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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!

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’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.

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.

Today, I have the good fortune of appearing on two morning radio shows to help spread the word about my new book The Handbook for Catholic Moms: Nurturing Your Heart, Mind, Body and Soul. At 5:50 am Pacific Time, I will join Brian Patrick on his Son Rise Morning Show, followed by an appearance with Greg and Jennifer Willits on their wonderful show, The Catholics Next Door on Sirius XM’s The Catholic Channel at 9:20 am Pacific Time.  I hope you can join me for one or both of these conversations!

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!