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Communication from the pulpit: Keys to Clergy Communication Part 3 of 3

Communication from the pulpit: Keys to Clergy Communication Part 3 of 3. Catholic Distance Learning Network – March 2008. Keys to Great Clergy Communication. Steep yourself in prayer

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Communication from the pulpit: Keys to Clergy Communication Part 3 of 3

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  1. Communication from the pulpit:Keys to Clergy CommunicationPart 3 of 3 Catholic Distance Learning Network – March 2008

  2. Keys to Great Clergy Communication • Steep yourself in prayer • “There is an essential relationship between personal prayer and preaching…The preaching of Christ’s sacred ministers, to be effective, requires that it be based on their spirit of filial prayer…Personal prayer provides priests with support and encouragement for their sense of ministry, their vocation in life, and for their living and apostolic faith. In personal prayer they draw daily zeal for evangelization. Once personally convinced of this, it is translated into persuasive, coherent and convincing preaching.” - The priest and the third Millennium (1999)

  3. Keys (cont) • The responsibility as a priest • Officially represent the Church • Present Christ to a secular world • Prepare • Define and refine your message “The priest was chosen, consecrated and sent to carry out effectively in our time this eternal mission of Christ; he becomes his authentic representative and messenger.” - Directory on the Ministry and Life of Priests (1994)

  4. Keys (cont) • Respect and love your audience • People are naturally hungry for knowledge of God • The human heart is drawn to love

  5. Keys (cont) • Communion with the people of God • Authentic experience of God • Christ-like sacrifice • Give and you will receive “Insofar as he unites the family of God and brings about the Church as communion, the priest becomes the bridge between man and God, making himself a brother of men who wants to be their pastor, father and master. The priest will guide the man of today, in his search for the meaning of his existence, to a personal encounter with Christ, an encounter which is realized as a message and as a reality already present, although not in a definitive way, in the Church.” - Directory on the ministry and life of priests (1994).

  6. Keys (cont) • Find your comfort zone • Physical comfort level • Use style that best suits you • Don’t apply tricks that are intended for a different personality • Master love, respect and communion with people of God

  7. Keys (cont) • Simple & profound • “Preaching, therefore, cannot be reduced to the presentation of one’s own thought, to the manifestations of personal experience, to simple explanations of a psychological, sociological or humanitarian nature; nor can it excessively concentrate on rhetoric, so often found in mass-communication. It concerns proclaiming a Word which cannot be altered, because it has been entrusted to the Church in order to protect, penetrate and faithfully transmit it.” - Directory on the Ministry and Life of Priests (1994)

  8. Keys (cont) • Step out of your world and into theirs • “I don’t think he (Jesus) had any techniques. But he was able to talk to slaves, to Jews, to Gentiles, to big-shots and little-shots, to all people, in the language they needed to hear.” - Dear Father: A Message of Love for Priests (1979)

  9. Keys (cont) • Honest assessment • Feedback from brother priests • Feedback from parishioners • Outside perspective • Open attitude I wonder…

  10. Going deeper • Consult sections one and two of The Priest and the Third Millennium (1999) for an in-depth discussion of the expectations of the Church in proclaiming the Word. • Section 30 of the Directory on the Ministry and Life of Priests (1994) discusses communion with the laity. • Evangelii Nuntiandi (1975) includes a dynamic entry (43) on the homily as evangelization.

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