# The Art of Preaching with Fr. Steve Thoma

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Podcast: [Catholicism and Culture](https://stenobird.com/podcast/catholicism-and-culture-476412)
Published: 2025-11-19T18:32:36+00:00
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## Resource

Fr. Steve Thoma, Professor of Homiletics at St. John's Seminary, discusses the challenges of preaching each Sunday, and what lay Catholics should expect from their homilists! Watch a short video about St. John Seminary's Online in M.A. in Pastoral Ministry Program: https://vimeo.com/79053099 If you are interested in learning more about the online M.A. in Pastoral Ministry Program for lay students at St. John's Seminary, email Dr. Stuart Squires at mapm@stjohnsem.edu

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