What’s “News”? Top Catholic Tweets for the Week of 02/07/15

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

What’s “News”? Top Catholic Tweets for the Week of 02/07/15 2015-03-12T16:42:37-07:00 Lisa M. Hendey

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Just about every week, we bring you a weekly feature that includes the top news and information as shared on Twitter and is of import in the Catholic realm. These tweets are compiled by John Clem, O.F.S., who does a masterful job of keeping us all “in the loop” about what’s happening in the Church. I find them particularly helpful, especially on a week like this one when I’m finally emerging from the fog of jet lag after my journey to Tanzania.

As Catholics, we are called to stay abreast of news in the world, but we do so with a unique perspective. I’m always grateful for the many ways in which we can remain connected not only to our Church and world events, but also to cultural headlines like the upcoming Oscars, the Superbowl, or movies and music. Each week, John manages to keep on top of the “news we can use”… I invite you to take ten minutes, look these over, and hopefully share a few of them.

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

Papal Tweet: “We are all sinners. We are all called to a conversion of heart.” (Pope Francis February 3rd)
American priest among saints causes advanced by Pope Francis :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/HQUzu
NEW App: Audio Catholics Kids, the FREE app that helps you talk about God…to your children (Rome Reports) ow.ly/HRVJr
Apocalyptic beliefs may explain why Francis is a pope in a hurry (John Allen – Crux) ow.ly/HTPKi
Year of the Consecrated Life: Dominican Nuns of Summit, NJ, Centennial Campaign Video – YouTube ow.ly/HTW5k
Franciscan Family Chaplet | A new Franciscan prayer. ow.ly/HTX7U
Thomas Merton (Still) Matters – 100th Birthday on Jan. 31st | America Magazine ow.ly/HU2Ur
Teaching Capitalism to Catholics at CUA (Tim Busch – WSJ) ow.ly/HU3HK
Christian unity demands encounter – not theory, says Pope :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/HW3PA
2015 March for Life #whywemarch (John Clem – Call To Holiness) ow.ly/HWvOI
Catholic News | Pro-life Generation Tweets from March in Washington | American Catholic ow.ly/HWFzI
Cardinal Sean: Build a Better World | 2015 March for Life Opening Mass (CTV) ow.ly/HXKNw
Video: Freedom – March for Life 2015 (Blackstone Films) ow.ly/HYQKp
Number One #Superfood: The Eucharist, Hands Down (Lisa Mladinich – Amazing Catechists) ow.ly/HWy0z
Amazing Grace on the Chapman Stick – Greg Howard – YouTube ow.ly/HWBAX
Brew Evangelization: The Ongoing Renaissance of Monastic Beer | Catholic World Report ow.ly/HXMyi
St. Dominic Meets St. Francis – Dominican Friars ow.ly/HYRvs
Year of the Consecrated Life: How to Discern a Third Order Vocation (Catholic365.com) ow.ly/HYZiJ
Snow Altars in the Grand Tetons (New Liturgical Movement) ow.ly/HZ4L7
NEW: Introducing Marriage Rx:CatholicMom.com’s New Advice Column! by Dr. Manuel & Karee Santos ow.ly/HZl1h
Women are irreplaceable in passing on the faith, Pope says :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/HZldC
Priest-scientists are at the crossroads of faith and reason | Crux ow.ly/I14iR
Pope says marriage annulments should be free (American Catholic) ow.ly/I15bV
Princeton professor to pro-life movement: We’re winning :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/I16pG
5 Saints Who Totally Had Superpowers | ChurchPOP ow.ly/I1jeH
