--- title: "Joyful Momentum Book Club: Week 3" description: In Week Three of the Catholic Mom Summer Book Club, Elizabeth Tomlin focuses on the ways we reach out to others and assess our group-building efforts. image: https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/CM%20Summer%202023%20Book%20Club%20hero.jpg --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/-joyful-momentum-book-club-week-3#) [BOOKS](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/tag/books) # Joyful Momentum Book Club: Week 3 Jul 15, 2023 10:00:00 AM  |  by [Barb Szyszkiewicz](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/barb-szyszkiewicz-ofs) ![featured image](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/CM%20Summer%202023%20Book%20Club%20hero.jpg) *In Week Three of the Catholic Mom Summer Book Club, Elizabeth Tomlin focuses on the ways we reach out to others and assess our efforts in building effective women's groups.* 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 shares how the Gospel story of the Woman at the Well is a model for how we should reach out to others, and invites us to ponder what happened when the Samaritan woman returned to that well to draw water after her encounter with Jesus. Saint Katharine Drexel is cited as a model of both missionary discipleship and prayerful change. Reaching out, for Saint Katharine, was all about drawing people to Christ. Finally, Elizabeth offers words of caution about how to make changes in longstanding traditions. Learn more by watching the Book Club video below and reading chapters 5 and 6 of *[Joyful Momentum](https://www.avemariapress.com/products/joyful-momentum).*       [![Purchase your copy from Ave Maria Press](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/275132/a43571df-7205-4211-a12e-a3814454edfe.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/275132/a43571df-7205-4211-a12e-a3814454edfe)   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.   ![null](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Joyful%20Momentum%20cover.jpg?width=900&height=1391&name=Joyful%20Momentum%20cover.jpg) #### 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: - 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.   [![Sign up for our Book Club newsletters](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/275132/78171057-58eb-45ac-b5d0-9c2729ae9f68.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/275132/78171057-58eb-45ac-b5d0-9c2729ae9f68)   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?   ![null](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/20230715%20Book%20Club.png?width=860&height=860&name=20230715%20Book%20Club.png)   > [Click to tweet: > In ministry, being right and being in charge is never the point. The point is relationship. #BookClub #CatholicMom](https://ctt.ac/0DL7i) #### 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.   #### Stay connected! 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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. ## Related Blog Articles [ Joyful Momentum Book Club: Week 4 Read ](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/-joyful-momentum-book-club-week-4) [ Joyful Momentum Book Club: Week 2 Read ](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/-joyful-momentum-book-club-week-2) [ Joyful Momentum Book Club: Week 1 Read ](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/-joyful-momentum-book-club-week-1) ## Comments ## Donate now [![Support Catholic Mom](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/275132/10016573-1c5c-4aa5-baba-c2ac91fe7545.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/275132/10016573-1c5c-4aa5-baba-c2ac91fe7545) [![CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c (002)](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c%20(002).png?width=1806&height=731&name=CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c%20(002).png "CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c (002)")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) ##### Subscribe to Catholic Momcast on iTunes or Spotify [![itunes-logo-black](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/logos/itunes-logo-black.svg)](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catholic-momcast/id1362352357)[![spotify-logo-black](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/logos/spotify-logo-black.svg)](https://open.spotify.com/show/15CoipHL7z61IDcYErV0b8?si=hqaQJSxDQgq7S1hxCwsoxQ) ##### CatholicMom on Social Networks [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) ##### About Catholic Mom [Who We Are](https://www.catholicmom.com/about-us) [Contact Us](https://www.catholicmom.com/contact) [Support CatholicMom.com](https://www.catholicmom.com/support-us)   ##### Associated Links [Holy Cross Family Ministries](https://www.hcfm.org/) [Family Rosary](https://www.familyrosary.org/) [Family Theater Productions](https://www.familytheater.org/) [Congregation of the Holy Cross](https://www.holycrossusa.org/) [Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C.](https://www.fatherpeyton.org/) [The Peyton Institute for Domestic Church Life](https://www.peytonfamilyinstitute.org/) ### **Stay connected!** Don’t miss a thing! 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