Our Path to Sainthood
Posted by Lisa Hendey in News on Thursday, November 03, 2011
This week on the Faith & Family Live Cast (click here to listen or click on the player above), Rachel, Elizabeth and I have a wonderful conversation about my brand new book, A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms. We have a great conversation about the main points of my book, but also about our own personal call to sainthood. We look at how we moms are called to sanctity and some of the struggles we face... READ MORE
Advent in September?
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Monday, September 12, 2011
Greetings from the “quiet room” at my local state university library where I am launching work today on my latest project—an Advent booklet for Catholic families. This resource will be published next year, but as publishing goes the writing begins now, several months in advance of the release date. As always when I begin a new project, I am here to request your prayers and support for this work. This... READ MORE
Help Choose a Cover
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Just me on Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Many of you know that I’ve been busy for the past several months working on my next book, to be titled: A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms: 52 Companions for Your Heart, Mind, Body and Soul. My great publisher, Ave Maria Press, is now working on selecting the cover for the book. We would love your help in this process! Please go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GW62ZLT and take a very brief survey... READ MORE
Where Are You From?
Posted by Lynn Wehner in Family on Tuesday, February 08, 2011
“I’m from the east coast.”
“I’m from New York.”
“I’m from a little town near Naples, Italy.”
When we’re asked the question, “Where are you from?” our answer usually relates somehow to our home town, place of residence, or nation of origin.
But “where we’re from” means so much more.
Last week, I shared this reality with some teens and pre-teens in a writing workshop. I was trying to impress upon them... READ MORE
Illuminating Minds
Posted by Lynn Wehner in Family on Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Do you appreciate good writing and art? Do you love reading with your family? Are you maybe a writer, poet, or artist yourself?
Well, here’s your opportunity to inspire the heck out of a bunch of young people. It will only take a moment!
My daughter, Julia, and I lead a group called Illuminations. Along the path to creating a little publication a couple of times per year, we meet once a month to share... READ MORE
Seeking Saint Support
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Saturday, December 04, 2010
Many of you know that I’ve been locked away in my local university library lately, working on my second book which is due (too) soon. This project is a devotional for Catholic moms, based upon the lives of the saints.
I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to spend the last few months in the company of the Communion of Saints, which was especially meaningful to me during the month of November. They... READ MORE
Bloody Bandages and Imagination
Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Tuesday, August 10, 2010
(See writing sample at bottom of post)
My kids like to write and share stories with each other and their friends. I don’t think too much about it, especially in the summertime when we take a break from official “schooling.”
The other day, though, when I happened upon 11-year-old Ambrose’s writing notebook which had been left open to this page, I paused. I read these few lines and could not help but... READ MORE
In Which I Hang Up My Laptop
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Just me on Saturday, July 17, 2010
A friend who despises the Twilight series took the quiz at the “I Write Like” site and came up with Stephenie Meyer. Horrors!
Curious, I plugged in one of my Faith & Family columns for analysis.
Yikes! Maybe the real magic of the quiz is that it intuits which author you feel most smugly superior to and takes... READ MORE
Love to Write?
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Just me on Friday, July 16, 2010
Do you love to write? Have you considered using your passion for writing to blog, write for a magazine, or even pen a book? Then you’ll want to consider attending the upcoming “Catholic Writers’ Conference LIVE” August 4-6 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. I’m so happy to be a speaker and panelist at this event, but most of all I’m thrilled that I’m going to have the opportunity to meet and hear from... READ MORE
Touching Fame, Teen-Style
Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Thursday, July 15, 2010
Kateri is a big fan of the Eragon series of fantasy novels by Christopher Paolini. So much of a fan, in fact, that she wrote a letter to Paolini several months ago, telling him about her life as a homeschooler and requesting an autograph.
I encourage these kinds of letters and even dare to call them “school” sometimes. Nothing motivates a writing exercise quite like the potential of “touching fame”... READ MORE
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