Saint Tooth Fairy? | The Practicing Catholic ow.ly/I1wlT
Servant of God Jerome Lejeune, Physician, Pro-life advocate (Dr. Paul Camarata – The SaintCast) ow.ly/I1Ysv
Video & Text: Read Pope Francis’ Full Lenten Message (Rome Reports)ow.ly/I23Ps
Cardinal O’Malley & Archbishop Wenski Welcome Supreme Court Decision To Review Protocols for Use of Lethal Injection ow.ly/I2hZV
Tell FaceBook: Allow Catholic Priests to keep the title “Father” in their FB name ow.ly/I3lyZ
Remembering the priests of Dachau—and the roots of the diaconate (Deacon Greg Kandra – Patheos) ow.ly/I3mw3
Little Sisters Disciples of the Lamb – inclusion of sisters with Down’s Syndrome (Regina Magazine) ow.ly/I3n6M
NEW Preview of Pivotal Players: 10 Thomas Aquinas Resources from Fr. Barron | Word On Fire ow.ly/I5f0D
World Meeting of Families 2015 Informational Video – YouTube ow.ly/I5ymY
Cause for sainthood opened for Chiara Lubich (Vatican Radio) ow.ly/I5EOD
Year of the Consecrated Life: I Will Follow – vocations video (Ascension Press) ow.ly/I5PEp
Islamic Extremist group-Boko Haram, forces tens of thousands to flee from Nigeria (Rome Reports) ow.ly/I69Hn
7 Reasons to Love Saint Thomas Aquinas (plus 4 Catholic videos) – Dr. Taylor Marshall ow.ly/I6eeM
Movie Review: “American Sniper” (Sister Helena Burns, DSP – Hell Burns) ow.ly/I6nUX
“In People with Intellectual Disabilities, I Found a School of the Heart” (Tony Rossi – Christopher Closeup) ow.ly/I7NSP
Pope: A society without fathers (CNS) ow.ly/I7SBx
Four saints in one family? Beatification Process of St. Therese of Lisieux’s sister, opens (Rome Reports) ow.ly/I8Zu3
Bishop Coyne in the driver’s seat (Deacon Greg Kandra – Patheos) ow.ly/I92lT
Beyond the digital, into the heart: a Vatican take on communication :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/I9dej
20 Cool Things About Nuns in Habits (EpicPew) ow.ly/I9wCQ
“The Francis Effect” Documentary to air on ABC Television Affiliates in the USA | Salt + Light Blog ow.ly/Id8fB
Conversation with Fr. Jim Martin, S.J. | Who is Jesus to me? (Ignatian Center – Santa Clara Univ.) ow.ly/IdfnT
12 Amazing Christian Sculptures Made Entirely Out of LEGOs | ChurchPOP ow.ly/IdJY1
CNS STORY: Pontifical council to consider challenges women face in society, church ow.ly/Ie31U
Coming soon to the Vatican: haircuts for Rome’s homeless :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) ow.ly/Ie3zE
Hail Mary Pass? Nuns rent out rooms at Phoenix monastery for Super Bowl, raise money for charity ow.ly/IesoC
Football Rosary @ Superbowl: Church sits empty in shadow of shrine to football’s holiest day (The Boston Globe) ow.ly/Ii4f7
Compare and Contrast: The Super Bowl and the Mass, Football and Faith « Archdiocese of Washington ow.ly/IkLyd
Fr Dan Horan, OFM talks about his book, ‘The Franciscan Heart of Thomas Merton.’ (CatholicTV) ow.ly/If4Vl
Letter to a Young Activist by Thomas Merton | Acting Franciscan ow.ly/IglIA
Year of the Consecrated Life: Interactive Map of Open Houses of Sisters across America ow.ly/Ifslm
Holy See to UN Security Council: Protect women and girls in conflict zones (News.va) ow.ly/Igbqm
Vatican introduces “Persian Catechism” (Rome Reports) ow.ly/IgbtY
New App helps children pray in a easy way for Android & iOS (Rome Reports) ow.ly/IgbKl
Ecumenism means theological dialogue, joint work for peace, Pope says (CNS) ow.ly/IgjUo
Catholic Cuisine: Recipes for February ~ Month Dedicated to the Holy Family ow.ly/Ii2Fc
The number of consecrated women has declined, while the amount of consecrated men remains the same (Rome Reports) ow.ly/Ii3gr
