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Catholic: A; B; Blogs; C; Cath. Dioc.; Cath. Ed.; Ce; Con; D-E; F-H; I-K; L; M-N; O-R; Rome; S-T; U-Z.
Orders and Congregations

A-B

• Ad Lumen: Christians on the Web (comprehensive)
• ADISTA - Agenzia di Informazione
• Alba House (Society of Saint Paul, NY)
• America (SJ weekly magazine for thinking Catholics)
• AmericanCatholic.org (Resources for Your Spirit)
• Apostolic Succession and Episcopal Lineages (Charles Bransom)
• Architecture (Theology Library)
• Association of Graduate Programs in Ministry (AGPIM)
• Augustine of Hippo, St. Confessions (latin text, commentary and introd.; Stoa Consortium)
• Augustine on the Internet (J.J. O'Donnell)
• Sant'Agostino (Augustinus Hipponensis; Italia)

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B

• Benedict, The Order of Saint
• Benedict XVI. Christ Our Hope: Apostolic Journey to the US, April 2008
• Benedictine Health System (non-profit, values-based, health care system)
• The Bible * New American Bible (Rev. ed., USCCB, 2011)
• Biblia Clerus - This program offers Sacred Scripture, its interpretation in light of Sacred Tradition and the teachings of the Magisterium, with appropriate theological commentary and exegesis.
• Blogs
  • Busted Halo (Fr. Dave Dwyer, CSP)
  • Communio (Paul A. Zalonski, seeker)
  • Dot Commonweal by Commonweal Magazine
  • Googling God by Mike Hays
  • Heart, Mind and Strength by Greg Popcak et al.
  • Monastic Musings Too by S. Edith Bogue OSB
  • A Monk's Chronicle by Fr. Eric Hollas OSB (Monk of Collegeville, MN)
  • Pray Tell: Worship, Wit & Wisdom
  • Whispers in the Loggia by Rocco Palmo
• Les Boutiques de Théophile (quality monastic products)
• Bridge Building Images (catalog)
• Byzantine Catholic Daily Prayer and Lectionary (current and comprehensive)

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C

• Call to Action ("...responding to the needs of the world and taking initiative in programs of peace and justice.")
• Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace
• Canon Law (Codex Iuris Canonicis, 1983; IntraText)
• Canon Law Society of America
• Canonlaw.info (Dr. Edward N. Peters, JCD, JD)
• Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church (a digital resource created by Salvador Miranda)
• Catechism of the Catholic Church (Authorized)
• Catechism of the Catholic Church in English

• CathNews Perspectives
• Catholic Campus Ministry Association (CCMA)
• Catholic Canada Directory
• Catholic Charities (St. Paul, MN)
• Catholic Charities USA (Alexandria, VA)
• Catholic Community: The World-Wide Catholic Search Engine
• Catholic Community Forum (© Liturgical Publications of St. Louis, Inc.)
• Catholic Community Foundation (CCF, St. Paul, MN)
• Catholic Community Television Network (Catholic Community of St. Paul, Leesburg, FL)
• Catholic Civil Rights League (Canada)
• Catholic Conservation Center (environmental quotes and information)

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• Catholic Dictionary, New (1910)
• Catholic Dioceses
  • Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.
  • Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
  • Catholic Church in England and Wales * Westminster Cathedral
  • Catholic Hierarchy (current and historical information about bishops and dioceses: excellent data and presentation!)
  • Chiesa Cattolica Italiana
  • Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano
  • Conférence des evêques en France
  • Council of European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE)
  • Igreja Católica em Portugal
  • Katholieke Kerk : Overzicht (www.rkkerk.net, The Netherlands)
  • Kerk in België (Vl.) * Francophone Portal to the Church in Belgium
  • US Catholic Dioceses (USCCB directory)
    • Archdiocese of Chicago
    • Archdiocese of Philadelphia (the cradle of my Catholicism)
    • Archdiocese of Saint Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Diocesan Newspapers (Catholic Press Assoc.; US by state)
    • Diocese of Saint Cloud
  • US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCC was NCCB/US Catholic Conference)

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• Catholic Education (Yahoo)
• The Catholic Encyclopedia, New York, 1913-17 (New Advent; dated, but dependable and detailed historical articles).
  Monastic Topics in the Encyclopedia.
• Catholic Exchange: Bringing Catholics Together
• Catholic Free Shipping (Gifts, Bibles, books, rosaries, medals and more with free shipping!)
• Catholic Greetings (free Catholic e-mail cards)
• Catholic Goldmine (Chris Miller)
• Catholic Health Association (St. Louis, MO)
• Catholic Herald (UK Newspaper)
• Catholic Homilies

