The eternal fruits of the Catholic Mass come in the linkage of two liturgies, that of Eucharist and of Word. “It’s the integration of Word and Eucharist that makes the Mass. The Word informs the Eucharist, and the Eucharist embodies the Word,” said Oblate Father Thomas Dailey, the director of the Catholic Preaching Institute at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary which will be hosting its first-ever Festival of the Word. “The congregation has a part to play in compelling preaching, in the thriving of the Word of God. “He’s going to speak about what it is we do when we’re preaching, or what is it we hear when we’re preaching.