The video series will consist of four 12- to 15-minute-long episodes that explore the beauty and meaning of Advent traditions in an engaging and meaningful way and highlight a different cherished ...

COVINGTON, Ky. — The day after Father Daniel Schomaker took up his duties in 2017 as pastor of St. Augustine Catholic Church in the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky, he met with the parish school ...

Heart of the Homily features prominent figures from the St. Augustine Church & Catholic Student Center at the University of Miami. Michelle Ducker Lopez, Director of Evangelization and Campus Ministry ...

A key component of a homily is that it demands ability, willingness, and capacity for public speaking. It is an act of communication, on the part of the homilist and the listeners. So, a few thoughts ...

Pope Francis made waves last weekend with his off-the-cuff remarks calling homilies at Catholic churches "a disaster." Most of the headlines, including NCR's, highlighted the pope's advice to ...

For the better part of 40 years in churches across the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, clergy ceded the floor to laypeople for the delivery of the homily — the sermon that follows the reading of ...

On a recent weekend at the beach, the Rev. Daniel F.X. Powell Jr. saw a man with a tattoo that said “Everything has a price.” “And I thought ‘There’s a homily in that,’” Powell says. Powell is an ...

Priests who give boring homilies could take a cue from Pope Francis, known for his off-the-cuff riffs. (Credit: CNS Listen Ever doze off during a particularly boring Sunday homily? You’re probably not ...

The secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, has announced the publication next year of a Directory of Homilies, an important tool that will help pastors prepare their ...

Maison Hullibarger’s parents describe the 18-year-old college freshman as “passionate and opinionated,” a strong student and a devoted Pittsburgh Steelers fan. So when Maison killed himself on Dec. 4, ...