Register Daily: Priests Make Use of Social Media to Reach Their Flocks

Can’t see this email properly? [View online]( A Service of EWTN [NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( [Trending]( [Priests Make Use of Social Media to Reach Their Flocks]( By Christine A. Smyczynski | Because of the ever-increasing popularity of social media, quite a few priests use it to reach out to their flocks as a form of ministry. Father Leo Patalinghug, who has 75,000 followers on Facebook, 16,000 on Twitter... [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus One Button]( [My New Year’s Resolution is to Listen]( By John Clark | In his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey writes that most people do not converse with others with the intention of actually hearing and understanding them. Rather, they formulate in their own minds what... [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus One Button]( [Are the ‘12 Days of Christmas’ a Secret Catholic Code?]( By Stephanie Mann | Every year after Christmas, someone makes a post on Facebook that shows up in my news feed proclaiming that “The Twelve Days of Christmas” song is a 16th century underground Catholic catechism used in England. It is my sad duty... [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus One Button]( [Without Ceasing to be God, God Became a Humble Baby]( By Sherry Antonetti | We are in the midst of the celebration of Christmas. God is with us. We profess the reality of this mystery every Mass in the Creed. We set up mangers and sing carols about Christ’s birth and proclaim the words of the angels.... [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus One Button]( [Tour de Force About Protestants and Luther, South Africa Hosts Mini World Youth Day, and More Links!]( By Tito Edwards | A “Tour de Force” About Protestants & Martin Luther - Fr. Z’s Blog+++ AsiaNews.it Founder Fr. Piero Gheddo Dies – Bernardo Cervallera, AsiaNews.it Answering a Classic Birth Control Argument – Trent Horn, Catholic Answers... [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus One Button]( [Walking in the Footsteps of the Apostles]( By John M. Grondelski | THE APOSTLES AND THEIR TIMES Archeology, History and Scripture Unveil What Life Was Really Like During the Apostolic Age By Mike Aquilina Sophia Institute Press, 2017 142 pages, $14.95 ($9.99 e-book) To order:... [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus One Button]( [Marching to the ‘8beat’ Drum to Promote the Beatitudes]( By K.V. Turley | Recently, an email popped up in my inbox about a Catholic revolution in the arts. Clicking on the link provided, it took me to the 8beats website. There, I read the following: We, Catholic creatives of every discipline and... [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus One Button]( [Catholic Church in Taiwan Building Bridges Under Menace of Forced Unification]( By Victor Gaetan | WASHINGTON — For close to 70 years, the Catholic Church has been quietly involved on the island of Taiwan, working in the vineyards as an existential geopolitical question about the island’s status — is it an independent nation... [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus One Button]( [CLICK TO SHARE THIS EMAIL WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY]( [fb]( [twit]( [YT]( [Mail]( [Insta]( [NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER]( COPYRIGHT © 2017 EWTN NEWS INC. YOU ARE RECEIVING THIS EMAIL BECAUSE YOU OPTED IN AT OUR WEBSITE. EWTN NEWS INC. PO BOX 100 699 IRONDALE, AL 35 210 [ADD US TO YOUR ADDRESS BOOK]( [unsubscribe]( | [update my preferences]( [e-newsletters opt out](