Annual Preaching Conference

Join us at Sacred Heart’s Seventh Annual SHSST Preaching Conference:

 

Who’s in your pews?
Preaching to your people

WHEN

WHERE

  • Tuesday January 7, 2025 through Wednesday January 9, 2025
  • However, if you are traveling, you are welcoming to join us for Mass and breakfast on Thursday before your departure.
  • Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology
  • 7335 S Lovers Lane Rd, Franklin, WI 53132

COST

HOUSING

  • $125 per person
  • Includes all presentations , Tuesday evening dinner, all meals and reception on Wednesday, Thursday breakfast. Housing not included.

SCHEDULE OF CONFERENCE

Tuesday, January 07:
  • 2:00pm-5pm Registration (Lobby)
  • 5:15pm Evening Prayer (SH Chapel)
  • 5:45pm Dinner (Dining Room)
  • 7:00pm First Presentation (Lobby)
Wednesday, January 08:
  • 7:45am Morning Prayer (SH Chapel)
  • 8:15am Breakfast (Main Dining Room)
  • 9:00am Second Presentation (Lobby)
  • 10:15am Break
  • 10:30am Third Presentation (Lobby)
  • Noon Angelus/Lunch (Main Dining Room)
  • 1:00pm Fourth Presentation (Lobby)
  • 2:15pm Break
  • 2:30pm Fifth Presentation (Lobby)
  • 4:00pm Mass (SH Chapel)
  • 5:00pm Reception (Dining Room)
  • 5:30pm Dinner (Dining Room)
 Thursday, January 09: Optional
  • 7:45am Mass
    8:15am Breakfast

Questions? Contact Deacon Steve Kramer, D. Min., Director of Homiletics: skramer@shsst.edu, 414-858-4767

Note to Clergy: Please ask your chancery office to email an electronic file (JPG or PDF) of your letter of suitability, with the letter addressed to the Most Rev. Jerome E. Listecki, Archdiocese of Milwaukee, 3501 South Lake Drive, PO Box 070912, Milwaukee, WI 53207-0912. It can be emailed to: CusackB@ArchMil.org

REGISTER

Priests/deacons and others
from outside of Milwaukee

Register Here

SHSST students, SCJ’s, and continuing education through the Archdiocese of Milwaukee

Register here

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES: More coming soon!

Dcn. Steve Kramer, D.Min. was ordained in 1994 for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, and is now incardinated for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. He holds an M.A. in Theology from Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, New York, and a Doctorate (D.Min.) in Preaching and Communication from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. He is the Director of Homiletics, Director of Recruitment, and Associate Professor of Pastoral Studies at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. In addition, Deacon Kramer teaches homiletics to the candidates for the Permanent Diaconate Formation program of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Deacon Steve is a nationally known retreat master and speaker on preaching/communication topics, as well as contributing articles and a quarterly column for The Deacon magazine. He and his wife Geri have been married for forty-six years. They have four grown children and one grandchild all of whom now live in Southeastern Wisconsin. You can contact Deacon Steve at skramer@shsst.edu.

Title of talk: TBD