Every Life Is A Gift: #MarchForLife2015 — Sweet Tweets for 01/23/15

Last updated on: March 12, 2015 at 4:42 pm by Lisa M. Hendey

Every Life Is A Gift: #MarchForLife2015 — Sweet Tweets for 01/23/15 2015-03-12T16:42:39-07:00 Lisa M. Hendey

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This was a terrific week for Catholic news watchers! From Pope Francis’ journey to the Philippines (and yes, “bunny-gate” to) to the March for Life, there was so much to view, engage in, and discuss. I have to say that one of my favorite bits of news was the announcement of Blessed Junipero Serra’s upcoming canonization, which will shine a beautiful light on California’s Missions.

Another thing I loved this week was watching Catholic social media tell the stories of these events. While we have great Catholic news sources, it’s just so wonderful to have a firsthand view from “people from the pew” who are actually on the ground and sharing the stories from their perspectives. For example, since I couldn’t be in Washington D.C. for the March for Life, I spent a great deal of time watching #WhyWeMarch and #MarchForLife2015 trend on Twitter. It’s a great reminder that when we have the opportunity to be present at such occasions, we should use the official event hashtag to let our voices be heard.

A quick reminder that I depart tomorrow for my trip to Tanzania. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram with #CRSMedia to come along for the adventure!

I’m grateful to my friend John Clem, O.F.S. for this week’s Sweet Tweets:

Papal Tweet: “Every Life is a Gift. #marchforlife” (Pope Francis January 22nd)
History Made: Philippine Crowd for Pope Francis Hits 6-7 Million (NCRegister.com) ow.ly/Hw3x8
Moving encounter with Pope Francis: Testimony of Filipino street children Vatican Radio ow.ly/HyW0D
One Buddhist nun’s thoughts on Pope Francis :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/HzWun
Another newsmaking flight: Pope Francis rules out Mexico, border stop on US trip (John Allen – Crux) ow.ly/HAl0K
Pope says he will canonize Blessed Junipero Serra in Washington (CNS) ow.ly/HAoQq
Top 10 Images From Pope Francis’ Journey to the Philippines – Aleteia ow.ly/HGQmW
Mass at a Federal Detention Facility | America Magazine ow.ly/Hw5g2
Video: Pope Francis: Don’t squander God’s gifts (CNS) ow.ly/Hw6jd
Details of the proposal for Pope Francis’ US visit revealed :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/HwJKB
Hearing the Lord, Discerning The Call (Fr. Dan Horan, O.F.M. – Dating God) ow.ly/HwNCN
Archbishop Kurtz Urges All To Pray, Act for Human Dignity in Message for MLK Jr. Day ow.ly/HyXfB ow.ly/i/8jgVK
5 Ways to Prepare Your Child for First Reconciliation | CatholicMom.com ow.ly/HzPDP
International Year of Light: Card. Ravasi on “Light” and its symbol as the Revelation (Vatican Radio )ow.ly/HzWXI
NEW Blog: Joyful Witness | How to Be an Extraordinary Catholic ow.ly/HAuur
Making Informed Purchases Using Apps (Sarah Reinhard –NCRegister.com) ow.ly/HB46u
Protecting the unborn in a ‘throwaway culture’ | National Catholic Reporter ow.ly/HB7Z0
We Live for Others, Too – As Seen in a Touching Commercial « Archdiocese of Washington ow.ly/HB9VJ
In praise of Pio (Deacon Greg Kandra – Patheos) ow.ly/HBacv
Padre Pio – Rare Footage – YouTube ow.ly/HEII1
Meet the man who launched the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Deacon Greg Kandra – Patheos) ow.ly/HBii0
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity highlights role of women in Churches (Vatican Radio) ow.ly/HCJpo
John Michael Talbot authors a new book w/Mike Aquilina: The Ancient Path youtu.be/BG7sAKcUnLw
Inspiring Photo: Pope Francis in Philippines weathering the storm. (H/T Fr. Roderick Vonhogen) ow.ly/i/8k70f
Pope Francis has rebooted the debate on family and sexual mores (John Allen – Crux) ow.ly/HCPXI
Catholic Answers Shifts Focus with a New Podcast | CatholicMom.com ow.ly/HCRkj
Fearful Christians at Duke Will Make Secularists’ Job Easier (Elizabeth Scalia – Patheos) ow.ly/HCTIN
The Feminist Case Against Abortion (Serrin Foster – America Magazine) ow.ly/HD2av
Prayers needed for Iraq: Bishop of Mosul is Weeping… (speaking in Aramaic w/subtitles) Ephrem Ishac ow.ly/HDqAK
Prayers for Bangladesh: Church concerned over continued violence (Vatican Radio) ow.ly/HDHAN
Beard meets religious freedom in distinctive SCOTUS decision :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/HEgig
U.S. Supreme Court will not hear Baton Rouge Catholic confession case | NOLA.com ow.ly/HFNWg
Pres. Obama mentions Pope Francis during State of the Union Address (Rome Reports) ow.ly/HGORF
Faith on the Move: Amy Welborn (Lisa Hendey – Catholic Tourist) ow.ly/HEB9x
For heaven’s sake: Papal astronomers promote harmony of science, faith (CNS) ow.ly/HEHzA
Message for World Day of Communications: Communicating the Family ow.ly/HOGoD
Can You Be Good Without God? [Video] – Brandon Vogt ow.ly/HIbiw
Pope Francis completes new Vatican office to tackle clergy abuse :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/HOGN9
The pro-life movement is youthful & strong, abortion rates are falling (Catholic World Report) ow.ly/HOHe7
Pope Francis’ favorite flavor?: Ice cream for trip home (Rappler) ow.ly/HDcLC
Hillbilly Thomists: Dominican musicians are instruments of God’s love – The Arlington Catholic Herald ow.ly/HFOLo
Satire: Weird Al Yankovic is a singing monk (ABC – Hulu) ow.ly/HDnR6
Pope Francis – “Are You Ready?” 2 Unlimited Parody – Autotune the Church – (Fr. Darryl Millette) ow.ly/HKM5v

John Clem, O.F.S.

John Clem, O.F.S is the Director and Media Minister at Catholic Web Services (http://catholicws.com/). John is a professed member of 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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