Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/09/2018
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Categories
“Momnipotent” by Danielle Bean
Book Study
St. Joseph Church
A Study to Help You Find Peace, Balance, & Joy
Is being a mother what you thought it would be? The exhaustion, monotony, mounting unfinished projects, loss of a sense of self…Too many moms feel disillusioned and overwhelmed. Many moms quietly resign themselves to the idea that peace, happiness, and joy are things they will need to find in spite of motherhood, not because of it.
Journey with a diverse group of women as they discuss real issues that moms face every day. Momnipotent validates the dignity and importance of motherhood and will help you recognize your uniquely feminine strengths and see how you can use those strengths to find peace, balance, and joy in being the woman God created and called you to be.
In Momnipotent You Will:
~ Rediscover and reconnect with your unique, beautiful, and powerful feminine gifts
~ Learn ways to encourage and support other women in their vocation to motherhood
~ Find out how to make time to take care of yourselves ~ Understand what it means to be called to motherhood – biologically and spiritually ~ Learn how to become Momnipotent by using your feminine gifts in your home, family, and community …and much more!
We will be meeting on the following dates: February 19, 26, March 5, 12, 19, 26, & April 2, 9
All meetings are on Monday night at 6:30 PM.
We will be meeting in the RCIA room (the first classroom next to the office in the Education Building).
Nursing babies are welcome!
The book is available for Kindle. The paperback is available on several sites such as Amazon. A Study Pack that includes the book and a journal is available through Ascension Press: https://ascensionpress.com/shop/products/momnipotent-journal
Video Promo http://assets.ascensionpress.com/downloads/MOMNIPOTENT_TRAILER.mp4
*You can still participate in the book study without purchasing the book and/or the journal. You also do NOT have to attend all 8 sessions to participate. We would love for you to join us!
For more information, please call Jacey Pickett.
FAQs about the Momnipotent study
By Danielle Bean
I see this as an opportunity to bring the public school & Catholic school moms together. While I see that there is cultural diversity among the moms in the DVD, are they from various economic, and faith backgrounds? This is a concern since our parish demographic runs the gamut.
What a beautiful initiative! The moms gathered in the DVDs are, yes, from a variety of economic backgrounds. Though all are Catholic, their experiences of the faith are not “cookie-cutter” and they each have unique perspectives and insights to offer that can speak to all women who honestly just want to be good moms! If non-Catholics are mixed in with Catholics in the group, the tone and style of the program would never, we hope, cause any woman to feel isolated. We very intentionally created the program to be as approachable as possible, for any woman.
Could you tell me the age range of the moms in the DVD?
Don’t ask, don’t tell! Without knowing all of their exact ages, I’d say the youngest DVD participant was about 30 and the oldest was an empty nester. We wanted the kind of diversity of perspective you can only get with a range of ages. To whom is the study primarily aimed (young moms, married moms, etc.)?
I would say from the mom with her first infant to the one with an empty nest. Being a Mom never ends! Moms of all kinds are around the table in the video component – new moms, experienced moms, adoptive moms, single moms, moms who have lost children, moms with many children, and moms of smaller families. I hope (and believe!) this is a program every mom can relate to.
How would empty nesters benefit from this study?
The study is, admittedly, probably going to offer more to the mom still in the trench warfare zone of motherhood. An empty nester, though, would benefit from much of the discussion about how motherhood is a vocation, no matter the stage of life. There are some lovely conversations on spiritual motherhood and the feminine genius that would be a source of encouragement for any woman of any age.
About Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean, mother of eight, is editor-in-chief of Catholic Digest and Faith & Family. She is also author of My Cup of Tea: Musings of a Catholic Mom, Mom to Mom, Day to Day: Advice and Support for Catholic Living and (with Elizabeth Foss) Small Steps for Catholic Moms: Think. Pray. Act. Every Day
