June is busting out all over with exciting opportunities to network and grow in our faith and writing skills. The committees are almost fully staffed. The main need is for publicity. We’re still looking for a Public Relations Chair to help our Blog and Facebook volunteers to promote our conferences, […]
From the President’s Desk – The Importance of Being Needed
“I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better.” Betty Smith, “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” It’s been a busy – and overwhelming – two weeks. I attended and spoke to a group of women at the Dynamic Women of Faith Conference in Toronto a few weeks […]
March Committees are A-buzzing
Here’s what’s buzzing in the CWG committees, a great place to learn, serve and network: BLOG: Kathryn Cunningham and Dennis McGeehan are our new co-chairs for the CWG Blog, taking over for Jennifer Fitz who served us so well. They report that they have a new editorial team of six […]
An abundance of opportunities for our abundance of gifts!
We bring to CWG our individual talents. Put together, we display an abundance of rich, beautiful gifts. The many committee needs this month are opportunities for those gifts to shine! Blog: Job opening for Blog Chairperson This opportunity is for a leader familiar with WordPress who can oversee everything going […]
From the President’s Desk – January 23, 2015
Happy New Year to all new and long-time members of the Catholic Writers Guild! For the past month, I’ve been busy sending out invoices to members who are not on auto-renew through PayPal. Many of these emails are coming back as undeliverable. To ensure that we have your most up-to-date […]
New Years Resolutions, anyone?
As we make our New Years resolutions, let’s consider how we can give back to the Catholic Writers Guild volunteers for all that we get from them? If each committee added one volunteer, the entire CWG organization would take a giant step in 2015. Do I hear an “Amen” and […]
Thank you, Committee Chairs!
For my first post as the new Chairman of Committees here’s the latest progress and needs report from our hard working committee chairs. Keep these men and women in your prayers as you enjoy the benefits of CWG they help make possible. We can’t thank them enough! Blog: Jennifer Fitz […]
Catholic Writers Conference, July 29-August 1, 2014
Headed for Catholic Writers Conference next week? Are you excited? You should be! Take a look at this photo to get a sense of the energy and opportunities that await! What an opportunity to rub shoulders with industry professionals, to put names and personalities to folks you’ve met online, to […]
Why did you join the Catholic Writers Guild?
Shipwrights, joiners, rope-makers, sail-makers, coppersmiths, coopers and other craftsmen, including a member of the blacksmiths’ guild, have revived the 173 year old whaling ship Charles W. Morgan. The blacksmith described his guild as a society that preserves for posterity the secrets of the forge and anvil developed over the […]
Committee Report for May, 2014
At their April gathering, the officers discussed the history of the Catholic Writers Guild. Originally, its small but active membership pitched-in to share administrative tasks. It had the feel of a Guild, a confraternity or sorority that developed the professional skills of its members, while advancing the goals of […]