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Since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has encouraged, inspired, and delighted those who have heard him preach. Especially fascinating have been his plain-spoken and insightful weekday morning Mass homilies. He has also offered the church a substantial contribution on the theory and practice ofhomiletics in a large section of his first major teaching document, EvangeliiGaudium (The Joy of the Gospel). In The Preaching of Pope Francis, Gregory Heille, OP, introduces readers to the pope’s preaching, his insights about the preaching vocation of the ordained, and his call to all the baptized to go to the margins as missionary disciples and evangelists of the Word.
Heille, a highly regarded professor of homiletics and preacher himself, offers an inspiring and practical resource for priests, deacons, and anyone involved in the ministry of preaching. He shares the pope’s vision and example for the preparation and delivery of effective and engaging homilies and for laity invested in the church’s ministry of the Word in a post-Vatican II pastoral context.
Gregory Heille, OP, professor of homiletics and academic dean at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, has spoken and given workshops on preaching in the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, and Australia. He serves as promoter of preaching for theDominican Central Province and has served as president of the Catholic Association of Teachers of Homiletics and president of the Academy of Homiletics.
