Teaching & Preaching is the personal blog (and homily archive) of Deacon Matthew Newsome, featuring essays about faith, morality, ministry, and theology in the Roman Catholic tradition.
Audio recordings of his Sunday homilies are regularly published on Spotify.
Deacon Matt’s essays have appeared in various print and online Catholic publications including The Catholic News Herald, The Deacon, Homiletic & Pastoral Review, Catholic Answers Magazine, Envoy, Dappled Things, Catholic Exchange, and others.
Some Selected Essays
- “My Morning Ritual” (Teaching & Preaching)
- “On Being a Middle-aged Parent” (Catholic News Herald)
- “Will You Be Married to Your Spouse in Heaven?” (Teaching & Preaching)
- “Servants of the Divine Will: New Covenant Levites Standing in Unshadowed Light” (Homiletic & Pastoral Review)
- “Mission Stations: College Campus Ministry” (The Deacon)
- “Stains on the Altar Cloth” (Dappled Things)
- “Fasting: Required & Recommended” (Teaching & Preaching)
- “Tattoos, Piercings and the Church” (Teaching & Preaching)
- “In Prayer and Painting, Less is Often More” (Catholic Exchange)
- “Captured by Beauty Bigger than this World” (Catholic News Herald)
- “Happiness & Suffering” (Catholic News Herald)