Donate to Help Catholic Preaching Flourish
Help Priests and Deacons Preach with Impact
Your gift can help inspiring preaching reach thousands of people each week—and renew parish communities.
Bishop Greg Kelly
Fr. Andy Matejevic
Dcn. Bill Eckert
A stronger homily can open a heart, renew a faith, and strengthen an entire parish.
We have seen that transformation happen through the Preaching for Encounter program. The 43 preachers who graduated in the 2024 cohort collectively reach an estimated 65,000 people through Sunday Mass and pivotal moments such as funerals, weddings, quinceañeras, Christmas, and Easter. When a priest or deacon becomes a more effective preacher, the impact multiplies across every community he serves. (See the latest progress report here.)
You can make this formation possible.
Your support will help bring the Preaching for Encounter program to more dioceses and remove financial barriers for priests and deacons who are ready to grow.
Participants tell us that becoming better preachers also deepens their relationships—with God, with the people they serve, and with their fellow clergy. Your gift invests not only in stronger preaching, but also in clergy who are supported, connected, and flourishing in their vocation.
As the Holy Spirit moves you, please make a scholarship gift today. Every contribution helps equip more priests and deacons to proclaim the Gospel with clarity, conviction, and hope. Each time a scholarship is provided, it allows that impact to reach thousands of people in the pews and beyond.
Please reach out to office@instituteforhomiletics.org with questions.
If you prefer to mail a check:
The Institute for Homiletics – Preacher scholarship
University of Dallas, Box 682
1845 E. Northgate Dr.
Irving TX 75062