Parishioner Feedback on Seminarian Preaching

Mowry, David H.

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Parishioner Feedback on Seminarian Preaching

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Mowry, David H. Parishioner Feedback On Seminarian Preaching. Aquinas Institute of Theology. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/d5218668-a334-423e-a72f-db47d5d15bbf?q=2023.

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M. D. H. Parishioner Feedback on Seminarian Preaching. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/d5218668-a334-423e-a72f-db47d5d15bbf?q=2023

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Mowry, David H. Parishioner Feedback On Seminarian Preaching. Aquinas Institute of Theology. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/d5218668-a334-423e-a72f-db47d5d15bbf?q=2023.

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Abstract

This thesis project develops and evaluates a model for preaching feedback that engages parishioners in the homiletic formation of candidates for ordination to the Roman Catholic priesthood. Chapter One explores the distance between the formation and the vocation of parish priests. The chapter presents the context of the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary as uniquely suited to the aims of the thesis project: developing the Affective Feedback model which relies upon the spiritual experience of the parishioner-listener as the source of feedback to the seminarian-preacher. Chapter Two presents the central metaphor of a bridge to explain the theoretical frameworks of the Affective Feedback model. The chapter establishes three theological pillars for this bridge: the pneumatology of the Gift of God, the sensus fidei, and Ignatian affective discernment. Chapter Three explains how listener-oriented preaching serves as the homiletic suspension cables of the Affective Feedback bridge. The practical ecclesiology of Pope Francis, the inductive preaching homiletic of Fred Craddock, and insights into listener relevance from Karla Bellinger manifest the tensile strength that feedback requires. Chapter Four introduces interdisciplinary wisdom from communication studies in the business world to establish the deck of the Affective Feedback bridge. In conversation with Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen, and Therese Huston, the chapter lays out the practical theology of effective feedback conversations. Chapter Five details the Affective Feedback model, this thesis project’s ministerial intervention. The chapter gives thick descriptions of the institutional context, participants, structure, and evaluation of the ministerial intervention. Chapter Six analyzes the limitations and data of the intervention. The analysis examines seminarian interviews and parishioner questionnaires to demonstrate how parishioners moved toward basing their feedback on affective impact and how seminarians grew in appreciation for parishioner’s praise. The chapter concludes by suggesting the next steps for Affective Feedback’s improvement and application.

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