Sweet Tweets for 2/21/14 — The Peace Praying Edition

So much world news can change, shift and evolve during the course of a week. Just last week, I woke up to a tweet from Pope Francis exhorting us to #Prayforpeace in South Sudan and Central African Republic. Then throughout this week we’ve watched as conflict brewed in Ukraine and Venezuela. It seems for now that #Prayforpeace needs to stay at the top of our intention lists. Who knows what the next week will hold in store…

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

• Papal Tweet: “Let us learn from Christ how to pray, to forgive, to sow peace, and to be near those in need.” (Pope Francis Feb. 18th)
• Video: Bear Grylls (Christian) and Stephen Fry (Atheist) talk about their beliefs http://youtu.be/C_3TdQolVRA 
• Why Can’t We Use Secular Music During Mass? (Jeff Ostowski – Views from the Choir Loft) http://ow.ly/tERnE 
• NEW Videocast: Padre’s Corner with Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ (YouTube Channel: PadreSJ) http://ow.ly/tETL0 
• Enter for a chance to win a trip to Rome for canonization of JPII & John XXIII on April 27th (CatholicVote) http://ow.ly/tEXfT 
• Blog: In the Beginning Was the Web: The Gospel of John According to #DigitalNatives | LanePlane http://ow.ly/tEXuJ 
• ‘Son of God’ movie brings Gospels to life, Catholic leaders say :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) http://ow.ly/tFiju 
• How to Evangelize Without Saying a Word – Pauline Books and Media Blog http://ow.ly/tFo8d 
• NEW Video: Being Catholic is Cool: U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults (USCCB) http://youtu.be/ZI2wmAKSvcE 
• James Elkins: The Most Beautiful Painting in the World – Bellini’s Ecstasy of St. Francis http://ow.ly/tGkCU 
• Olympic figure skating star hailed as example for Catholics :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) http://ow.ly/tGno2 
• Pope Francis: List of tips to make a marriage work (Rome Reports) http://ow.ly/tHbYW 
• Two of the Most Basic Elements of Evangelization: The Message and the Plan « Archdiocese of Washington http://ow.ly/tHc9P 
• Council of eight Cardinals meets at start of busy week (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/tHzXM 
• Big week for Francis may float compromise on divorce – John Allen – The Boston Globe http://ow.ly/tHBK6 
• Video: Life on the Rock – Brandon Vogt talks about his work w/ Word On Fire & Strange Notions http://youtu.be/JLIr3p4LiPw 
• Surprising Religious Facts About U.S. Presidents You Probably Didn’t Know http://ow.ly/tHH5H 
• President’s Day Video (Knights of Columbus) http://youtu.be/kwqHRkyBlQ4 
• Archbishop Chaput’s Laity Expertise Is Set to Go Global (NCR) http://ow.ly/tHVNQ 
• St. Michael: Defender of the Faithful — and Sochi! – Busted Halo http://ow.ly/tICqi 
• Fr. Robert Barron’s Word On Fire – Fr. Barron’s New and Upcoming Projects! http://ow.ly/tIHDe 
• Live Long and Prosper: The Story of Star Trek and the Jewish Priestly Blessing with Leonard Nimoy (Israel Unseen) http://ow.ly/tJ6h4 
• Israelis look forward to Pope’s Holy Land visit, rabbi says :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) http://ow.ly/tJQOS 
• Fr. Robert Barron on the Universal Call to Holiness & How to become a saint (Word On Fire) http://ow.ly/tJYi8 
• CatholicNewsSvc: Vatican stamp office gearing for canonizations with new stamps of JPII & John XXIII http://ow.ly/tK60A 
• Special Commisions created by Pope Francis (note: presentation created using Prezi software) http://ow.ly/tKqbg 
• Tweeting Live Church Events (Sr. Susan Wolf, SND & Meredith Gould) http://ow.ly/tKseP 
• Intellectual Property For Beginner Mompreneurs | http://CatholicMom.com  http://ow.ly/tKsZ5 
• A New Order Responds to the Lord’s Call for Unity | Catholic World Report – Global Church news and views http://ow.ly/tKTx5 
