WASHINGTON, D.C. – CatholicMom.com will offer Joyful Momentum: Growing and Sustaining Vibrant Women’s Groups (Ave Maria Press) by Elizabeth A. Tomlin, Esq., as the featured book for its summer book club. Ms. Tomlin, a U.S. Army wife and mother of three, is a past president of the Military Council of Catholic Women (MCCW) and General Counsel for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).
Joyful Momentum is a book that helps small group women’s ministries to establish a ministry for the first time or revitalize an existing ministry. In Joyful Momentum, Ms. Tomlin shares personal stories, spiritual insights, and practical tips on how Catholic women can connect with each other, share their faith, interests, and everyday concerns, and create a spirited, sustainable outreach to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ. Each chapter incorporates personal experiences, Catholic saints, Scripture, and group discussion questions.
To encourage participation in the CatholicMom.com book club, Ave Maria Press is offering a 25% discount off the $16.95 cover price on its website. To acquire the coupon code for the discount and purchase the book, go here.
In an endorsement of Joyful Momentum, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, writes: “Elizabeth Tomlin, Army wife, mother, and attorney, provides an excellent, prayerful reflection on integrating the Gospel into everyday life. Her prose will inspire readers both within and outside the military.” The book also has Archbishop Broglio’s imprimatur and a nihil obstat.
“Women’s ministry is important,” Ms. Tomlin says, “because it invites us to a venue to learn about the Christian faith and live it in ways that benefit the feminine genius with which God uniquely endows each of us.”
Summer book club organizers will hold four live video presentations simultaneously on Facebook Live and YouTube. Sessions will be held on Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m. EDT on June 20, June 27, July 11, and July 18. Video from each Tuesday presentation will be posted on CatholicMom.com the following Saturday. Interested participants can sign up here with CatholicMom.
The chapter themes of Joyful Momentum are summed up in their titles:
Foundational Relationships: The Favor of Spiritual Friendship;
A Call within a Call: Discerning a Vocation to Women’s Ministry;
United in Hope: Cultivating Christian Hospitality;
Gifted to Serve: Offering Our Charisms;
Go to the Well: “Inreach” and Outreach;
Return to Draw Water: Practicing Assessment;
Go to Your Sister: Resolving Conflict with Mercy;
Passing the Baton: Membership and Accompaniment.
There is no charge to take part in the book club but CatholicMom.com encourages participants to read the book to get the most out of the sessions. For more information, go here.