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Well, wouldn\u2019t you know it: one of the biggest news days<\/a><\/strong> in the Catholic Church in America, full of head-scratching surprises<\/a><\/strong>, and I\u2019m tied up doing Other Stuff.<\/p>\n

The Other Stuff included being part of a panel on social media at the USCCB headquarters on Washington, in a massive meeting room that is clearly designed to inspire awe and no small amount of stage fright.<\/p>\n

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Thankfully, the presentation went smoothly, despite me, and I was lucky to be in the company of Elizabeth Tenety, editor of the On Faith <\/a><\/strong>section of the Washington Post, and Cathy Grossman,who does the Faith & Reason<\/strong> <\/a>section of USA TODAY.\u00a0 They both offered great advice and insight from their respective corners of the social media world, while I chimed in whatever sputtering footnotes I could add from my years here at The Bench.<\/p>\n

Afterward, there was food!\u00a0 And fun!\u00a0 During lunch, Fr. James Martin stopped by to plug his new book<\/a><\/strong> and offer some wonderful and hilarious stories about faith and having a good sense of humor.\u00a0 (Jesus had one, it turns out.\u00a0 Who knew?)\u00a0 Below, Your Humble Blogger with Elizabeth, Cathy and Fr. Martin \u2014 who, if this priest thing doesn\u2019t work out, could open for Cher in Vegas.\u00a0 He\u2019s that funny.<\/p>\n

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