Sweet Tweets for 8/16/13 — The Way that Leads to Heaven

How is it already Friday? In my personal life this week, I had a wonderful retreat with our parish staff on Wednesday and then a “mini-retreat” with yesterday’s celebration and Mass for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The web was overflowing with goodness too, with much to take in and learn from.  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: “Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, and guide us on the way that leads to Heaven.” (Pope Francis)
• A Little Glimpse of How God Must See Us (as depicted in a commercial) « Archdiocese of Washington http://ow.ly/nNN0R 
• Video: Keynote address by Cardinal Sean O’Malley for Knights of Columbus’ Convention http://youtu.be/84l9h6ELr5U 
• Video: New app helps better understand and organize the Bible (Rome Reports) http://ow.ly/nO7mQ 
• Mercy and Love Central to Church Teaching on Abortion, Says Project Rachel Founder | (NCR) http://ow.ly/nOavD 
• Catholic Musician: WiL Frey – In His Presence | http://CatholicMom.com http://ow.ly/nOmtx 
• Geeky Priests, a la YouTube’s Geek Week | Inspired Angela http://ow.ly/nOmGq 
• Geek Week Photo Fun: Find Father Roderick (like Where’s Waldo) (photo credit-Trese Gloriod) http://ow.ly/i/2QrtI 
• Film is ‘how-to’ for Catholics to share Faith (Our Sunday Visitor) http://ow.ly/nOAre 
• Video: New archeological finds shed new light on St Paul’s Basilica (Rome Reports) http://ow.ly/nPmH1 
• Video: Geekpriest (Fr. Roderick) gives a tour of The Bat Cave http://youtu.be/0J_UrjwP44U 
• Pope Francis greets Muslims and urges both Christians and Muslims to promote mutual respect. (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/nPrH2 
• Catholic blogger (Thomas Peters) grateful for prayers following accident :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) http://ow.ly/nPsyX 
• The Stigmata of St. Francis | American Catholic Blog http://ow.ly/nQfMy 
• Anti-Catholic Facebook pages worry Latino communities :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) http://ow.ly/nQhPm 
• Video: Pope Francis: What does your heart desire? (CNS) http://youtu.be/UfAb9eorML0 
• Vatican religious prefect: Gender inequality exists in church | National Catholic Reporter http://ow.ly/nQU8x 
• Book Review: The Social Media Gospel: Buy It, Read It, Do It, Share It | http://CatholicMom.com http://ow.ly/nQVfi 
• Finding Freedom in the Cloister « My Year Of Faith http://ow.ly/nR1x0 
• Did Jesus Exist? An Alternate Approach | (Jimmy Akin) Strange Notions http://ow.ly/nR5aE 
• Video: Living Like Christ: Introduction | The Catholic Year of Faith (Jeff Cavins) 3-week course begins Aug. 20th http://ow.ly/nRJZM 
• Mystery priest in Missouri rescue comes forward :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) http://ow.ly/nRM5c 
• Infographic: How to become US Ambassador to the Holy See (Vatican) http://ow.ly/nSJUn 
• USCCB Blog: What Can I Do? Three Steps to Reduce Income Disparities (Fr. James Martin, SJ) http://ow.ly/nT2gp 
• Video: Faith & Football (CNS) The Pittsburgh Steelers Training Camp http://youtu.be/TwzxjTiviJc 
• Vatican: Catholic Agencies Can Take Government Money « Catholic Relief Services Newswire http://ow.ly/nTQvK 
• CNS STORY: His Holiness, the soccer fan, asks players to be real role models http://ow.ly/nTQYy 
• Don’t Develop A Social Media Strategy For Your Parish | Catholic Tech Talk | (Brad West) http://ow.ly/nUXT0 
• Video: Fatima statue headed to Rome, as Pope plans to consecrate the world to Our Lady (Rome Reports) http://ow.ly/nUYOV 
• Infographic: CRS assistance in the Horn of Africa 2011-2013 http://ow.ly/nV1Dz 
• Rare Video of G.K. Chesterton | http://BrandonVogt.com http://ow.ly/nV25E 
• The Top 50 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2013 (TwistedSifter) celebrating much of God’s creation http://ow.ly/nVM3W 
• Documentary shows how Our Lady brings back people to the Faith (Rome Reports) http://ow.ly/nX1GQ 
• Pope Francis appeals for peace, dialogue and reconciliation in Egypt (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/nX34r 
• Some Biblical Roots of the Teaching on the Assumption of Mary « Archdiocese of Washington http://ow.ly/nX3hW 
• Video: Mary in 2 Minutes (Busted Halo) http://youtu.be/j7AQGyqtoK0 
• Text/Video: Homily of His Holiness Pope Francis, Castel Gandolfo, Solemnity of Assumption http://ow.ly/nXchR 
• 40 maps that explain the world (The Washington Post) http://ow.ly/nYsOW 
• Film tour hopes to reignite devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) http://ow.ly/nYxyJ 
• An urban escape – The Arlington Catholic Herald (Katie Bahr) http://ow.ly/nYyrk http://ow.ly/nYyCw http://ow.ly/i/2TjSo 
• Youth Apostles Institute, a growing ministry | Call To Holiness http://ow.ly/nZkee John Clem

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+.