Sweet Tweets for 1/3/14: Drawing Joy from the Crib

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Don’t you love the “back to business” feel that is in the air today?! If you’ve been in “unplugged mode” as I have, you’ll find this week’s Sweet Tweets especially helpful as a recap of the big news for the past seven days. For his part, Pope Francis has been very busy and there’s also been plenty of news on the home front this week for Catholics!

Thank you to John Clem for making this weekly feature possible!

• Papal Tweet  “Let us draw from the crib the joy and deep peace that Jesus comes to bring to the world.” (Pope Francis Dec. 31st)
• Climate Campaign Webinar – January 9th 4pm EST | Franciscan Earth Corps http://ow.ly/sf1ND 
• NEWS: Pope orders new rules on relations between bishops, religious orders (CNS) http://ow.ly/sfdR1
• Video: Big church changes projected in 2014 (CNS) http://youtu.be/h_12wG_8a_8 
• Video: Nativity scenes and the Catholic tradition (CNS) http://youtu.be/hXTUoZdqLF0 
• Best Catholic Images of 2013 from Aleteia on Flickr http://ow.ly/sdP6T 
• National Migration Week January 5-11, 2014 (USCCB) Resources, Prayer Card in English & Spanish, Bulletin insert http://ow.ly/sdQpn 
• CatholicMom.com  has updated their website (great content for Moms & ALL family members) http://ow.ly/scMI7 
• Video: Peanuts Christmas Flashmob Dance in NYC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bB7obyuuY8#t=11 …
• WWJD = What Would Jesus Drive | Call To Holiness http://ow.ly/s0gtx 
• Nice Christmas Story: Carlos Santana Reunites With Homeless Ex-Bandmate http://ow.ly/s2J9j 
• St. Francis and the early Nativity | Mount La Verna Fraternity http://ow.ly/saZim 
• Nice Video: Christmas gifts for the homeless (The Random Altruist) http://youtu.be/mm1I3mjDFvA 
• Video: The Christopher Inn in Ireland is a lay movement to support priests with retreats and formation worldwide http://youtu.be/1mPGUGx6hHg 
• CRS Rice Bowl 2014 Media Kit Available Online (NEW: mobile App, Global Kitchen Show w/Fr. Leo Patalinghug) http://ow.ly/s1PxN 
• Merry Christmas — Pope Francis: Urbi et Orbi Message (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/s3wOj 
• Building a Catholic eBook Library on the Cheap | http://BrandonVogt.com  http://ow.ly/s55b6 
• January is Poverty Awareness Month – inspiring activity calendar with suggestions (USCCB) http://ow.ly/s55wH 
• An image for the Church in a Christmas Gift Catalog. « Archdiocese of Washington http://ow.ly/s5d8T 
• A holy source for your printer supply: Ink & Toner from Benedictine Monks http://ow.ly/s5dKp 
• Video: Catholic News Service looks back at 2013: A year that rocked the church http://youtu.be/MuGFjWmmW2E 
• Message and Word Scramble for youth from Pope Francis (USCCB) http://ow.ly/s7Agi  http://ow.ly/i/49oda 
• The New Saints and Blesseds of 2013 | Catholic World Report – Global Church news and views http://ow.ly/s7Aoy 
• Pope Francis shares Prayer to the Holy Family (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/s7Pqx 
• Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for the Year 2014 (Apostleship of Prayer) http://ow.ly/s95SZ 
• Running Toward Your Resolutions | Blog of the Courtier (Billy Newton) http://ow.ly/s9vCJ 
• New Years Resolution Suggestion: Pray Pope Francis’ Five Finger Prayer every day! http://ow.ly/i/4aaxP 
• Video: The 40 Film http://ow.ly/saGsr  (Spirit Juice Studios) March for Life Jan 22, 2014 in DC — Join Us! http://www.marchforlife.org/march-with-us 
• Vatican Paper to focus on theology of women (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/saI9X  Newspaper link http://www.news.va/en/source/osservatore-romano …
• Fr. Robert Barron’s Word On Fire – WOF Team share Our Favorite Books of 2013 http://ow.ly/saQS9 
• Reflections from Pope Francis for the New Year (OSV) http://ow.ly/saRxD 
• Catholic filmmaker gets to make movie about Clemente, his boyhood idol http://ow.ly/saT2t 
• SQPN’s Five Most Memorable Moments from 2013 – http://SQPN.com  http://ow.ly/sbb9Q 
• The Eight Kinds of Commenters in the Christian Blogosphere » First Thoughts | A First Things Blog http://ow.ly/sbbkY 
• CNS STORY: USCCB president asks Obama for exemption from fines over ACA compliance http://ow.ly/sbspe 
• Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor delays health law’s birth control mandate (USA Today) http://ow.ly/sbHbj 
• Will the Real January 1st Please Stand Up. A Homily For New Years Day and the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God (ADW) http://ow.ly/sbHjP 
• NEWS: Fr. Leo Patalinghug shares New Year’s greetings and a NEW calling (Grace Before Meals) http://ow.ly/sbKEE 
• Catholic App Roundup for 2013 | Call To Holiness http://ow.ly/sbUtm 
• Pick your personal saint for 2014 with Jennifer Fulwiler’s Saint’s Name Generator http://ow.ly/sc44g 
• Video: Mary in Two Minutes – Busted Halo http://ow.ly/sc6Nf 
• New FREE App: Rosary Marathon–pray the Rosary with intentions while running with GPS support (iPhone) http://ow.ly/sc6E4 
• Have Faith in Joy – Fr. James Martin, SJ | America Magazine http://ow.ly/sbsrU 
• “The Best Books I Read in 2013” | Catholic World Report – Global Church news and views http://ow.ly/scMgn 
• Videos by Fr. Robert Spitzer are now available as Video on Demand format at the Magis Center of Reason and Faith http://ow.ly/scLSP 
• Fr. Robert Barron’s Word On Fire – How to End Modern Slavery: A video interview with Elizabeth Yore http://ow.ly/scSqt 
• Video: The natural timing of Christmastide (Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno of the Vatican Observatory) http://youtu.be/A3ovU954cJ8 
• Satire: Three Kings Humor (The Ironic Catholic) http://ow.ly/scX16 

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+.