Welcome to my personal website! Here you will find information on my upcoming appearances, special projects, speaking engagements and work in New Media. I’m excited to share the good news that my book, The Handbook for Catholic Moms: Nurturing Your Heart, Mind, Body and Soul, will be released in February of 2010 by Ave Maria Press.
I would love to come out and speak to your parish, school, group or organization – please feel free to contact me at lisahendey@gmail.com to discuss your special event.
A huge thanks to Father Robert Reed, Bonnie Rodgers and the entire staff of CatholicTV for their recent hospitality and warm welcome. In case you missed this appearance, you can find my interview below. You’ll also love their conversation with Mr. Robert Duvall!
For months now, I’ve been looking forward to my upcoming television appearance on CatholicTV’s wonderful show This is the Day. Imagine how I felt when the following press release landed in my inbox – the other guest on the show will be none other than Robert Duvall! Unfortunately, I don’t think Mr. Duvall will be in studio, so I won’t be able to hand him a copy of my book in person, but it’s such an honor to share time on a show with such a noted actor.
Here are all of the details – I hope you’ll be able to tune in and watch what promises to be a very exciting show.
Academy-Award-Winning Actor Robert Duvall Will Appear on Live Catholic Talk Show
On August 6th, the live CatholicTV talk show “This is the Day” will include an interview with actor Robert Duvall.
Duvall will discuss his role in the upcoming film “Get Low”, “a movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party, while he was still alive”. Read the rest of this entry →
I love speaking around the country at conferences and parishes, but honestly one of my favorite events is right here in my own backyard. It is now time to register online for the upcoming Diocese of Fresno Congress. Visit the Congress website here for news and information. I will be giving two presentations – Unity in the Eucharist: Becoming a Eucharistic Family and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World. Additionally, the Congress is situated in Visalia, quite near beautiful national parks in a lovely part of our state. If you live in or near California, I hope you will join us for this wonderful event!
Thanks to my friend and fellow podcaster Jerry Weber for his kind invitation to appear on The Catholic Revolver to discuss my book, our Catholic Moments podcast, and CatholicMom.com. Tune in here to listen to the archived show, or click on the player below.
For my Eastern time zone friends, I am thrilled to invite you to my upcoming appearances in New York and New Jersey. All of these events are free to the public and will include brief presentations, refreshments and a chance to meet other families. I look forward to meeting you at one of these locations:
St. James Church – Basking Ridge, NJ – “Nurturing Your Family’s Faith Life with 21st Century Resources” – June 13, 2010 – 4:00 pm – Event Details
St. Catharine’s Church – Glen Rock, NJ – “Raising Faith Filled Children in Today’s Technological Climate” – June 14, 2010 – 7:30 pm – Event Details
I thank the Guild and specifically Sarah Reinhard and Walt Staples for their consideration of my book and for their tremendous support of Catholic writers.
For all of my Southern California friends, I wanted to share the following dates and locations for my upcoming Mother’s Day tour in your neck of the woods. I hope you can join me at one of the following locations:
My mom will be with me and we’re excited about getting out to meet friends and readers in Southern California. Can you help me spread the word about these events? If you would please share this information with your parish and/or school for bulletins and newsletters, that would be a huge help! Additional appearances and all event details can be found at http://lisahendey.com/media/
For friends and readers in the New York/New Jersey area, I am planning a trip to your area for mid June. I’d love to come visit your parish or organization! For additional details, contact me by email at lisa@catholicmom.com.
Update – Here are updated flyers for the Chicago event on April 14 at 6:30 pm as well as a new event at the Hammes Bookstore at the University of Notre Dame on Saturday, April 17 at 1:00 pm:
I hope friends living in Central California will be able to come visit with me this weekend, Sunday, April 11 at the St. Marello Bookstore at St. Joachim’s Catholic Church in Madera, California. I will be in the bookstore signing books and hoping to meet you following all of the Masses on Sunday. Hope to see you there!
I recently had the opportunity to speak with reporter Paula Doyle of The Tidings in advance of my two sessions at this year’s Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ Religious Education Congress. You can read the article in its entirety here. Thanks to Paula and The Tidings for highlighting my talks!
On Wednesday, March 10 I’ll be a part of a special team presenting a half day Clergy Communications Workshop for the priests of the Diocese of Fresno. Our very forward-thinking Bishop has embraced Pope Benedict XVI’s World Communications Day Message for this year and is providing this opportunity to assist the priests of our diocese with implementing technology strategies in their ministry. The Fresno Bee shared information on this workshop in this recent article. Please join me in praying for our priests and those who will join me in presenting this event.
I wanted to share with you my recent interview with Genevieve Pollock of Zenit, where we discussed the vocation of motherhood and The Handbook for Catholic Moms. Genevieve posed some incredibly thoughtful questions, and it was a real treat to have my book featured by one of my favorite Catholic resources. View the entire interview here.
