CWG President Carolyn Astfalk shares the July member newsletter.
Does your creativity need a jump start? Give this a try.
My family just returned from a short camping trip. Only 48 hours at a Pennsylvania state park campsite. Though I didn’t consider our destination to be too far off the beaten path, we did not have cell phone service. What a blessing! If your creativity is waning, you feel stuck, […]
CWG Book Blast! “Lucia of Fatima,” by Kathryn Swegart
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Kathryn Swegart’s book, Lucia of Fatima. It is a CWG Seal of Approval recipient! So you thought you knew all there was to know about Fatima? Do you know why the visits always happened on the 13th of the month or that […]
Member News: All the Details You Need for 2022’s Live Conference
Our 2022 live conference will be held in conjunction with Catholic Marketing Network’s Momentum ’22. The only place to register for the conference is on the CMN website. The MOST IMPORTANT part is that you click “Catholic Writers Guild Track” when you sign up. That is how the CMN will […]
CWG Member News for April 2022: Live Conference Registration is Open!
Here we are at the cusp of another Easter! April is nearly half behind us, and the Catholic Writers Guild is looking forward to the return to its live conference in July. Amy Cattapan and a group of dedicated volunteers are working to bring you a spectacular conference. I hope […]
CWG Member News March 2022: Opportunities Galore!
We’ve been gearing up to revive some activities that have fallen by the wayside, asking you to prayerfully consider where you can pitch in. This month, we have some concrete opportunities. Please read on for details.
Catholic Writers Conference Online: February 11-13, 2022
What is the Catholic Writers’ Conference Online? A professional, faith-focused writers conference “attended” in the convenience of your own home! This affordably priced, online conference eliminates the need for costly travel, without sacrificing professionalism. Not only will you receive excellent instruction from some of the top Catholic names in the […]
My Part to Play
Autumn is just about here, and I am grateful beyond words for so many things. Even as local and world upheavals distress my soul, so I breathe a prayer and turn my gaze to tasks at hand. What is my part to play in this maelstrom we call life with […]
Wounded Souls and Quiet Heroes
Driving into town this morning, passing by the refurbished diner, the town hall—its door wide open to the Coffee and Gab Saturday regulars, a friend heading into the post office, and finally turning into the Glendale Cemetery to check on a recent inquiry about a gravesite, I considered a book my friend […]
Imaginative Wonder
Elves and Wood Folk live here. In a late-summer morning, birds chirping, crickets humming, green leaves languidly swaying, bushes blooming, hens wandering sedately across the yard—queens of their private domain—and my world is blessed. I do not trouble my soul with questions on such a morning. I breathe deep and […]