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By Katharine Grubb At Christmastime in years past, I’ve received the World Vision catalog in the mail. And unlike the other catalogs, like American Girl, there’s a part of me that would be moved. World Vision’s catalog is filled with gifts to give that could save lives, that could combat world hunger, that could lift a family out [...]
Entries Tagged as 'in the world'
100 Goats: A Christmas Project for World Vision
November 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · guest post, in the world
Tags: guest post·Katharine Grubb
Buying Locally Catholic [updated]
November 16th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Faith, in the world
Here in central Ohio, we’re blessed to have a Catholic bookstore that I lovingly refer to as “Catholic wonderland,” Generations Religious Gifts. It’s family-owned and operated, and it has almost everything Catholic, from books to sacramentals, decorations to cards, statues to jewelry. What they don’t have in the store, they willingly order. I’ve come to [...]
Tags: Catholic·economics·reflection·seasons
Every writer needs a retreat
August 16th, 2011 · No Comments · in the world, writing
(So does every mom, but that’s a different post.) If you’re a Catholic writer (or aspiring to be one), be sure to consider this great opportunity: St. Francis Retreat Center, in collaboration with FAITH Catholic Publishing and Communications and The Catholic Writers Guild, will sponsor Your Word is My Delight, a Catholic writers’ retreat, October [...]
The Baby Made His Rounds
August 10th, 2011 · 5 Comments · family, in the world
At the Catholic Writers Conference and Catholic Marketing Network trade show last week, the baby made his rounds. I’ll post more pictures later this week at the Catholic Writers Guild blog. He was quite a fan of Karina Fabian (and I don’t blame him): Jerry Webster was a source of ongoing amusement for him, which [...]
Tags: Baby #3·conferences·Ellen Gable Hrkach·Gerard Webster·Jen Minson·John Michael Talbot·Karina Fabian·Lisa Hendey·Lisa Mladinich·pictures
Week in Review
August 6th, 2011 · No Comments · family, in the world
I’m home. And it is SO GOOD to be home! It’s been quite a week: 1,015 miles to the Catholic Marketing Network show and the Catholic Writers Conference Live and hundreds of hugs, pictures, and memories. I have pictures to share, but I also have the “from the floor” experiences chronicled, a bit, at the [...]
