Commission on Evangelization

Evangelization Homily Hints: A Resource for Catholic Preachers. By Richard W. Chilson, CSP. Paulist Press (2000). $16.95

Evangelization demands a vision not another program. It is not something special that we do; it is essential to who we are as church. To keep that vision of evangelization alive is the preacher’s calling.

Father Chilson maintains that one of the most effective ways of permeating parish life with a vision of evangelization is by preaching the Sunday scriptures with an evangelizing “lens.” To assist homilists, he has created short reflections for all the Sundays and Solemnities of the liturgical cycle. Each reflection, no more than a few paragraphs, is written to stimulate the religious imagination and bring out an evangelizing dimension of the scriptures. This book, however, is not only for homilists, but for catechists, liturgy committees, parish councils, scripture and prayer groups!

This user-friendly resource is designed to cultivate a deeper Scriptural understanding of evangelization right in the midst of the hectic, ongoing routines of any parish’s life!

Reviewed by Lorraine Vancamp, Glenmary’s evangelization consultant.

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