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We make every effort to insure that these links to the world wide web are accurate and active. If you discover that one of these links is not correct, or if you have suggestions for additional links, please email: <DBQ208s3@arch.pvt.k12.ia.us>.

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We believe the resources listed below faithfully represent official Catholic teaching and the call of the Second Vatican Council to renewal, reform and reappropriation of the Catholic tradition. However, inclusion of unofficial links does not constitute agreement or endorsement of the content or sponsoring organization by the pastors or staff of the Waterloo parishes.

Cedar Valley Catholic Faith Communities
Blessed Sacrament Community, Waterloo
Queen of Peace Parish, Waterloo
Sacred Heart Parish, Waterloo
St. Edward Parish, Waterloo
St. Patrick Parish, Cedar Falls
St. Stephen Catholic Student Center, Cedar Falls

National Catholic Faith Communities
Catholic Dioceses in the United States
U.S. Parishes Online Directory

Prayer and Spirituality
• Official Resources
Basic Questions and Answers About Popular Devotional Practices (U.S.Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2003)
Common Catholic Prayers/Texts (CatholicPages.com)
Liturgy of the Hours/Texts (Universalis)
Prayers Before the Blessed Sacrament (U.S.Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Prayers for Life (U.S.Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Prayers for Peace (U.S.Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Rosary of the Virgin Mary (John Paul II, 2002)
• Other Resources
Abbey of the Arts Virtual Monastery
Apostleship of Prayer
Bread on the Water (Passionist Missionaries)
Called to Holiness--Spirituality for Catholic Women (St. Anthony Messenger)
Centering Prayer (Australian Catholic Bishops Conference)
Daily Reflection (Creighton University Online Ministries)
Daily Reflection (Our Sunday Visitor)
Daily Meditation (Loyola Press)
Daily Meditation (Taize)
Daily 3-Minute Retreat (Loyola Press)
Days of Deepening Friendship Online Journal (Loyola Press)
Divine Hours (ExploreFaith.org)
Engaging Faith (Center of Concern)
GodTube.com
Gratefulness.org
Guide to Personal Prayer (Loyola Press)
Henri Nouwen (homepage)
His Way (Fr. David Knight)
Ignatian Spirituality (Loyola Press)
Joyce Rupp (homepage)
Labyrinth Prayer
Labyrinth Online
Liturgy of the Hours/Audio and Podcast (DivineOffice.org)
Living with Christ Daily Guide
Men As Learners and Elders (Center for Contemplation and Action)
Merton Institute for Contemplative Living
ND Prayercast (University of Notre Dame)
National Shrine of St. Jude
Oasis Meditation Guides (ExploreFaith.org)
One Minute Monk (Belmont Abbey)
Online Retreats from the DeSales Spirituality Center
Online Spirituality Courses from Spirituality and Practice
Online Spirituality Courses from the Shalom Center
Other6.com (Loyola Press)
Pray As You Go Daily Podcast (Jesuit Media Initiatives/Great Britain)
Pray at Notre Dame (University of Notre Dame)
Pray the News (Carmelites in Indiana)
Prayerwindows.com (Bob Gilroy SJ)
Praying Each Day (De La Salle Brothers of England)
Praying with Alzheimers (Creighton University)
Praystation Portable Daily Podcast (Star Quest Production Network)
Recommended Reading for Spirituality (Basilian Fathers)
Resources about the Blessed Virgin Mary
Resources for Prayer and Spirituality (Loyola Press)
Retreats Online Directory
Review of the Day Podcast (Jesuit Media Initiatives/Great Britain)
Sacred Space (Jesuit Communication Center/Ireland)
Scrupulous Anonymous newsletter
Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Spiritual Gifts Assessment (ELCA)
Spiritual Practices Resources (Redemptorist Fathers/New York)
Spirituality Today magazine archives
Spirituality for Today
TerraSpiritus (Pauline Electronic Media/England)
Theology of Work
Traditional Catholic Prayers (Loyola Press)
Types of Prayer (UpperRoom/MethodX)
US Catholic articles
Virtual Rosary
The Way of Beauty
Wisdom Ways Center (Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet/St. Paul)
Your Prayer Corner (Sisters of Bon Secour)
Your Spirituality Type (Beliefnet.org)
Your Spirituality Type (Upper Room/MethodX)
• Selected Articles
Catholic Spirituality in Practice (Boston College)
Christian Spirituality--Many Styles, One Spirit
Contemplative Prayer with Jesus
Finding God in Prayer
Finding Your Own Way to Pray
A Guide for Spiritual Direction (Catholics on Call)
The Lord's Prayer
Meditation Made Easy
The Mystery of Suffering
Praying with the Silence of God
The Rosary--A Prayer for All Seasons
Responding to God's Love in Prayer
A Scriptural Way of the Cross
Spiritual Wisdom from the 12-Steps
To Be Fully Human
Ways to Pray (Fr. David Knight)
What the Church Teaches: How to Pray as a Catholic
Why Me?--Suffering and Meaning

