The joy of conversion, Christian community, and the Catholic faith
Here’s my recent interview on GRN about the fifth annual Catholic Writers’ Conference LIVE and our local Catholic Writers Group. The Catholic Writers’ Conference LIVE provides Catholic authors with a prime opportunity to meet and share their writing and their faith with editors, publishers, fellow writers, and bookstore owners. From Wednesday, August 7 at 9:00...
There’s a new publication, a slick magazine with a mission of worldwide evangelization, called Shalom Tidings and two of our CWG writers are contributors. In the March issue (the second issue) of Tidings, Nancy Ward debuts as a columnist, with “Bring a Friend,” written for the Year of Faith. Barbara Schoneberger has a stirring essay, “Divine Simplicity and Truth,” featured in...
One of the ways you can celebrate the Year of Faith is to bring a friend to church. A personal invitation to a neighbor, coworker or family member can be effective—and yet risky. The great calling of the New Evangelization encompasses bringing home fallen away Catholics along with potential converts. So many around you are...
The Year of Faith encourages us to participate in the Mass. Every part of the liturgy helps us experience a personal encounter with Jesus. Of the many ways available, Mass is my first choice for coming into God’s presence. He is everywhere around us. Christ is present in the assembly of the Body of Christ...
September 24, 2012 WASHINGTON—To honor the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council and the twentieth anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI has announced a Year of Faith, starting October 11 and ending November 24, 2013. The goal is to strengthen the faith of Catholics and draw the world...
Listening to the presenters and learning from the writers, editors, publishers and bloggers at the Catholic Writers Guild and Catholic New Media Conferences was like trying to drink from a waterfall. The many educational and inspirational speakers were on fire with the joy of the Lord. The whole atmosphere was joyful, with mass everyday and...