• Catholic Internet Broadcasting TV (Fr. Nick)
• Catholic Internet Directories (Jerry Darring, Spring Hill College)
• Catholic Internet Directory (Catholic Life)
• CatholicIreland.net (Dublin)
• Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights [of Roman Catholics; founded 1973, US]
• Catholic Life

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• Catholic Online
• Catholic Near East Welfare Association (founded 1924)
• Catholic News (Church Resources, Australia)
• Catholic News Service (Origins; CNS Documentary Service, Wash, DC)
• Catholic Newspapers (By states; CPA)
• Catholic Online (Bakersfield, CA; catholic.org sitemap)
• Catholic Online News (catholic.org)

• Catholic Pages Directory (conservative and comprehensive)
• Catholic Peace Fellowship
• Catholic Prayers (K.J.Morrill, WebDesk)
• Catholic Relief Services
• Catholic Theological Union (Chicago)

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• The Catholic Worker Home Page (unofficial)
• Catholic Worker/Trabajador Catolico de Houston, TX
• Catholic World News. Search
• "Catholicism" (ed. Liz Knuth; Open Directory Project)
• Catholicism in Belgium
• Catholiens (sites Catholiques francophones)

Ce

• Cemeteries. Associated Catholic Cemeteries of Seattle (with links to related resources)
• Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA)
• Center of Concern: Promoting Global Justice and Peace Since 1971
• Christ World: E-Spirituality (John T. Render CP)
• Churchepedia.org/ (temporal best practices in Church management)
• Clerical Headgear (Dieter H. Philippi Collection)

Col

• Collegeville. CSB and SJU Libraries' local resources
• Collegeville. "Internet Theology Resources" (E. Knuth MA MDiv)
• Collegeville. Saint John's University. School of Theology.
• Commonweal Magazine (edited by Catholic lay people since 1924)
• Communion and Liberation (Italian "new religious movement," Communio e Liberazione)

Con

• Conference for Pastoral Planning and Council Development (CPPCD)
• Conference of Major Superiors of Men (CMSM)
• Consecrated Virgins.
• Contemporary Catholic Music (Karl Kohlhase)
• The Council of Trent (1545-63). Canons and Decrees
• Crossroads Initiative (a ministry of Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio)
• Creighton University. Collaborative Ministries Online.
• CSB and SJU. Two Catholic, private, residential, Benedictine, liberal arts colleges in central Minnesota; one for men and one for women sharing a common curriculum.
• Culture et foi (progressive resource in French from Quebec)
• Custodia. Christian resources in French.
• The Cyber Hymnal (over 4,900 Christian hymns & Gospel songs from many denominations)

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D

• Daily Reflection (Fr. Don Talafous OSB)
• DCL Online (biweekly for professional Catholics)
• Dictionary, New Catholic (1910)
• Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference (DFMC)
• The Documents of Vatican Council II (full search; English or German; all 16 docs available in a zip file)
• Dorothy Day House of Hospitality, Memphis, TN.
• Dorothy Day Library on the Web

E

• Ecclesiastical Finery (Dieter H. Philipp Collectioni)
• École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
• Eglise St-Germain des Pres, Paris
• Emerging Models of Pastoral Leadership Project
• Enchiridion Vaticanum IntraText - searchable documents of the Roman Catholic Church
• Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre (© Guy Stair Sainty)
• Esglesia.org (Catholic resources in Spanish)
• Everything Catholic (directories from DotNet Intl.)
• EWTN (Mother Angelica's Eternal Word Television Newtork)

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F

• Faith Movement (UK)
• Famous Catholics (Gilles Coté ©, 1999)
• For Your Marriage: resources for living happily ever after (USCCB)
• France Catholíque (Le premier hebdomadaire chrétien sur le net)
• Franciscan Renewal Center (Scottsdale, AZ)
• Franciscan Spiritual Center (Aston, PA)
• Franciscans International
• From East to West: Introducing Byzantine Catholicism

G

• Gemma Galgani, Saint, 1878-1903 (comprehensive website by Glenn Dallaire)
• GIA Music Publisher (sacred music)
• Gratefulness.org (Br. David Steindl-Rast OSB, et al.)
• Rev. Andrew Greeley's website
• Guide to Early Church Documents (ICL)
• Haering, Bernard CSSR. A Memorial Tribute
• Hermanoleon Clipart (Franciscan Brothers of the White Cross)
• Hildegard of Bingen (in German)
• Hispanic Priests, National Assoc. of (Houston, TX)

