Our Programs
CALLED to Spiritually Renew the Church
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!
A Bit About CALLED
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.
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
2011
Faith In Flux: Changes in Religious Affiliation in the U.S.
2023
This just in: Catholic churches have the worst preaching and music in the US
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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