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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!

If you live anywhere near Rockford, Illinois, I hope you’ll consider joining me for the upcoming Catholic Moms Retreat being hosted by the Diocese of Rockford.  I am so honored and humbled to be leading this retreat, which will focus on several of the topics from The Handbook for Catholic Moms.  Registration is still open and you can find additional details here and register here.

January 7-8, 2011
Bishop Lane Retreat Center, Rockford, IL
$75 for Shared Room, $55 for Commuters.

Arrival is 6:00-6:30pm with dinner staring at 6:30pm. Retreat includes time for confession and adoration. We will conclude with a vigil Mass on Saturday.  For more details and to register, check out the Office of Family Life website at www.familylife.dpsrfd.org or call (815) 399-4300.

I’m so blessed to have received the invitation of a lifetime from the very kind folks at Ave Maria Radio.  Tuesday at noon ET, I will be guest hosting the wonderful “Heart, Mind and Strength” program of Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak.  Greg and Lisa are heading up a marriage conference in Australia, so I’ll be sitting in and enjoying some time with their radio audience.  You’re invited to listen live via the Ave Maria Radio website at www.AveMariaRadio.net.  I’d also love it if you feel like calling in and visiting – dial 877-573-7825 to be a part of the show.  And if you can spare a prayer, send that my way too!

I’m so happy to be returning once again to the Boston area for a special visit!  I hope you’ll join me for the following events:

Sunday, October 17 – “Meet and Greet” with Lisa Hendey and Pat Gohn at John Harvard’s in Cambridge – 2:30 – 4:30 pm.  Join us for a “no host” gathering with Boston area friends.  Come for as long as your schedule permits. I will be attending 5:00 pm Mass that night at St. Paul Parish in Cambridge.  For more information on this event, contact me by email at lisahendey@gmail.com.

Monday, October 18 – St. Paul Parish, Wellesley – Join Lisa Hendey and musical guest Susan Bailey for a special evening sponsored by the St. Paul’s WINGS group.  The event begins at 7:00 pm and the charge is $10 per person.

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I’m so excited to share the good news that tomorrow, 9/9 at 3 pm CT I will be appearing on the brand new “Digital Ministry Podcast” being hosted by Sr. Julie and Sr. Maxine from the great “A Nun’s Life” ministry.  Please see the note below from Sr. Julie with all of the details – the show is recorded live and you’re welcome to call in with your questions and comments!

Digital Ministry Podcast – September 9, 2010
at 3:00 p.m. Central Time

Hi! This is Sister Julie and Sister Maxine from A Nun’s Life Ministry. Join us for the launch of The Digital Ministry Podcast on September 9, 2010, at 3 p.m. Central Time (UTC-5). The web event is free and open to the public. All you need is to be hooked up to the Internet. The event is broadcast live on our website at http://aNunsLife.org/LIVE. You can listen in and, if you wish, you can interact with us, our guest, and other listeners via the chat room on that web page. (more…)

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.