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Editor’s Note: I’m indebted to my friends at Ave Maria Press for their wonderful support in helping me to “launch” my new book, A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms. During the weeks ahead, I’ll be “touring” cyberspace spreading the good news about the Communion of Saints and sharing about this book. If you’d like to participate in hosting a stop along the blog tour, please email me — I promise to be a good houseguest! Thanks to all who have supported A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms. Your kindness and encouragement mean the world to me! Lisa

Lisa Hendey, entrepreneur, founder of CatholicMom.com, and sought-after new media expert, will begin her blog tour on Tuesday, October 18, as part of the launch of her newest book, A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms.

While this book tour exists in the blogosphere, Hendey’s family owns a real-life Volkswagen bus, and we wanted to include him in the festivities. He is named Arnold, after his original owner.

Hendey’s fans and friends are invited to follow her virtual travels as she is interviewed, reviewed, and offers guest posts on several popular blogs. Her schedule will be updated as posts are confirmed, and currently includes:

Upcoming Stops:

11-15-11: iPadre Catholic Podcast with Fr. Jay Finelli

11-20-11: Christopher Closeup with Tony Rossi – 2:30 pm ET on Relevant Radio and 7:00 pm ET on Sirius XM’s The Catholic Channel

11-23-11: Blossoming Joy by Melody Lyons

Previous Stops:

Simplemama – Review by Erika Higgins

KateWicker.com by Kate Wicker

Catholic Herald – Review by Elizabeth Foss

View from the Domestic Church by Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle

Call to Holiness by John Clem - Review and Interview

In the Heart of My Home by Elizabeth Foss – Review 

The Good Catholic Life by the Archdiocese of Boston 1060 AM – Recording

Catholic San Francisco – Review

Faith Filled Mom by Lori Hadorn-Disselkamp - Review

Catholic Weekend podcast on SQPN with Steve Nelson, Maria Johnson, and Jeff Nielsen – Podcast Interview

Of Sound Mind and Spirit by Shelly Kelly and Lisa Jones – Review

Peace Garden Writer by Roxane Salonen – Review

SQPN.com by Maria Morera Johnson – Review

Another Cup of Coffee by Maria Morera Johnson – Review

There Will Be Bread, Parish Blog of St. Edward the Confessor, and Parish Blog of the Church of the Immaculate Conception by Fran Rossi Szpylczyn - Review,Interview, Excerpt

Random Acts of Momness by Ginny Moyer

Catholic Writers Guild blog with Larissa Hoffman and other CWG members - Review

The Practicing Catholic by Lisa Schmidt - Interview

The Thin Veil by Brandon Vogt - Review, Interview

The Catholic Post Book Group with Nancy Piccione - Interview

The Anchoress by Elizabeth Scalia – Guest Blogger

Happy Catholic by Julie Davis - Review, Guest Post

Christian Mompreneur by Theresa Ceniccola

Snoring Scholar by Sarah Reinhard

Among Women by Pat Gohn - Podcast, Blog

Spiritual Woman Thoughts by Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur

Fresno Bee Faith & Values by Ron Orozco – Review

The Crescat by Katrina Fernandez

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I want to send a big thank you to Aquinas & More Catholic Goods for their very fun contest offering readers a chance to win a free advance copy of my new book — A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms. Check out this fun video from Ian Rutherford and enter today for your chance to win!

1. Be a Tiber River blogger reviewer (sign up now if you aren’t!)
2. Write a blog post guessing what one of the saints in A Book of Saints for Catholic Momsis and why.
3. Link to the book on our site (http://www.aquinasandmore.com/catholic-books/A-Book-of-Saints-for-Catholic-Moms/sku/25602)
4. Leave a comment here on our blog so we can make sure you are entered the contest.

They will pick a winner and send you a review copy!

A great big thank you to National Catholic Register reporter Barb Ernster for her kindness in mentioning CatholicMom.com and my work at St. Anthony of Padua in her recent article for the Register. You can read the article online here. To be quoted along with Fr. Robert Barron, Mary Kay Hoal, Matt Warner and other “wired” Catholics is a real honor.

I recently subscribed to the print edition of the Register and can’t wait to begin receiving it regularly in my mailbox! While I’ve been an online reader of the Register for years, a print subscription to the paper is a great way to support their mission and to send a strong signal that we need and will support great Catholic media. To learn more about subscribing, click here.

A huge thanks to my friend and fellow Catholic Mom blogger Anne McClure of Catholic Mommy Brain for offering her readers a “sneak peek” at my upcoming book, A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms: 52 Companions for Your Heart, Mind, Body and Soul. Anne generously invited me to share a few thoughts on the writing of the book and some of my favorite intercessors. I hope you’ll head over to Catholic Mommy Brain and enjoy not only this article, but also some of Anne’s terrific writing!

A special thank you to Karen Jones and Publishers Weekly for sharing my comments in their recent article Can Mommy Bloggers Help Christian Children’s Book Sales? Also included in the piece are the insights of my friend and Ave Maria Press colleague  Karey Circosta, who seems to agree with me that the trust we bloggers work to build with our readers truly does help them in their book buying selections.

A huge thanks to my friend and fellow Ave Maria Press author Heidi Schlumpf for featuring my work and advice on Catholic social media in her recent article for the National Catholic Reporter. Heidi references my recent webinar on the topic sponsored by Ave Maria Press and does a great job summarizing some helpful guidelines for parishes and ministries looking to become involved in using social media tools to communicate and to serve. Thanks Heidi!

I would like to thank my dear friend and fellow writer Roxane Salonen for including me in her recent articles for U.S. Catholic magazine. You’ll find me quoted in Roxane’s pieces entitled Come follow me: On faith and Facebook and One Tweet too many: Take a social media fast. In both articles, Roxane offers a terrific perspective on how Catholics are employing the latest digital technologies to share their faith. Thanks to Roxane for including me in her findings!

I’d like to thank Larissa Hoffman and the Catholic Writers Guild for featuring my recent trip to Rome on the Catholic Writers Guild blog. The Guild does tremendous work to educate, support and inspire Catholic authors. I thank them for allowing me to share about my trip and invite you to check out the wonderful benefits of Guild membership for yourself.

Every year, the Guild hosts two amazing conferences which provide a great opportunity for learning, friendship and networking. I will be participating in the August conference in Pennsylvania and would love to meet you there if you are a Guild member.

I want to send a huge thank you to my good friend and fellow writer Roxane Salonen for inviting me to share this week on her wonderful Peace Garden Writer blog. In the post, I share some thoughts and photos from my recent Rome trip to the Vatican Blogger Meeting. You can find the post here – and while you’re there by sure to explore Roxane’s lovely site!

My recent trip to Rome and the Vatican was fantastic! One of my favorite experiences, along with the wonderful liturgies I attended, was being interviewed by Susy Hodges of the English Feature Program at Vatican Radio. You can hear an archive of that conversation here and read the accompanying article on the program here.