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P 250
Masses under the supervision of local
pastors. While assigned to parishes,
preachers will work with teams of
parishioners in examining and reflecting
upon the scriptures and in the evaluation
of their preaching. An important objective
of this course is the evaluation and
utilization of different homily forms.
Students will also come to an understanding
of the assembly’s unmet needs in
Catholic preaching and their hopes and
expectations for the Sunday homily.
Students will develop homilies in light of
alternative approaches for congregational
analysis and homiletic principles, while
employing a variety of preaching styles.
Prerequisites: B 253 and P 240. (Shea,
4 Credits)
Pastoral Leadership: Dynamics of
Pastoring
One pastors through activities which
facilitate in the other (whether that other is
an individual, a group or a whole complex
organization such as a parish community):
1) the discovery of, and 2) the ability to
utilize constructively with others, the
personal resources latent within the other
for response to the Lord who created and
endowed these persons with those
particular resources. Thus the course
and practicum focus on so interacting with
others that they begin to appreciate and
utilize in a new way gifts, powers and
capacities already present but not fully
appropriated by the other. In the
practicum component the student will
experience the dynamics of pastoring, of
getting in touch with the universal
demands on, and one’s personal talents
for, pastoral leadership. Each student will
be responsible for a pastoring project at
the parish internship site. Accountability to
an on-location supervisor and a course
supervisor will afford practical guidance
P 430
P 431
and conceptual integration. (Staff, 4
Credits)
Preaching at the Rites of Christian
Initiation
This course deals with the theology and
practice of preaching within the liturgical
Rites of Initiation of the Church, Initiation of
Children of catechetical age, and the Rite
of Baptism for Children. Participants will
develop and preach homilies for the
various rites from the Rite of Christian
Initiation of Adults, the Triduum, First
Eucharist, and Rite of Baptism for
Children. Students will learn how to
preside at certain of the Rites of Christian
Initiation including the Rite of Acceptance,
Presentation of the Creed and Lord’s
Prayer, and the Scrutinies. Emphasis will
also be placed on mystagogical preaching
which focuses on mystery, the
symbols of the sacraments, the rites, and
liturgy, while using the scriptures to reflect
upon images of how God has historically
worked in the liturgical rites. Prerequisites:
B 253 and P 240, or equivalent
determined by instructor. (Shea, 3
Credits)
Preaching at the Rites of Healing and
Pastoral Care
This course provides the foundations for
liturgical preaching primarily within the
rites of healing and pastoral care of the
Church while enabling students to
continue to develop and utilize the
knowledge and skills required for
authoritative preaching. It provides the
students with the opportunity to deepen
their understanding of a Catholic theology
of preaching while exploring various
models & forms for preparing, writing, and
preaching homilies. An important objective
is the creative utilization of the images of
texts and symbols found in the liturgical
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