SILVER SPRING, Md. — Over 100 years ago, Father Thomas Augustine Judge, a Vincentian priest, traveled to Alabama with a small group of laywomen and men to establish mission parishes in communities ...
A surefire way to lose your congregation’s attention is to start a homily with “In today’s Gospel reading,” says Thomas Groome. “The purpose of good preaching,” he says, “is to bring our lives to God ...