Year of the Consecrated Life: New Monastery needed for the Poor Clare Sisters (using GoFundMe) ow.ly/IicwS
Altaration: The Mystery of the Mass Revealed – new program for teens (Ascension Press) ow.ly/Iip71
Video: Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM talks about the “Cosmic” Christ (Franciscan Media) ow.ly/IivWm
Ice Church is built and blessed anew in Romania (Vatican Radio) ow.ly/IiRy7
How I Pray: Tom Neal (Thomas McDonald – Patheos) ow.ly/IkFR4
February 2nd is World Day for Consecrated Life – prayers & resources (USCCB) ow.ly/IkHWx
Preserving Iraq’s Christian History | Dominican Friars | Province of St. Joseph ow.ly/IkIYU
Pope Francis announces surprise trip to Sarajevo (Rome Reports) ow.ly/IkKKn
Vatican launches #LifeofWomen conference (News.va) ow.ly/IldKT
Getting Ready For Lent (William O’Leary – Amazing Catechists) ow.ly/IlDO8
Take These Gifts (Mary Ann Walsh – America Magazine) ow.ly/ImVU8
Franciscan priest to appear on Oprah Winfrey’s ‘Super Soul Sunday‘ (NCR) ow.ly/Ipoe7
Catholics and the MMR Vaccine | The Quinton Report ow.ly/Ipxnl
Pope Francis signed decree today for martyrdom of Archbishop Romero (CNS) ow.ly/Ipyoz
NEW Podcast: GTR #001: And So It Begins (Brooke Taylor & Jennifer Willits – Good Things Radio) ow.ly/IpZFz
6 Saints To Get You Through the Oscars (Busted Halo) ow.ly/Iq1fL
Vatican, religious orders launch international day against trafficking – February 8th (NCR) ow.ly/IqwpN
Official Website: A Light Against Human Trafficking ow.ly/ItHnQ
Suicide Survivor Shares Her Journey Through Grief (Pt 1) (Lisa Martinez – Closed Doors Open Windows) ow.ly/Irmb1
Who Is the Pope? by Eamon Duffy | The New York Review of Books ow.ly/IrpDO
NEW Movie: Old Fashioned | In Theaters Valentines Day 2015 ow.ly/Is89g
Elvis Presley, Offertory Processions, & the 1965 Missal …I’m not kidding! (Jeff Ostrowski -Views from the Choir Loft) ow.ly/ItvuB
NEW Video Series to share: What is Lent? | CRS Rice Bowl ow.ly/ItvTc
St. Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio (Fr. Michael Cummins – Word On Fire) ow.ly/ItIVX
Historical Revelation: St Francis rediscovered (L’Osservatore Romano) ow.ly/ItK9B
Vatican observatory where priests are also astrophysicists (BBC News) ow.ly/ItKBa
My 15 Favorite Books of 2014 (Brandon Vogt) ow.ly/ItNGc
Top 24 Catholics to Follow on Twitter plus 1 Protestant (FOCUS Blog) ow.ly/IvgxY
St. John XXIII: Pope of Innocence and Goodness (Salt and Light) ow.ly/IvsIg
Wear your ashes all thru Lent: Ash Wednesday #Ashtag Shirt (uCatholic) ow.ly/Iw67w
New online Dominican Bookstore (Lay Dominicans – Province of St. Joseph) ow.ly/Iwayd
Pope Asks Bishops & Religious Superiors to Cooperate Fully w/ Commission for Protection of Minors (America Magazine) ow.ly/IxO2G
Pope Francis sends Message to US National Prayer Breakfast (Vatican Radio) ow.ly/Iy4Ta
No, Mr. Obama, the Crusades and ISIS Are Not the Same Thing (Scott Eric Alt) ow.ly/IBJn6
Pope will address Congress in September (Jake Sherman – POLITICO) ow.ly/IyFJX
Pope Francis speaking w/ children from around the world – many overcoming disabilities (subtitles hit cc) ow.ly/IA509
Showers for homeless by St Peters Square completed (News.va) ow.ly/IBAbl
NEW Catholic TV Show called ICONS about Franciscan Friars (Livegreaterfoundation.org) ow.ly/IBGst
Saint Francis’ Oldest Prayer | American Catholic Blog ow.ly/IBHVY
NEW Catholic Radio Show – Catholic Moments with Lisa Hendey (Radio Show) ow.ly/ICDqk

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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