I-K

• The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis (CCEL)
• Interfaith Sexual Trauma Institute (ISTI)
• International Catholic Stewardship Council (ICSC)
• IntraText Libraries - Bibliotheca Catholica

• Jacques Maritain Center (Notre Dame)
• John Henry Newman Association (University of Dallas, TX)
• John Main Prayer Association (Montreal)
• Felix Just SJ. Biblical and Lectionary resources

• Karl Kohlhase. Contemporary Catholic Music
• Katholiek Nieuwsblad (The Netherlands)
• KATHWeb - Österreich (in German and Austrian; news and resources)

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L

• Landings International (Welcoming returning Catholics; a Paulist ministry)
• LaSallian Volunteers
• Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)
• Lebanon/Liban.Religion (LebWeb)
• Libraire Catholique (Perpignan, France)
• Liguori Publications
• Lista dei Siti Cattolici in Italia (Francesco Diani)
• Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Liturgy of the Hours)
• Liturgy (separate sections in my General Theology and the OSB website)
• Liturgical Press, Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville, MN

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M

• Making the Parts Whole (Spirituality from Holy Cross College)
• Marriage Encounter (National Homepage, Twin Cities, Minnesota)
• Mary's Gardens & meaningful medieval flowers
• Mass Times (a ministry of Pauline Books and Media)
• Mass Times? USA Toll-free 1-800-Mass-Times = 1-800-627-7846 (Catholic Communications Campaign)
• Masters of Nursing (Online Masters in Nursing Degree Programs)
• Merton, Thomas (Fr. Louis OCSO)
• Ministering Together
• Missionary Service News Agency (MISNA; news and database of the world's south)

• Monastery Greetings (monastic products and gifts; commercial)
• Monastery Podcast (Liturgy of the Hours from OSB Sisters of Perpetual Adoration)
• Monastic Studies (E. Knuth)
• My Catholic Start Page (Directory by catholicpages.com)
• Mysticism Resources Page * Who's Who (Gene R. Thursby et al.)

N

• National Association for Lay Ministry (NALM)
• National Association of Church Personnel Administrators (NACPA)
• National Black Catholic Congress (founded 1889)
• National Catholic Community Foundation (NCCF; Annapolis, MD)
• National Catholic Development Conference (NCDC)
• National Catholic Education Association (NCEA)
• National Catholic Reporter
• National Conference for Catechetical Leadership (NCCL)
• National Federation of Priests' Councils (Chicago, IL)
• National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management
• National Organization for Continuing Education of Roman Catholic Clergy (NOCERCC)
• National Pastoral Life Center (NPLC)

• NCCB/USCC. See US Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Network: a Catholic Social Justice Lobby
• New Advent Catholic Website (Classic and comprehensive; Kevin Knight, Denver, CO)
• Newman Centers/Catholic Student Associations (Caltech)
• Henri Nouwen Foundation (Rotterdam)
• Henri Nouwen Society. "Online Reading Group Blog" (Richmond Hill, Ontario & NYC)

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O

• OnceCatholic.org (a Franciscan apostolate)
• Oração Centrante e Lectio Divina (Jandira Soares Pimentel)
• Order of Penitents (private lay association, Rhode Island)

  Orders, Congregations and Religious Institutes
  Moved to a separate file in 1999

• Our Sunday Visitor (OSV Press)

P

• Paderborn, DE. Theological Faculty (1614-)
• Páginas Católicas en México
• Pax Christi International and Pax Christi USA
• Pewsitter.com - Voice of the Catholic Lay Faithful
• Portales católicos (RIIAL)
• Prier avec la Fraternité monastique de Jérusalem, St. Gervais, Paris
     En plus des documents liturgiques, de nombreuses pri�s
• Preserving Christian Publications: Catholic Books

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Q-R

• RCNet (hosts Catholic institutional homepages)
• Religieuze nieuwsberichten (The Netherlands and Flanders)
• Religion, Catholic (German; Virtual Library)
• Religious Links (The Tablet, UK)
• RENEW Theology on Tap (young adult Catholics in pursuit of spiritual growth)
• Retreat Centers (Benedictine)
• Resources for Catholic Educators (Gilles Côté)
• Right to Life, National

