in which we live, good homiletical method and nourishment for our own spirits. No one book or resource can provide all of that, but To All the Word: Preaching and the New Evangelization will help the serious preacher in his or her vocation to faithfully proclaim God's Word.
Jude Siciliano, OP, Preacher and Instructor in Homiletics


Preachers and those responsible for preparing future priests and deacons for their preaching ministry will find this a substantial resource.
The Bible Today

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