--- title: "Getting #Married and Tapping into Social Media" description: "Getting #Married and Tapping into Social Media" --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2012/03/09/getting-married-and-tapping-into-social-media#) # Getting #Married and Tapping into Social Media Mar 9, 2012 9:00:45 AM  |  by [Sarah Reinhard](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/sarah-reinhard) [![](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/cover-GettingMarried-FINAL-266x400.jpg?width=266&height=400&name=cover-GettingMarried-FINAL-266x400.jpg "cover-GettingMarried-FINAL")](http://catholicmom.com/2012/03/09/getting-married-and-tapping-into-social-media/cover-gettingmarried-final/) "Would you review my new book, *[Getting #Married: Using Social Media to Celebrate the Sacred](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/097639622X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=catholicmom&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=097639622X)*?" I was too curious to say no when the request came into my inbox. For one thing, I think *very highly* of [Meredith Gould](http://meredithgould.com/), who is an author, a blogger, and one of [my favorite people to follow on Twitter](http://twitter.com/meredithgould). For another, when you put both "social media" and "sacred" in the subtitle, it makes for irresistibility as far as I'm concerned. Social media...that force which keeps me connected...and isolated, if I let it. Social media...that interruption that reminds me of the weather, my frustrations, and so many blessings. Social media...that mixed bag that enhances my life even as it threatens to take over. I've come to realize, in the years since I've been embedded online, that I have an addictive personality. These new tools can integrate themselves into the core of every part of my life--and not in a good way--if I let them. While the concept of this book did make me raise my eyebrows, t it also appealed to the deeply ingrained geek within me. Gould shares her experience of using various social media outlets to celebrate her own wedding and gives us all a glimpse of yet another good way to use these tools. She doesn't overstep and suggest tweeting every intimate detail; rather, she gives you clear-cut methods and ideas for keeping your friends and family members involved in a way that hasn't ever been easily possible before. Often, when we hear about New Evangelization, we think big, challenging, life-changing. Gould offers us a real-life way to share a sacrament with those who can't be physically present. Nowhere does she suggest that being physically present is less than--or trumped by--those who are only virtually present. Instead, she offers suggestions for making the community we've each experienced in our online world something real and tangible, something we can touch and remember later. This, indeed, is the heart of the New Evangelization! Kudos to Gould for her courage in sharing this in such a thought-provoking and highly applicable way! ### Share this article [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2012%2F03%2F09%2Fgetting-married-and-tapping-into-social-media%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2012%2F03%2F09%2Fgetting-married-and-tapping-into-social-media%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2012%2F03%2F09%2Fgetting-married-and-tapping-into-social-media%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Getting%20%23Married%20and%20Tapping%20into%20Social%20Media) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2012%2F03%2F09%2Fgetting-married-and-tapping-into-social-media%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2F2012%2F03%2F09%2Fgetting-married-and-tapping-into-social-media%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) ** #### About the Author ![Sarah Reinhard](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/Contriubutors/SARAH%20REINHARD.jpeg) ### [Sarah Reinhard](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/sarah-reinhard) When she’s not chasing kids, chugging coffee, or juggling work, Sarah Reinhard’s usually trying to stay up read just one … more … chapter. She writes and works in the midst of rural farm life with little ones underfoot. She is part of the team for the award-winning *Catholic Mom’s Prayer Companion*, as well as the author of [a number of books](http://sarahreinhard.com/my-books/). ## Related Blog Articles [ Catholic Techie Jeff Miller Read ](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2013/12/09/catholic-techie-jeff-miller) [ The Church and New Media Read ](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2011/08/12/the-church-and-new-media) [ Tech Talk Tuesday: Learning about Wooly Mammoths Read ](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2011/12/06/tech-talk-tuesday-learning-about-wooly-mammoths) ## Comments ## Donate now [![Support Catholic Mom](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/275132/10016573-1c5c-4aa5-baba-c2ac91fe7545.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/275132/10016573-1c5c-4aa5-baba-c2ac91fe7545) [![CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c (002)](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c%20(002).png?width=1806&height=731&name=CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c%20(002).png "CatholicMom_hcfm_logo1_pos_871c_2728c (002)")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) ##### Subscribe to Catholic Momcast on iTunes or Spotify [![itunes-logo-black](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/logos/itunes-logo-black.svg)](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catholic-momcast/id1362352357)[![spotify-logo-black](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/logos/spotify-logo-black.svg)](https://open.spotify.com/show/15CoipHL7z61IDcYErV0b8?si=hqaQJSxDQgq7S1hxCwsoxQ) ##### CatholicMom on Social Networks [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) ##### About Catholic Mom [Who We Are](https://www.catholicmom.com/about-us) [Contact Us](https://www.catholicmom.com/contact) [Support CatholicMom.com](https://www.catholicmom.com/support-us)   ##### Associated Links [Holy Cross Family Ministries](https://www.hcfm.org/) [Family Rosary](https://www.familyrosary.org/) [Family Theater Productions](https://www.familytheater.org/) [Congregation of the Holy Cross](https://www.holycrossusa.org/) [Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C.](https://www.fatherpeyton.org/) [The Peyton Institute for Domestic Church Life](https://www.peytonfamilyinstitute.org/) ### **Stay connected!** Don’t miss a thing! 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