August 2026
A new year of formation is about to begin for seminarians at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary!
For these future preachers, the John Cardinal Foley Chair in Homiletics & Social Communications sponsors a public “forum” to kick off the new year. This year’s topic of discussion is the encyclical of Pope Leo XIV (“Magnifica Humanitas”) on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence.
AI could certainly having a big impact on preachers and preaching. Join us for the discussion!
From the bookshelf ...
FROM THE BOOKSHELF (August)
the English translation of a collection of homilies by Pope Benedict XVI … “all delivered off the public record in small chapels, during his years as pope and pope emeritus.”
Here are excerpts for feasts this month:
“Let us ask the Lord to grant that we may touch Him externally like Thomas, like the many people who can touch Jesus in the Gospel, but especially that we may learn to touch Him with our heart, so that in this way He may cure us and give us salvation.” (Feast of St. Thomas the Apostles, July 3, 2009)
“(the one, central point of the Rule” is the point of being open, having a heart open to the voice of the Lord, listening in silence, letting oneself be formed, finally … knowing and loving Jesus as the nucleus of truth” (Memorial of St. Benedict, March 21, 2006)
the English translation of a collection of homilies by Pope Benedict XVI … “all delivered off the public record in small chapels, during his years as pope and pope emeritus.”
Here are excerpts for feasts this month:
“Let us ask the Lord to grant that we may touch Him externally like Thomas, like the many people who can touch Jesus in the Gospel, but especially that we may learn to touch Him with our heart, so that in this way He may cure us and give us salvation.” (Feast of St. Thomas the Apostles, July 3, 2009)
“(the one, central point of the Rule” is the point of being open, having a heart open to the voice of the Lord, listening in silence, letting oneself be formed, finally … knowing and loving Jesus as the nucleus of truth” (Memorial of St. Benedict, March 21, 2006)
Holy Angels
November 10
Throughout this our inaugural year, we have celebrated each month the feast days of remarkable preachers who helped shape a fledgling Church, and who still influence how we celebrate our Catholic faith today. You will find curated reads about each in our Bookshelf Archive.
As 2024 ebbs to its end, this Advent we remember the CHOIRS OF ANGELS, those celestial beings created by God for his kingdom. Especially during this season, we remember those heavenly hosts – named and unnamed – whom God selected to break into human history to announce the coming of the Saviour!
The Angels of Christmas: Hearing God’s Voice in Advent explores the four angelic visits to Zechariah, Mary, Joseph and the shepherds. May we never forget these first “preachers” of the Good News.
A blessed and transformational Advent and Christmas to you and yours!
