Homiletics Coach Cindy Bernardin began her pastoral ministry in her home parish, which led to a Clinical Pastoral Education residency and board-certified chaplaincy. A love for the craft of preaching and its power to form and strengthen a community’s discipleship has been central to her own formative experience in parish life and continues in her current ministry. She earned a Doctor of Ministry in Preaching and a Certificate in Teaching Preaching from the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, as well as an M.A. in Catholic Thought and Life from Saint Meinrad School of Theology. Her doctoral thesis focused on preaching as an act of communication - the spiritual connection between preacher and listener. Cindy has truly become an expert in Catholic homiletics.

In addition to serving as a coach for priests and deacons, today Cindy enjoys opportunities to preach and write, including contributing to the 2028 Workbook for Lectors, Gospel Readers, and Proclaimers of the Word, Year C (Liturgy Training Publications).

Cindy and her husband have been married for more than 40 years and live in Indiana. They enjoy traveling, especially to get time with their four children and six grandchildren!

Homiletics Coach Msgr. Steve Bosso was born, raised, and ordained a priest in Pensacola, Florida. He served at the Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More and as Catholic Campus Minister at Florida State University (1978–1981).

Msgr. Bosso earned his B.A. and Master of Divinity at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Worthington, Ohio, and a Licentiate of Sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome in 1985. He also studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel as part of his Licentiate degree. From 1985 until 2022, he served on the faculty at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary, teaching Scripture, Classical Hebrew and Greek. He served as a Formation Advisor and Spiritual Director, Dean of Students, Academic Dean, Dean of Pastoral Formation and as Rector and President (2000–2005). From 2011–2013 he was Pastor of St. Rose of Lima in Milton, Florida before returning to the seminary as professor of Sacred Scripture and Homiletics until he retired in 2022. Along the way, Msgr. Bosso earned a Doctorate in Preaching from Aquinas Institute in St. Louis, with a focus on Best Homiletical Practices in Roman Catholic Theologates in the United States, in 2018. His expertise in Catholic homiletics has deep roots. He received the Marten Fellowship in Homiletics from the University of Notre Dame for the Fall semester of 2021.

Msgr. Bosso has served for six years on the Board of Commissioners for the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. In recent years he has also served as a minister in numerous Catholic parishes across the United States, offering retreats, talks, and missions. In August 2025 he came out of retirement to become the Rector/Pastor of The Basilica of St. Thomas the Archangel in Pensacola, Fl.

In his spare time, Msgr. Steve enjoys playing the banjo, walking, and swimming.

Homiletics Coach Deacon Bill Eckert holds a Doctorate in Ministry in Preaching from the Aquinas Institute in Saint Louis and is a teacher of preaching. Deacon Eckert’s thesis project centered on the use of theological reflection as a tool for determining a message from the liturgy and life for the specific congregation. He is an expert Catholic homiletician.

His early life, growing up in a large family in Bremerton, Washington, and then earning a B.A. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame, prepared him well for ministry. For nearly four decades, he has focused on forming and coaching teens in Chicago, Hawaii, and Tacoma, Washington. More than 30 of those years have been at Bellarmine Preparatory School in Tacoma, where Deacon Eckert taught ecclesiology, morality, bioethics, and scripture, coached the boys’ and girls’ soccer teams, as well as served as liturgical coordinator and campus minister. In 2021 he retired after 40 years of teaching, ministering, and coaching at the high school level.

In 2003, Deacon Eckert was ordained to the diaconate for the Archdiocese of Seattle, and he currently serves the people of Tacoma while assigned to Saint Patrick Catholic Church and School. He has also been a hospital chaplain, served on ethics committees, and regularly ministers to seniors through Bible study and communion services at retirement centers around Tacoma. In addition to coaching, Deacon Eckert works as an adjunct lecturer in preaching for St. Meinrad’s Deacon Formation Program and with Deacon Frank Agnoli as an instructor of preaching for the Deacon Formation Program at the Archdiocese of Omaha, NE.

Bill and his wife, Barbara—who also works in ministry and preaching—have been married more than 30 years. When he has free time, Bill enjoys traveling, studying homiletics and liturgy, and gardening.

Homiletics coach Fr. Ed Griswold is known for helping priests, seminarians and deacons to develop strong, sustainable practices for crafting effective homilies. His goal is to equip preachers to engage their communities in ways that facilitate listeners’ efforts to encounter the word of God and connect it to their lives.

Fr. Ed is an expert in Catholic homilies. He draws on decades of ministry as a Parochial Vicar (1973 – 1980), Diocesan Vocation Director (1980 – 1987) Formation Mentor at Chicago’s Mundelein Seminary (1990 – 1994), and Parish Pastor (1994 – 2008). He has also ministered as Homiletics Professor, Pastoral Formation Director and Vice Rector at Saint Mary’s Seminary & University, Baltimore (2008 –2021). He earned his D. Min. in Preaching with his doctoral thesis on the use of Lectio Divina in homily preparation by Diocesan priests (Aquinas Institute of Theology, 2006).

In addition to his coaching, Fr. Ed is presently assigned as a Senior Priest to St. Barnabas Church, Bayville, NJ in the Diocese of Trenton.

Fr. Ed enjoys “being back home” with family and friends. When he can, Father enjoys traveling and keeping in touch with former faculty, students, and parishioners.

Homiletics Coach Fr. Mike Kueber is a member of the Brotherhood of the People of Praise and serves as pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Portland, Oregon.

He earned a License in Liturgy in Rome (2011) and a Doctorate in Preaching from Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis (2019). He has taught at Catholic University of America and Mount Angel Seminary, and he now coaches preachers with the Institute for Homiletics. In addition to his Catholic homiletics expertise, Fr. Mike is especially known for his more than 25 years of work serving first-generation Hispanic immigrants and their children. In 2023 he published Preaching to Latinos: Welcoming the Hispanic Moment in the U.S. Church (Catholic University Press). He shares best practices for preaching and leading in multicultural settings across Christian traditions.

When he has free time, Fr. Mike enjoys kayaking, swimming, biking, hiking, watching good movies, and traveling.

Homiletics Coach Dr. Suzanne Nawrocki has served as a long term executive member of the Catholic Association and participating in the wider ecumenical group, the Academy of Homiletics. In addition, she has been a member of the international guild Societas Homileticus. Dr. Nawrocki assisted in the Practices Peer Forum to update accreditation standards for the Association of Theological Schools and helped the USCCB train clergy on preaching Laudato Si. She has consulted and lectured for the University of Notre Dame Marten Preaching Program and she currently assists the Diocese of Austin Deacon formation in preaching.

Dr. Nawrocki also enjoys presenting at the LA Catechetical Congress and frequently gives workshops for parishes in sacramental preparation, lector training, and on the scriptures. A perpetual learner, she recently completed Harvard’s Bok Higher Education certificate program.

She has a Doctorate in Ministry from Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Louis, in 2013, with a focus on embodiment and gesture in preaching. She has also served as an adjunct professor for the Aquinas Institute. In addition, she has earned undergraduate business degrees from St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, and an MA in Scripture and a MDiv from Mary’s Seminary, Houston. She thoroughly enjoys her expertise in Catholic preaching.

Dr. Nawrocki and her husband of more than 40 years enjoy living in the Hill Country of Texas. Their four grown children and two grandchildren give them great joy! Suzanne enjoys playing golf, pickle ball, and swimming. She also hammers songs out on the piano, and (surprisingly) she believes yard work is fun!