Bishops to prepare document on preaching for vote next year 

Submitted on June 23, 2011
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Nancy Frazier O'Brien | Catholic News Service
Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz., gave a homily during a healing Mass in January at St. Odilia Church in Tucson, Ariz., for victims of a shooting at a congresswoman’s appearance at a shopping center. The U.S. bishops have voted to prepare a document on preaching.
Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz., gave a homily during a healing Mass in January at St. Odilia Church in Tucson, Ariz., for victims of a shooting at a congresswoman’s appearance at a shopping center. The U.S. bishops have voted to prepare a document on preaching.
CNS photo/Greg Bryan, via Arizona Daily Star
BELLEVUE, Wash.— Following a lively debate on the first day of their spring general assembly near Seattle, the U.S. bishops voted overwhelmingly to authorize preparation of a 50-page document on preaching for consideration in November 2012. St. Louis Archbishop Robert J. Carlson presented the proposal on behalf of the Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations, which he chairs, but said the document would be drawn up in consultation with various committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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