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title: Essays – Church Life Journal | Michael Connors, C.S.C.
description: Michael Connors, CSC is director of the John S. Marten Program in Homiletics at the University of Notre Dame. He is an Associate Professional Specialist in the Department of Theology at Notre Dame, teaching in the area of preaching and pastoral ministry.
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## Michael Connors, C.S.C.
Michael Connors, CSC is director of the John S. Marten Program in Homiletics at the University of Notre Dame. He is an Associate Professional Specialist in the Department of Theology at Notre Dame, teaching in the area of preaching and pastoral ministry.
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## [Preaching as Worship: Progress and Ongoing Issues in Roman Catholicism](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/07/11/preaching-as-worship)
Published by [Michael Connors, C.S.C.](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/author/michael-connors-c-s-c)
# Introduction: The Catholic Turn of the Word
The year is 1961. Father Smith, longtime Irish pastor of St. Mary’s Parish, has just concluded the reading of the Gospel—in Latin, of course. The people are seated, and Smith begins the announcements. “The Knights of Columbus will be having their monthly Fish Fry this Friday. . . . The Ladies’ Sodality is collecting canned goods for the poor. . . . Don’t...
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## [The Deacon as an Agent of Social Change](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/2016/05/02/the-deacon-as-an-agent-of-social-change)
Published by [Michael Connors, C.S.C.](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays/author/michael-connors-c-s-c)
My assignment, “The Deacon as an Agent of Change in the Community,” is a daunting one, to say the least.\* I tried to refuse the great honor of tackling this topic, suggesting some better qualified people to speak to the dynamics of social change, informed by Catholic Social Teaching. One of several liabilities I bring to this task is that not only am I not a deacon myself, but the theology and pra...
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