Thank you to everyone at CatholicTV, especially Fr. Robert Reed and Kevin Nelson for the recent opportunity they provided for me to share about on their great program, This is the Day. In case you missed the program, you can view it here.
Since I’m such a huge fan of Catholic podcasts, it was a real treat last week to have The Handbook for Catholic Moms: Nurturing Your Heart, Mind, Body and Soul featured on two of my favorite shows. Listen in to the iPadre Catholic Podcast to hear my conversation with one of my favorite priests, Fr. Jay Finelli. Fr. Jay is a contributor to the book, and one of those hold priests who really “gets” the use of new media in his priesthood. If I had the opportunity to chat with Fr. Jay every week, I’d likely be a much better wife, mom and person.
The second podcast to feature the book last week was my very own family of mom bloggers at the Faith & Family Live Cast. You can almost hear me blushing out loud at the very kind remarks offered by my friends and writing colleagues Danielle Bean and Arwen Mosier. Honestly, hearing the two of them talk so sweetly about our book made my heart sing. Since both of these two fine writers are also contributors to the book, it was especially joyful to share this conversation with them!
A big thank you to my friend and fellow podcaster Chris Cash for inviting me to appear on his great program, Catholic Spotlight. Chris and I had a very fun conversation about the background behind my book, how the idea came together, and the content of the book. Chris is a great interviewer, so I had a blast chatting with him about this exciting time in my life. Listen to the podcast on the player here, or visit Chris’ Catholic Spotlight website for many great interviews with noted Catholics.
My new book, The Handbook for Catholic Moms, is nearing release. The excitement is building, and my friends at The Catholic Company are running a great contest to help me spread the word! Here are the details:
Just send us your favorite, best working, or funniest piece of motherly advice you’ve heard from your Mom, Grandmother, etc. We’ll compile all the entries and pick our Top Five Favorites to win a signed copy of Lisa’s new book! We’ll post all entries online and share the Top Five on YouTube, Facebook, CatholicSpotlight.com and more.
Email your entry to contest@catholiccompany.com; please include your full name, email address, and mailing address. No purchase is necessary. Submissions will be accepted now through February 14, 2010. Only one entry per person. Participants must be 18 years of age or older as of the time of submission. This contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and Washington, DC except for employees of The Catholic Company and Trinity Road, LLC, and all companies contributing prizes, judges, and members of their immediate families.
To build a little excitement, I filmed the following video today. Please help spread the word by sharing this on your website, blog or podcast – and don’t forget to send your entry to contest@catholiccompany.com by 2/14/10.
Tune in on Thursday, January 28 for my interview segment on the great television program Currents, which airs on NET is a new faith-centered cable TV network based in New York City. My pre-recorded interview with Francesca Maximé focuses on my soon to be released book, The Handbook for Catholic Moms. The show airs at 7:30 pm ET (encores at 11:30 pm & 6:30 am) and can be viewed live at the NET website. In case you miss the live show, archived programs can be found at the NET YouTube Channel or via podcast.
Update: For those who would like to view/listen to my recent conversation with Francesca Maximé of Currents, take a look at the following YouTube video – my segment begins at around 10:30 into the program. Thanks again to Francesca Maximé and the entire Currents team for the opportunity to appear on your wonderful program!
Welcome to my personal website! Here you will find information on my upcoming appearances, special projects, speaking engagements and work in New Media. I’m excited to share the good news that my book, The Handbook for Catholic Moms: Nurturing Your Heart, Mind, Body and Soul, will be released in February of 2010 by Ave Maria Press.
I am very pleased to announce that 
Update – Here are updated flyers for the Chicago event on April 14 at 6:30 pm as well as a new event at the Hammes Bookstore at the University of Notre Dame on Saturday, April 17 at 1:00 pm:
I hope friends living in Central California will be able to come visit with me this weekend, Sunday, April 11 at the 
I recently had the opportunity to speak with reporter Paula Doyle of 
On Wednesday, March 10 I’ll be a part of a special team presenting a half day Clergy Communications Workshop for the priests of the Diocese of Fresno. Our very forward-thinking Bishop has embraced Pope Benedict XVI’s 
I wanted to share with you my recent interview with Genevieve Pollock of Zenit, where we discussed the vocation of motherhood and 
Since I’m such a huge fan of Catholic podcasts, it was a real treat last week to have 
The second podcast to feature the book last week was my very own family of mom bloggers at the 
Today, I have the good fortune of appearing on two morning radio shows to help spread the word about my new book 
Tune in on Thursday, January 28 for my interview segment on the great television program 
On Monday, February 1st, I’ll be waking up bright and early to spend some time with Sean Herriott of 
A huge thank yo Mike and Ian from Aquinas and More and their wonderful blog, Musings from a Catholic Bookstore, for hosting me for a blog interview this week. You can 