• Rome / Vatican
• • Catholic Hierarchy (current and historical information about bishops and dioceses: excellent data and presentation!)
  • College of Cardinals (Aquinas Multimedia)
  • Ecclesia Mater - Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose
  • Enchridion Vaticanum (Popes, Curia, Councils, IntraText documents)
  • The Holy See, Vatican City State <www.vatican.va/>.
  • • Congregation for the Clergy
    • Curia Romana / The Roman Curia (Sacred Congregations)
    • Dicastries (Quick List of vatican.va)
    • International Fides Service (Propagation of the Faith; news from the missions; English)
    • Libreria Vaticana Editrice. Publications in English (catalog)
    • Osservatore Romano and weekly ed. in English * Photo Service
    • Vatican Insider (La Stampa)
    • Vatican Library * Vatican Museums
    • Vatican News Services (Press Office, Newspaper, Radio)
    • Vatican Radio (Broadcast on Demand and Podcasts)
    • Vatican Radio. one-o-five live (RealAudio FM 105.0 MHz)
    • Vatican Secret Archives
    • Vatican Television Center (RealAudio live)
    • The Vicariate of Rome (Primary source of Italian relics)
    • Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. The Social Agenda. (Accessible snippets of doctrine from 75 documents arranged in an hierarchical outline of ten topics with a Conclusion, Bibliography, Index and Table of Abbrevs. in six languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Portuguese)
    • Pontifical Mission Societies in the US
    • Pontificia Universitas Lateranensis
    • Pontificio Ateneo S.Anselmo * Collegio Sant'Anselmo (OSB)
    • Pontificio Istituto Giovanni Paolo II * CUA, USA
    • Pope Benedict XV
    • What the Cardinals Believe Find out where "your" Cardinal stands and what theological positions he holds.
    • Zenit News Agency (agencia de noticias, English daily)

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  S

  • Sacred Destinations (explore the spiritual heritage of the world)
  • Sacred Scripture
  • Sacred Space (daily prayer online; Irish Jesuits)
  • Retreats and Silent Stays (Bruce and Ruth Davis, CA)
  • St. Andrews Abbey Ceramics (Valyermo, CA)
  • St. Anthony Messenger (Franciscan)
  • The St. Joseph Foundation (San Antonio, TX; defending Catholic rights since 1984)
  • Saint Paul/Minneapolis. Archdiocese. * Catholic Charities * The Catholic Spirit
  • Saints and Angels (Catholic Online)
  • Salt + Light TV (Catholic Media Foundation, Toronto)
  • Salt of the Earth: Catholic social teachings (Claretians)
  • Santiago de Campostela, Spain
  • Ingrid H. Shafer, PhD, Professor of Religion and Philosophy, USAO
  • Simplicidade Voluntaria (voluntary simplicity, Portuguese)
  • Société des Bollandistes (scholarly Christian hagiography)
  • Special Religious Development (SPRED; Archd. Chicago)
  • "The Splendors of Christendom" (Christus Rex; photos)

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  T

  • The Tablet (progressive weekly from the UK)
  • TAN Books and Publishers (Rockford, IL; many fine Pre-Vatican II, Catholic authors available)
  • Terra Sancta Guild (Ade Bethune et al.)
  • TheologyandReligion (Yahoo Group; John Switzer)
  • Theology.ie (Irish Theological Society)
  • Theology Library by Gerald Darring (extensive and comprehensive ordered directory of links; formerly, The Catholic Mobile)
  • Thomas Instituut (Utrecht, NL)

  Contents

  U

  • University of Scranton Online
  • US Catholic (Claretians)
  • U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (was NCCB/USCC), 3211 Fourth St., Washington, DC 20017-1194 * New American Bible, rev. ed., 2011
  • US. Library of Congress. "Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture" (1993 exhibition)

  V

  • Vatican (see Rome above)
  • Vatican II – Voice of the Church
  • Vatican Council II. Documents (full search; English and German; all 16 docs in zip file available)
  • Veritas (Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference; Ireland's leading religious publisher and retailer)
  • Villanova's Center for the Study of Church Management

  W

  • The Way of St. James: Pilgrimage to Campostela, Galicia, ES.
  • Women in the Bible and the Lectionary (Ruth Fox OSB)
  • Woodstock Theological Center (Jesuits)
  • Word Net Productions (Father Michael Manning, SVD)
  • Worship (Collegeville)

  Z

  • Zenit News Agency (Rome)

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Br. Richard Oliver, OSB
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Saint John's Abbey
Collegeville, MN 56321-2015
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