Sweet Tweets for 11/22/13: You Don’t Have to be a Superhero

I’m always grateful for our Sweet Tweets, but lately they have been a lifesaver for me as my travel schedule has me on the run and my book writing has begun in earnest. John Clem’s time spent compiling the most important news of the week keeps me tuned in to what’s been happening during the week. I  urge you personally to participate in John’s Greater Good Technology campaign. This is technology at the service of the Word!

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 “The Saints were not superhuman. They were people who loved God in their hearts, and who shared this joy with others.” (Pope Francis Nov. 21st)
• Papal Tweet “To be saints is not a privilege for the few, but a vocation for everyone.” (Pope Francis Nov. 21st)
• Reaching Millennial Christians, Presentation from the #CNMC (Patrick Padley) http://ow.ly/qRJFd 
• Audio: America’s first Catholic President: Looking back at Kennedy’s assassination (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/r59KB 
• Tech Tip: The iPad finally gets a great productivity suite — and it’s not from Microsoft | VentureBeat http://ow.ly/qTBAi 
• “Like being in paradise” Vinicio Riva – disfigured man speaks who met Pope | Mail Online http://ow.ly/qXiI0 
• On December 10th, Pope Francis is setting off a global wave of prayer to end hunger (Billy Kangas – Patheos) http://ow.ly/qXj6u 
• Motu Proprio: New rules for Vatican financial oversight approved by Pope :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) http://ow.ly/qXjiE 
• 21 Things We Do When We Make the Sign of the Cross – Catholic Exchange http://ow.ly/qXjGe 
• NEWS: Pope’s first Apostolic Exhortation to mark end of Year of Faith (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/qXlyx 
• Interfaith Global Forum begins in Vienna (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/qXlRO 
• Video: Common Core and Catholic Schools (Los Angeles Catholic Schools) http://youtu.be/pdduAt-8IGY 
• Audio: Dr. James Coyle: Saints, Sinners, & Social Media by Franciscan University on SoundCloud http://ow.ly/qXqVo 
• Video: Do something Bold this Christmas – New Evangelization Program (Dynamic Catholic) http://youtu.be/0FGM-gIu4P8 
• VIDEO: Father Jonathan Morris with One Simple Principle to Improve Your Marriage (Christopher Closeup) http://ow.ly/qY2Lb 
• Catholic Cuisine: Thanksgiving cooking ideas http://ow.ly/qY3AL 
• 10 Surprising Social Media Statistics That Will Make You Rethink Your Social Strategy | Fast Company http://ow.ly/qY9bS 
• NEW: Go Digital & Green with Parish Resources from Franciscan Media including Catholic Update http://ow.ly/qYmdn 
• Catholic Tour Apps available for DC & Boston (Daughters of St. Paul) http://ow.ly/qYKLL 
• Obama Removes ‘God’ from Gettysburg Address (today marks 150th Anniv. of historic speech) – Breitbart http://ow.ly/qYTMD 
• Movie Trailer: Heaven is for Real (a true story) – in theaters Easter 2014 http://ow.ly/i/3McHs  http://youtu.be/N-ewaCVARtM 
• ‘Homeless Jesus’ sculpture presented to Pope Francis today (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/r0qou 
• Catholic News Svc’s Twitter Video | via Vizify (you can make your own video about your Twitter account too!) http://ow.ly/r0qXA 
• Check out the newly redesigned Our Sunday Visitor website. http://OSV.com ! http://ow.ly/r0w5K 
• NEW: Saint Mail: Delivers the Saints to Your Mailbox [nice gift idea!] | http://CatholicMom.com  (Lisa Hendey) http://ow.ly/r0wHC 
• Vatican unveils restored catacomb with frescoes showing ‘female priests’ | World news | http://theguardian.com  http://ow.ly/r4c1P 
• Google Maps has added a 3-D walkthrough of the Catacombs of St. Priscilla http://ow.ly/r0FY3 
• How Monks Revolutionized Beer and Evangelization – Loyola Press http://ow.ly/r0Hbl 
• CNS STORY: Pope, at audience, says he goes to confession every two weeks http://ow.ly/r0Ikk  http://ow.ly/i/3MvQw 
• Ad with a spiritual message: (beautiful Irish folk song A Parting Glass) | Co.Create | http://ow.ly/r0NNx 
• Catholic Blogger Whisks Together Faith and Food – Loyola Press http://ow.ly/r18ej 
• A Vegetarian Survival Guide for Thanksgiving – Busted Halo http://ow.ly/r1auc 
• Three Words That Can Change Your Life. « Archdiocese of Washington http://ow.ly/r2dgl 
• App Review: Angels Around Us | http://CatholicMom.com  (Ebeth Weidner) http://ow.ly/r2NG0 
• An Anti-Fracking Pope? » First Thoughts | A First Things Blog http://ow.ly/r2TU4 
• Pope Francis Again Blesses Man With Severe Disfigurement | uCatholic http://ow.ly/r3lB6 
• Reminder: 2nd Collection this weekend for CCHD (Take the Poverty Tour) http://ow.ly/r3t6O  http://ow.ly/i/3Nkhd 
• New Rap Album From Fr. Pontifex Warns About the Dangers of Removing God From American Society http://TheBlaze.com  http://ow.ly/r47MO 
• The Four Best Beards in the History of Christendom – FOCUS Blog (No Shave November?) http://ow.ly/r3AR6 
• Graphic to Share: Even Bart Simpson is following the Pope on Twitter (Geekpriest – Fr. Roderick Vonhogen) http://ow.ly/i/3MXnU 

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+.