Our Programs
Evolution of the CALLED Community
From a foundational formation program to a broad digital ecosystem.
Our Foundations
CALLED began as a unique formational experience funded by the Lilly Endowment, focusing on the interior journey.
Forming an Attentive Heart
Interiority & Lived Faith
Retreats & Workshops
Preaching & Community
Expanding the Reach
As we grow, CALLED is expanding into a broader ecosystem that leverages digital tools to support more voices.
Digital Missionary Support
On-Demand Formation Tools
Scalable Community Platform
Amplifying Diverse Voices
What CALLED Offers
CALLED meets you where you are-whether you want to reflect in solitude, gather with others, or bring formation experiences to your own community.
Each format draws from the same contemplative foundation: awareness, compassion, and shared story.
Informed Voices
The invitation by a trusted messenger that speaks to every seeker from exactly where they are.
Retreats
Half-day and full-day experiences designed for renewal and reflection-offered in person and online.
Online Content
Courses, reflections, and podcasts that bring formation into the rhythm of daily life accessible anytime.
Workshops
Interactive sessions that integrate spir. journey-through gatherings, and shaared learning projects.
Research
Many studies have found that ineffective preaching is the main reason why people are either dissatisfied with church or have stopped going all together.
2022
Online Services Appeal to Americans, but Going in Person Remains More Popular
2025
Can Behavioral Change Technology move people back to the Pews?
2023
Data supporting the US Catholic church’s need to improve preaching.
2022
Pope Francis and the Search for Solutions to the Bad Sermon Phenomenon
Resources
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.
PODCASTS
BOOKS
ARTICLES
Preachers
Clearly, good preachers do exist and dynamic faith-based communities can be found. Sunday to Sunday has explored and featured some of them.
On The Journey Documentary
On the Journey, is an immersive and intimate documentary about the St. Monica’s Catholic Community in Santa Monica, California. It profiles four parishioners who Msgr. Lloyd Torgerson’s pastoral leadership has inspired them into faith-in-action.
Sunday To Sunday Series
Sunday to Sunday is our Emmy-winning television series that takes you to dynamic Catholic parishes, nationwide, to see how their pastors and parishioners spread the Gospel and change lives. Discover parishes who are filled with the Holy Spirit and see how parishioners have heard the word of God through quality preaching and are in turn motivated to witness for Christ.
Sunday To Sunday Episodes
Pastor of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Jamaica, Queens, NY
Pastor of the Nativity of Mary Church in San Luis Obispo,CA
The Dominican Preaching Team
Paulist priest, a liturgical composer, theologian, and author.
Pastor Emeritus of Saint Francis of Assisi Church in Incline Village, Nevada
University Chaplain, University of San Francisco
Pastor of Saint Raymond of Penafort, Philadelphia, PA
The late Rector and Dean of the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, CA
President Emeritus, Seton Hall University
Pastor of Church of the Presentation, Upper Saddle River, N.J.
Member of the Camaldolese Hermitage in Big Sur, CA
Former Pastor of Saint Perpetua Church in Lafayette, California
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