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Coming Soon: Catholic Media Promotion Day

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Here’s where I say that I hope you didn’t give up facebook for Lent!

You see, Greg and Jennifer Willits of my favorite Catholic radio show, The Catholics Next Door on Sirius/XM radio, have proposed that next Tuesday, March 15, be dedicated to sharing our favorite Catholic media resources: blogs, podcasts, websites and more.

Visit the facebook page and “Like” it so you’ll receive all the details. If you’ve got a blog, post about YOUR favorite Catholic media resources–but don’t post that info until March 15. Here’s the instructions:

On March 15, 2011, everyone with a blog, podcast, or Facebook page should list their favorite 3 blogs, 3 podcasts, 3 other media, 3 random Catholic things online, and their own projects. Then, post the link to your list on the Catholic Media Promotion Day facebook page on March 15th. Additionally, to help get the word out, press are asked to write articles and press releases for this day. Lastly, on March 15th, go to iTunes and leave at least 3 positive written reviews for various Catholic podcasts and 3 positive written reviews for Catholic mobile applications.

Spread the word–and share your favorites! It’s not a contest, just a way to get the word out about some great Catholic new media resources.

And after you share them on Tuesday, keep on sharing them! Our parish bulletin prints a link each week, in a regular “Links of Faith” feature. Why not ask your pastor if you can supply a list of new media resources to be published in your parish bulletin and shared with your whole community?

Worth Reading

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R.C. Mommy: Holding on for a hero: “To develop my Catholic identity, or to develop it in my family, requires intentional living. It is not enough to float through my life…”

I’d like to put one of those little sidebar thingies in my blog so I could just insert great links when I read them. Unfortunately, the only one I found requires Google Reader, and I use FeedDemon.

So I’ll have to share this way for the moment.

Go and read Amy’s post. Great food for thought, and an excellent book recommendation. I’ve read some of this book–but not enough of it–this was a good push in the right direction.

(Actually, when I clicked the “blog this” link on Amy’s post, I wound up sharing this on my recipe blog. DUH…once again, a technology fail for me.)

It’s the Little Things

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I found this article “How to Practice Mortification without Outing Yourself as a Catholic” via Lisa, Franciscat, who posted it on facebook. It’s got 5 suggestions for little ways to help you grow in your spiritual life, without being all obvious about it. After all, “when you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.” (Matthew 6:16)

You don’t have to wait until Lent to fast–even from little things. This article is worth the read–and it’s even got some humor in it.