Sweet Tweets for 8/23/13 — Pope Francis’ “Program for Life”

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Sweet Tweets for 8/23/13 — Pope Francis’ “Program for Life” 2015-03-12T16:49:25-07:00 Lisa M. Hendey

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Did your week pass by in a flurry of back to school, end of summer, cross things off the list busyness? Then you’ll want to take five minutes to explore all that happened with this week’s Sweet Tweets. They contain the sad, the challenging, the uplifting and the informative! Thanks to John Clem, the Director and Media Minister at Catholic Web Services (http://catholicws.com/), we’ve got a full recap of all of this week’s most important action both online and around the world.

Papal Tweet: “An excellent program for our lives: the Beatitudes and Matthew Chapter 25.” (Pope Francis) Aug. 21st
Save Our Sisters | America Magazine – (Fr. James Martin, SJ) http://ow.ly/nZpjb
Pope Francis urges Catholics to pray the Rosary in the fight against evil (Rome Reports) http://ow.ly/nZXc9
Video: Morning Joe: Too busy to pray? (Fr. James Martin, SJ) http://ow.ly/o02bH
Photo: Muslims protecting Catholic Christians during mass in Egypt. Powerful picture (photo from Pedro Escamilla) http://ow.ly/i/2U69r
News: Pope Francis calls for peace in Egypt & Pope Tawadros II (Coptic Catholic – Egypt) http://ow.ly/o1nE8
13 Lessons About Social Justice From “Harry Potter” (Buzz Feed) http://ow.ly/o1o9q
Pope Angelus: Faith and violence are incompatible (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/o1VoX
Discover the Roman and Byzantine empires with a new app with augmented reality (Rome Reports) http://ow.ly/o1XQO
.Bible Joins .XXX as New Domain Name for Websites | Gleanings | http://ChristianityToday.com http://ow.ly/o4s0z
E.T., My Brother: A Theology of Space Aliens – Aleteia http://ow.ly/o4wAY
Twins Saved From Abortion Now Save Souls as Priests | Daily News | http://NCRegister.com http://ow.ly/o4xEm http://ow.ly/i/2V95P
NEW Music: Fortunate Fall by Audrey Assad | give it a listen http://ow.ly/o4y6c
Income Inequality – A Catholic Concern – an interactive video (USCCB) http://ow.ly/o5ACx
News: Cardinal Amato says canonization date for Popes John Paul II, John XXIII will be announced Sept. 30. http://ow.ly/i/2Vsgk
Joyful habit: Singing nuns release first studio album – CBS News Video http://ow.ly/o6grL
Free For Catholics: Free Miraculous Medal (US residents only) http://ow.ly/o6gTj
Why Catholic Books Still Matter: An Interview with Christopher Hagen | http://BrandonVogt.com http://ow.ly/o6igr
Top 50 Catholic Google+ Pages Worth Following (Catholic Dating Sites) http://ow.ly/o6sbm
The “I personally believe, but” attitude among Catholic politicians | iPadre Catholic Podcasting http://ow.ly/o6yr0
CNS STORY: LCWR leaders say they hope for continued dialogue on Vatican assessment http://ow.ly/o6zRH
Hell Burns: Best Catholic News Sources (Sister Helena Burns) http://ow.ly/o6Ci9
‘Duck Dynasty’ Star Blasts Abortion Culture: ‘What in the World Happened to Us?’ | CNS News http://ow.ly/o74oX
How To Participate in a Tweetfest (Laura Paxton) http://ow.ly/o7JEi http://ow.ly/i/2W10k
What Catholic women want – On Faith (The Washington Post) http://ow.ly/o7RBc
Good Video: Beer-brewing monks celebrate one year of production (CNS) http://youtu.be/vjRB3qUAwqM
Tracing the Roots of Anti-Christian Violence in Egypt | Daily News | http://NCRegister.com http://ow.ly/o8bwy
Ex-pope Benedict says God told him to resign during ‘mystical experience’ | World news | http://theguardian.com http://ow.ly/o8yRr
CNS STORY: Vatican’s Year of Faith celebrations to resume in September http://ow.ly/o8zKA http:/
The Oath Against Modernism by St. Pius X | uCatholic http://ow.ly/o8Aij
NEW: Christ the King with Chris Stefanick – Chosen: a Catholic Confirmation Program (Ascension Press) http://ow.ly/o8BOn
OPUSblog: Silence Is Golden: 9 Apps to Help Prevent the Internet from Taking Over Your Life http://ow.ly/o8Cbf
Video: Body & Soul: Priests’ focus on health (CNS) http://youtu.be/louj8oQ_7wY
Answering Your Copyright Questions: What To Do If You’ve Been Infringed (Photoshelter Blog) http://ow.ly/o8HzT
Matching Grant Challenge: Mission | Catholic Mobilizing Network: to end the use of the death penalty http://ow.ly/o8MRX
12 Most Important Metrics for your Child’s (and your) Education (The Radical Life – Matthew Warner) http://ow.ly/o9d2f
New Film: Official Trailer – Jerusalem. Looks Awesome! Coming in September to an IMAX theater near you! http://ow.ly/o9dXw
Prayers for Syria: Vatican ambassador: World must help end Syria’s ‘serious crisis’ (CNS) http://ow.ly/o9ZLt http://ow.ly/i/2WD0T
Pope Francis’ guide to avoiding a ‘throwaway culture’ (Our Sunday Visitor) http://ow.ly/oa0fo
Video: The Queenship of Mary: A Commentary by Fr. Barron | uCatholic http://ow.ly/oatb8
Video: Geekpriest – Lunch with a Prince – travels in Spain (Fr. Roderick Vonhogen) http://ow.ly/oawta
News: Washington Attorney General: Catholic Hospitals Must Provide Abortions | http://LifeNews.com http://ow.ly/oaDmj
U.S. Commission: Nigeria Islamists killed 12,000 people, attacked 50 Christian churches (Rome Reports) http://ow.ly/oaEQa
News: N.M. Supreme Court: Photographers Can’t Refuse Gay Weddings | http://ChristianityToday.com http://ow.ly/obmmf
Catholic University of America revives fight against Obamacare contraception mandate – Washington Times http://ow.ly/obmRH
First Youth Apostle Missionary Sent to Virginia Tech – Youth Apostles http://ow.ly/obnPv
95 Best iPad Apps for Designers (web/photo/art/video/audio) | Creative Bloq http://ow.ly/obqkU
Upcoming workshop to examine human trafficking and modern slavery (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/ocaom
Happy Birthday today to Fr. Seraphim Beshoner who produces Catholic: Under the Hood – History of the Catholic Church http://ow.ly/ocghU

John Clem, Catholic Web Services

John Clem is the Director and Media Minister at Catholic Web Services (http://catholicws.com/). John is currently in formation to join the Secular Franciscan Order, and loves to share his talents in faith, technology, and journalism in service to the church. John also writes a blog entitled Call To Holiness (http://www.calltoholiness.us/). Follow John on Twitter at @Catholicwebs, on Facebook and at Google+.

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