Circle of Catholic Women is a journal series tailored to Catholic women seeking deeper spiritual connections and life balance. Through personal journaling and group sharing, women explore prayer, rituals and traditions, relationships, spiritual role models, their values and beliefs, discernment, and more.
Each journal in the series includes:
- sections on prayer, traditions, relationships, role models, values, discernment, and life balance
- Bible verses and references to Catholic documents and teachings
- journaling prompts to encourage deeper personal reflection and application to daily life
- group discussion questions and suggestions for group leaders
- separate facilitator guide for added guidance and ideas for program leaders
The series is nonsequential so participants may begin with any journal in the series. Journal One topics include:
- personal prayer practices
- family traditions for Catholic holidays
- seeing Jesus in relationships
- spiritual role models Mary and Mother Teresa
- money and wealth
- God’s call over life’s milestones; and
- mind-body-spirit connections
Karen Pavlicin
Karen is the author of Surviving Deployment and Life After Deployment; the poem “Love Letters” in Military Life: Stories and Poems for Children; the children’s novel Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow’s Nest/Summer of Courage; and the Circle of Catholic Women journals.
Living Now Book Awards – Silver
Midwest Book Awards – Finalist