Ok, Guild Bloggers, here’s the last Member Blog Round Up! (See why, see The Twist, and see the Next Thing, below.) Michael Seagriff shares a truly beautiful idea for ministry kids can take up with ease. (This story has it’s own twist…please do check it out!) Monica McConkey teaches how to make […]
Catholic Writers Conference Live! A Two-fer Blog for conference goers (and stay-at-homers)
Are you headed for this year’s Catholic Writers Conference Live? If you are, check out my blog from last year regarding conference etiquette. It was good advice then, and I can’t think of a thing to improve on it. Just substitute the words Somerset, New Jersey for Arlington, Texas. If […]
May Blog Round-Up
Welcome to the Guild’s May Blog Round-Up. Please visit these posts to get to know your fellow Guild members. Melanie Rigney asks a thought-provoking question about the way of holiness…who’s way is the best….which way is yours? Margaret Realy writes beautifully of a Franciscan encounter with a ladybug….was this ever […]
CWG Update: Growing, Connecting, Improving
Hey everyone, time for the once-in-a-5th-Friday column from your vice president. Here’s what’s on my radar at the CWG for the quarter ahead: Keep going with the local groups. We’ve got the start of a local-groups directory up and running here. If your group is missing, or you have info […]
April Blog Round-Up
Can you believe it’s already May?? I’m not quite there yet! Go back with me to these favorite April posts: Jean Heimann writes of St. Catherine of Sienna (and I found lots of helpful info about other saints here). Michael Seagriff writes of protecting the unborn. Karl Erickson – no kidding […]
Community! Find it in Unexpected Places!
I took up a swimming challenge at our local YMCA in January, and I’ve had plenty of time while plowing through the H2O to contemplate. One of the things that came to me recently – and which I did not anticipate – was what swimming (or any solitary sport), writing, […]
March Blog Round Up
John Konecsni shares his great news – we’re all s’posed to be tooting our own and each others’ horns, right?!?! Larry Peterson reflects on the ‘shadow saint’… old saint, new insights. Ellen Gable Hrkach suggests a new way to promote Theology of the Body…creatively! Kassie Ritman makes you glad she’s […]
Blog Round-Up
Hail fellow Catholic Writers! I want to use my first post in February to call attention to your best blog posts from January. (email me the link to your favorite January post by Feb 5: charoster ‘at’ yahoo ‘dot’ com) Don’t email other people’s posts…..your favorite from your own blog!! […]
2013 Catholic Writers Conference Online CANCELED
2012 proved to be a difficult year for many of us, and we’re sorry to have to begin 2013 on such a sad note. Circumstances beyond our control have caused us to cancel the Catholic Writers Conference Online, which was scheduled for March 4-15. It was a combination of several […]
Meet the Member – Denise Montgomery!
Greetings! I am the new News Guy here at the Guild (official title, I am told). Please feel free to send me news stories relating to CWG activities. (The best way to get those messages headed in the right direction is to use membernews@catholicwritersguild.com .) This week I’d like to start […]