• MUSIC: Late to Love: An Augustinian Soul Album — Sam Rocha (Patheos) http://ow.ly/tLy8N 
• Jimmy Fallon: “I wanted to be a priest” — Deacon Greg Kandra (Patheos) http://ow.ly/tLyf2 
• Carmel and Pope Francis | Communio — Paul Zalonski http://ow.ly/tLyrS 
• Bloodshed in Kiev on Independence Square | Catholic World Report – Global Church news and views http://ow.ly/tLz0k
• Video: Pope Francis on healthy hearts (CNS) http://youtu.be/3PVUV_ukuGs 
• Catholics Confront Global Poverty — collaboration effort of USCCB & CRS http://ow.ly/tLBKx 
• Pope: When was the last time you Confessed? Don’t let another day pass by… (Rome Reports) http://ow.ly/tMovX 
• 3 peace activists sentenced for breaking into nuclear site, including Sister Megan Rice – The Washington Post http://ow.ly/tMoX0 
• A wedding behind prison walls | CNS Blog http://ow.ly/tMwcJ 
• Video: Jesus Christ’s Facebook Movie http://youtu.be/J7uWeXqQsFU 
• Great video campaign: Build My Church by the Archdiocese of St. Louis http://youtu.be/zefgUMvHCxc 
• Spiritual Olympics: St. Thérèse of Lisieux: Overcoming Catholic Guilt – Busted Halo http://ow.ly/tNquW 
• Fast, Pray, Give Alms: CRS Rice Bowl App Review | http://CatholicMom.com  http://ow.ly/tNt1Q 
• Tolerance, Choice, Argument, and Religion | Fr. Robert Barron — Strange Notions http://ow.ly/tNxog 
• New and Notable Books (February 2014) | http://BrandonVogt.com  http://ow.ly/tNTYM 
• Pope Francis welcomes prisoners to his home (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/tOFiI 
• Pope Francis greets Cardinals at beginning of Extraordinary Consistory (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/tOFJf 
• Council of Cardinals Presents Proposals to Pope | Daily News | http://NCRegister.com  http://ow.ly/tPmLW 
• Pope’s simple style influencing cardinal fashion (AP) http://ow.ly/tQqyv 
• The Baking of Adam – A Masterpiece Made from 10,000 Marshmallows | Oddity Central http://ow.ly/tOTj8 
• NEW CD Set from Fr. Robert Barron: Tre Ore–The Seven Last Words of Christ (Word On Fire) http://ow.ly/tP1pq 
• Tech Tip: Google offers tips on how not to be a ‘Glasshole’ http://ow.ly/tP0Ha 
• Van brings pregnant women a real alternative to abortion – Catholic Philly http://ow.ly/tPa14 
• NEW Book by Pope Francis: The Way of Humility -Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio : Ignatius Press http://ow.ly/tPgk9 
• Liturgical Vestment Seamstress Creates Works of Art | Lisa Hendey – http://CatholicMom.com  http://ow.ly/tPigk 
• NYC: More Black Babies Killed by Abortion Than Born | CNS News http://ow.ly/tPjqU 
• Twitter photo going viral of priest holding a shield and cross in Kiev protests http://ow.ly/tPNMZ 
• Canadian archbishop issues decree banning eulogies (Deacon Greg Kandra – Patheos) http://ow.ly/tQ4hg 
• World Meeting of Families website & Pope Francis’ first visit to America in 2015 http://ow.ly/tPSQu 
• Video: Enduring attraction of a good novena in Galway, Ireland (CNS) http://youtu.be/JTXhdbXVCP4 
• Video: God’s Beauty — Magical New Zealand (Shawn Reeder) http://vimeo.com/shawnreeder/magicalnewzealand …
• Rockers in the sacristy: Book recounts St. Francis’ famous fans | CathNewsUSA http://ow.ly/tPof4 
• Satire: Overzealous Priest Overturns The Tables Of The Money Changers In Church Gift Shop | Eye of the Tiber http://ow.ly/tP4z1 
• Video: Pope Francis, cardinals discuss the future of the family (CNS) http://youtu.be/FIwX9nXxg7M 
• President of U.S. Bishops Conference recounts his visit to typhoon ravaged Philippines (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/tR5wb 
• How to share Fr. Robert Barron’s Reflections during Lent with your parish http://ow.ly/tRNDb 
• Archbishop Charles Chaput visits UVA’s St. Anshelm Institute for Catholic Thought | Call To Holiness http://ow.ly/tRXrs 

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+.