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title: "Joyful Momentum Book Club: Week 1"
description: In the first session of the Catholic Mom Summer Book Club, Elizabeth Tomlin invites women to consider how they can build spiritual friendships.
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# Joyful Momentum Book Club: Week 1

Jun 24, 2023 10:00:00 AM  |  by [Barb Szyszkiewicz](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/barb-szyszkiewicz-ofs)

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*In the first session of the Catholic Mom Summer Book Club, Elizabeth Tomlin invites women to consider how they can build spiritual friendships.*

For the Catholic Mom Summer Book Club, we're discussing Catholic Mom contributor Elizabeth Tomlin's book, *[Joyful Momentum: Growing and Sustaining Vibrant Women's Groups](https://www.avemariapress.com/products/joyful-momentum).*

In this week's Book Club episode, Elizabeth discusses the importance of spiritual friendships and helps us distinguish between our vocation and our volunteerism. If you are craving connectivity with other women, your parish is a great place to begin! Learn more by watching the Book Club video below and reading chapters 1 and 2 of *[Joyful Momentum](https://www.avemariapress.com/products/joyful-momentum).*

 

 

 

 

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Use coupon code MOMENTUM25 to receive 25% off the cover price of *Joyful Momentum *when you purchase the book from Ave Maria Press. This offer expires July 23, 2023.

 

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#### Here's how the Book Club works:

We'll have four live Book Club video presentations, simultaneously on Facebook Live and YouTube, that you can tune in to (or watch later) to participate. These will be on Tuesdays at 3 PM Eastern—we're skipping the Fourth of July. Mark your calendar for these remaining Book Club dates:

- June 27 (Chapters 3 and 4)
- July 11 (Chapters 5 and 6)
- July 18 (Chapters 7 and 8)

On the Saturdays following the Book Club live presentations, we always share the video here on the Catholic Mom website. You can even sign up for Book Club emails that bring you right to the videos every Saturday.

 

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There's no charge to participate, though we do encourage you to read the book in order to have the best experience. Why not invite a friend to watch together, and then share ideas about how to create or revitalize a women's ministry in your community?

 

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#### Bonus Links

Visit Elizabeth Tomlin's website, [JoyfulMomentum.org](https://joyfulmomentum.org/)

Follow Elizabeth Tomlin on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/joyfulmomentum) 

Follow Elizabeth Tomlin on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/elizabethannetomlin/) 

Purchase your copy of Joyful Momentum at your local Catholic bookseller, on [Amazon.com](https://amzn.to/3OH860t), or directly from the publisher, [Ave Maria Press](https://www.avemariapress.com/products/joyful-momentum).

Download the free [Study Guide](https://www.avemariapress.com/products/joyful-momentum-study-guide%20readings,%20reflection%20questions,%20and%20conversation%20starters%20for%20group%20study%20of%20the%20book.) based on this book.

 

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### [Barb Szyszkiewicz](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/barb-szyszkiewicz-ofs)

Barb Szyszkiewicz, senior editor at [CatholicMom.com](http://catholicmom.com), is a wife, mom of 3 young adults, and a Secular Franciscan. Barb enjoys writing, cooking, and reading, and is a music minister at her parish. Find her blog at [FranciscanMom](http://franciscanmom.com) and her family’s favorite recipes with nutrition information at [Cook and Count](http://cookandcount.wordpress.com). Barb is the author of *[The Handy Little Guide to Prayer](https://amzn.to/2LQB2oL)* and * [The Handy Little Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours](https://amzn.to/3wbDB8k)*, available from Our Sunday Visitor.

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