Dominican Events: Come early and join other Dominicans from around the US Dominican Day of Study and Reflection Contemplative Dialogue... to be a Preacher, to be a Hearer 9:00a.m.-4:00 p.m. September 16th Presenter Steven Worth Executive Director, The Center for Contemplative Dialogue An Evening at Barry University A Social Gathering for Dominicans 7:00 - 9:00 p.m Register online at www.parableconference.org Meeting of the US Dominican Promoters of Preaching Sunday, September 17th: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Pat Moran OP and Elyse Ramirez OP National Conveners Register online at www.parableconference.org       The Catholic Coalition on Preaching is a partnership of member organizations that recognizes the primary importance of preaching in the Catholic Church and seeks to promote and energize quality preaching in the United States. (Mission Statement)

2006 Catholic Coalition
on Preaching

September 17-20, 2006
Hyatt Regency Pier 66
Fort Lauderdale, FL


Richard Rohr, OFM
Bishop Sylvester D. Ryan
Barbara Reid, OP
Jude Siciliano, OP
Rev. Michael Heher
Gerard Austin, OP
Dr. Richard Stern
Charles Bouchard, OP
Teresita Weind, SNDdeN
Don Heet, OSFS
Mary Jean Traeger, OP
and other preachers, experts, scholars, and colleagues from across the country

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The theme of the 2006 CCOP Convocation is

Many Who Heard Were Astounded: Preaching with the Hearers in Mind.

The quote from the Gospel of Mark (6:2) speaks to the primary goal of the convocation: to help preachers appreciate and understand the people assembled before them on any given Sunday in order to preach the Word of God to them more effectively.

On the first full day, preachers from all over the United States will immerse themselves in the multi-faceted aspects of the hearers who come to the Sunday Eucharist -- their joys and struggles, their pain and delight. Preachers will be encouraged to walk in the shoes of their hearers, to be in their skin, figuratively to sit in the pews with them in order to understand more fully what their everyday lives are like. They will explore different ethnic and cultural realities, the different experiences of women and men, the variety of world views experienced by the very young, the middle aged and the elders in the assembly.

Richard Rohr, OFM will develop these diverse realities in-depth in his keynote address. A “panel of hearers” will continue the dialog from different ethnic, gender and age perspectives.

Day Two will move the agenda forward by leading participants through a process of preparing to preach with the hearers in mind. Using the previous day’s input as backdrop, a panel including Gerald Austin, OP (liturgical and systematic theology), Barbara Reid, OP (biblical studies), Richard Stern (homiletics) and Teresita Weind, SNDdeD (pastoral ministry) will engage the group in exegeting the Word, the assembly and the world we live in. Finally participants will have an opportunity to practice what they have learned; beginning to prepare a homily that keeps the hearers in mind.

Richard Rohr will close the convocation with Gospel Proclamation, Preaching and a Commissioning Ritual that will invite participants to “Go forth and preach” using the insights and skills they have gleaned from their days together.