The sudden loss of founder Fr. Mike Russo resulted in our having to discern the future of Sunday to Sunday Productions. At its core, Fr. Mike had built an Emmy Award winning faith media ministry dedicated to amplifying great preaching in all its varied forms. Our challenge was how to continue the legacy of inspiring and activating everyone’s preaching journey from clergy to minister to laity. That’s the torch that Father Mike inspired us to carry on.
Everyone’s spiritual journey is multifaceted. Interiorly, we face wounds, emotion, uncertainty, and an infinite landscape informed by both the goodness and ugliness of our daily lives. Exteriorly, we are made to be in a relationship with God through others, but that means navigating the messiness of interdependence. Preaching attends to both of these journeys. A contemplative stance affords us the opportunity to see, hear, and attune to God’s presence in a way that makes space for paying attention to God’s voice amidst the busy realities of our lives.
The result is CALLED, a virtual and in-person course and community dedicated to the fundamentals of preaching that Fr Mike demonstrated through his illustrative career. The Holy Spirit had its hand in being awarded our first grant from the Lilly Endowment Compelling Preaching Program, and its with great excitement that we kick off 2025 with four CALLED courses across the U.S.
To learn more about CALLED, please visit the program website www.preachingjourney.com or click below!
Are you CALLED?
CALLED is an intensive virtual and in-person experience, where a cohort of clerical and lay participants draw from the contemplative tradition of the Church and venture on a journey of interior and exterior transformation. The collective sharing and wisdom of the cohort bring a new dimension to the learning process in the context of a life-giving, safe environment. Virtual sessions are led by people in the field; no one teaches above their experience. An in-person retreat provides an opportunity for the cohort to pray together, experiment with homiletic practices, and receive supportive feedback.
CALLED does not just disseminate information, it fosters authentic change within the heart and mind of the believer…
FROM information TO transformative life-giving practices.
FROM Sunday obligation TO liberating and healing the human heart.
FROM routine homilies TO engaging, passionate and authentic preaching.
FROM living your faith privately TO confidently preaching the Word in everyday life.
There are a good deal of recent books, articles, podcasts, and programs that are trying to make sense of the problem and offer examples of effective preaching.
Clearly, good preachers do exist and dynamic faith-based communities can be found. Sunday to Sunday has explored and featured some of them.
Our Emmy winning television series draws on the gospel witness of priests, deacons, laywomen, and youth ministers. We explore how to listen to the gospel and to hear the deeply felt reflections of its witnesses.
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