Sweet Tweets for 12/13/13: Person of the Year

It’s been an exciting week. Not only are we fully in the midst of the beautiful season of Advent, but we had the big news of Pope Francis’ selection as TIME’s Person of the Year. There were many other important stories, so I hope you find this week’s Sweet Tweets a helpful recap of all the news.

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. I  urge you personally to participate in John’s Greater Good Technology campaign. This is technology at the service of the Word!

• Papal Tweet:  “If we see someone who needs help, do we stop? There is so much suffering and poverty, and a great need for good Samaritans.” (Pope Francis Dec. 9th)
• TIME’s Person of the Year 2013 Pope Francis, The People’s Pope | http://TIME.com  http://ow.ly/rFnEm
• Video:  Fr. Barron comments on Pope Francis being named TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year http://youtu.be/USjev5ce8cw 
• Artist Behind the Person of the Year Cover | http://TIME.com  http://ow.ly/rGmai 
• Pope Francis issues World Day of Peace Day Message for January 1st, 2014 (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/rHEYS 
• On First Year Anniversary of @Pontifex – now over 10 million followers (News.va) http://ow.ly/rI1Mf 
• NEW Catholic Blogger – Monsignor Mark Richard Lane | Beyond The Frame | Symbols, Theology and Art http://ow.ly/rwmSR 
• CNS STORY: Vatican Tannenbaum: how ‘branches green’ show other shades of meaning http://ow.ly/rx4sT 
• A capella version of ‘Little Drummer Boy’ garners over 13 million views on YouTube (Rome Reports) http://ow.ly/rx7zN 
• Pope Francis: Use internet to offer “real reasons for hope” (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/rxM23 
• Pope Francis’ message for 2014 World Day of the Sick released (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/rxMa4 
• Foodies have the recipe to feed the body, soul – Three Catholic writers and food experts (OSV) http://ow.ly/rxMli 
• No One Goes Away From Jesus Unchanged – As Seen In A Beautiful Christmas Commercial « Archdiocese of Washington http://ow.ly/rxMsb 
• Video: Find the Perfect Gift #PerfectGift (Archdiocese of Washington) http://youtu.be/p8xKPZuhcRU 
• Angels in My Hair – highly recommended book now in 21 languages with additional chapters added | Call To Holiness http://ow.ly/ryvEZ 
• Great Flash-Mob at the Air & Space Museum — worth watching! http://youtu.be/gIoSga7tZPg
• Fr. Robert Barron’s Word On Fire – The Wolf, the Bird, and the Immaculate Conception http://ow.ly/rAfIn 
• What is Sacred Music? Historically it’s a bit more complex than you may think. « Archdiocese of Washington http://ow.ly/rAg3G 
• What the Vatican Changed in “The Joy of the Gospel” | http://BrandonVogt.com  http://ow.ly/rBASy 
• Good Catechesis Program: Archdiocese of Milwaukee | C4 – Ignite Your Catholic Faith video series http://ow.ly/rBCWz 
• NEW Video: Fr. Robert Barron Comments on The Council of Trent http://youtu.be/VRZK92T8k28 
• Catholic Techies: Join the #hourofcode to promote computer education for future programmers http://youtu.be/FC5FbmsH4fw  http://csedweek.org/ 
• Video: Top 5 Surprises from the Papal Interview – new book “A Big Heart Open to God” from Fr. James Martin http://youtu.be/ugMax7R6Keg 
• Human Rights Day: The Struggle Continues (Ambassador Ken Hackett) http://ow.ly/rD4w8 
• Simplify Christmas — check out these ideas from The Center for the New American Dream http://ow.ly/rEsP2 
• NEW Video: Fr. Robert Barron’s Word On Fire – The Strength of the Sacrament of Confirmation http://ow.ly/rGml4 
• Wave of Prayer Circles the Globe, Kicks off Pope’s New Anti-Hunger Campaign + World Map of prayer services (CRS) http://ow.ly/rGmZP 
• FREE Christmas CD With Any Purchase from the Word On Fire Store! http://ow.ly/rGnk8 
• The Rutherford Institute :: The Twelve Rules of Christmas http://ow.ly/rGHLm 
• Man with disfigured face recalls warmth of encounter with Pope :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) http://ow.ly/rGHZR 
• Pope Francis Sends Message To The Americas On The Feast Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe | uCatholic http://ow.ly/rHFP8 
• [Video] The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe | uCatholic http://ow.ly/rHIj2 
• Video: Showing God’s Beauty in Nature: Into the Atmosphere (Michael Shainblum) http://vimeo.com/81616727 
• NEWS: Working on Church of Nativity Like Touching Piece of History | American Catholic http://ow.ly/rHVKu  http://ow.ly/i/40kAy 
• How to Send a Christmas Card to Pope Francis & Pope Benedict XVI | http://CatholicVote.org  http://ow.ly/rHFpq 
• MAGNIFICAT Celebrates Fifteenth Anniversary with New Features | http://CatholicMom.com  http://ow.ly/rICwm 

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+.