Preach: The Catholic Homilies Podcast

What makes a great Catholic homily, and what goes into the art of delivering it well? 

“Preach” is a new weekly podcast from America Media that features a diverse cast of the finest Catholic preachers. Each week, preachers open up their hearts and minds, sharing their spiritual lives, approaches to interpreting scripture and techniques for preparing the best homilies. 

On each episode, listeners will meet Catholic preachers, learn about their communities and hear their Sunday homilies, delivered with a podcast audience in mind. In the second part of the show, preachers will unpack the making of their homily with the show’s host, Ricardo da Silva, S.J., to offer a privileged peek into their lives as ministers of God’s Word, to enable all preachers to keep preaching the Good News.

Read the homilies featured on the podcast and get daily Scripture reflections from America Media by becoming a subscriber: www.americamagazine.org/subscribe

“Preach” is made possible through a generous grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc, as a contribution to its Compelling Preaching Initiative, funding the development of preachers across the United States.

Religion & Spirituality
Christianity
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Timothy Radcliffe: Don't preach like a know-it-...
How Timothy Radcliffe prepared to lead a retreat for synod delegates
38 min
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Top preaching takeaways from the National Eucha...
33 min
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Writing a homily after the Trump assassination ...
Deacon Greg Kandra preaches for the 15th Sunday, Ordinary Time, Year B
35 min
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Meet a ‘perpetual pilgrim’ on her way to the Na...
21 min
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How the Eucharistic Revival can help us love Go...
Joe Laramie, S.J. preacher for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B
23 min
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Try writing your next homily in a coffee shop
Scott VanDerveer | Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year C
36 min
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Never start a homily with these 4 words
Thomas Groome preaches for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Year B
35 min
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Preachers: Tell a story that will stay with you...
Fr. Chris Clohessy preaches for the Solemnity of Pentecost, Year B
33 min
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Ron Hansen on bringing fiction-writing techniqu...
Ron Hansen preaches for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, Year B
21 min
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What young adults most need to hear in a homily
Father Peter Wojcik preaches for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year B
30 min
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A preacher should offer the congregation a chal...
Gemma Simmonds, CJ, preaches for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B
34 min
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Bishop Stowe preaches on the climate crisis for...
Bishop John Stowe, O.F.M. Conv., preaches for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B
25 min
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To be a good preacher, pray more and read widely
John Baldovin, S.J., preaches for the Third Sunday of Easter, Year B
24 min
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Striking a chord: The debate on singing in the ...
Kim Harris preaches for the Second Sunday of Easter, Year B
33 min
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When preparing to preach, treat your homily lik...
Ed Foley, O.F.M. Cap., preaches for the Mass of the Day on Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord
35 min
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Ukraine military chaplain: Preaching hope to a ...
Andriy Zelinskyy, S.J., preaches for Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
31 min
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A Preacher’s Guide to Holy Week: These are long...
Kim Harris and John Baldovin, S.J., on preaching in Holy Week
42 min
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Father Rob Galea’s preaching strategies for rea...
Rob Galea preaches for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year B (Laetare Sunday)
32 min
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How a deacon’s past as a taxi driver fuels his ...
Steve Kramer preaches for the Third Sunday of Lent, Year A (First Scrutiny)
42 min
45
Meet a woman who teaches priests to preach
Karla Bellinger preaches for the Second Sunday of Lent, Year B
34 min
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Try something new this Lent: Map out your homil...
Russell Pollitt, S.J., preaches for the First Sunday of Lent, Year B
41 min
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The Vatican’s chief liturgist on why preachers ...
44 min
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An update from the Preach team
36 min
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The star first leads the wise men to Jerusalem—...
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord
32 min
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A Syriac Catholic priest and father in Bethlehe...
Feast of the Holy Family
33 min