Retreat and Spirituality Centers
American Martyrs Retreat House, Cedar Falls IA.
New Melleray Abbey, Peosta, IA.
Franciscan Spirituality Center, LaCrosse, WI.
Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center, Hiawatha IA.
Shalom Retreat Center, Dubuque IA.
Sinsinawa Mound Center, Sinsinawa, WI.

Catholic Seekers / Inactive, Alienated,
and Former Catholics
• Official Resources
Catholic Enquiry Centre (Catholic Bishops Conference of Australia)
Life4Seekers (Catholic Enquiry Office/Bishops Conference of England and Wales)
• Other Resources
Catholics Come Home
Catholics Coming Home
Com'on Back
Explorefaith.com
Godspy--Faith at the Edge
Lino at Large Weekly Radio Download
Once Catholic (American Catholic)
Questions Inactive Catholics Ask
Theology Library/Spirituality
• Selected Articles
An Open Letter to Those Who Don't Go to Church (Richard Rolheiser)
Cafeteria Catholics
Carving Out a Spiritual Home
Eight Good Reasons for Being Catholic
Faith in a Self-Revealing God
Faith in Flux/Leaving Catholicism (Pew Forum)
Freedom--Truth That Will Make You Free
Our Church--Called to Be a Sign of Joy and Hope
Pardon Our Dust (Living with Change in the Church)
A Reason to Believe
Sticking with an Imperfect Church (National Catholic Reporter)
Ten Reasons to Be Catholic
Today's Church
Top 10 Reasons to Come Back to the Catholic Church
What It Means to Be Catholic
Why Be Catholic?
Why Being Catholic Matters (U.S. Catholic)
Why Do Catholics Argue So Much?
Why Go to Church if You Don't Do What the Pope Says
Why I Came Back to the Faith (Center for the Study of Christianity and Justice)
Why I Go to Mass
Why I Stay Catholic

Single Catholics
• Official Resources
Resources for Single Persons (U.S.Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Summary Report of Focus Groups with Young Adult Singles (U.S.Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• Other Resources
Ave Maria Singles
Beliefnet's Dating Forum
Beliefnet's Personal Growth Forum
Beliefnet's Relationships Forum
Beliefnet's Singles Blog
Catholic Dating for Free
Catholic Divorce Ministry
Catholic Match
CatholicSingles.com
Catholic and Single (Catholic News Agency)
Compass/Vocation Discernment (Religious Congregations in England and Wales)
DivorcedCatholic.com
4-Marks.com Social Network for Catholics
National Catholic Singles Conference
Nextwave Faithful (Family Life Center International)
Online Recovery Seminars by Earnie Larsen
RevolutionofLove.com
Vocation.com (Legionnaires of Christ)
• Selected Articles
BustedHalo's Guide to Online Catholic Dating Services
Can Catholics Find Their Soul Mates in Cyberspace?
Catholic and Single
Do You Have a Vocation?
Eucharist--A Compass for (Single) Life
Healing After Divorce (Everyday Catholic)
Irreverently Yours: A Message from Generation X
The Nonvowed Form of the Lay State in the Life of the Church
Questions to Ask About Faith-based Divorce Recovery Programs
Spirituality After Divorce
Why Can't the Church and Young Singles Hook up?
Single Life as a Vocation

Gay and Lesbian Catholics
• Official Resources
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1975)
Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1986)
Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons (Congregations for the Doctrine of the Faith, 2003)
Always Our Children--A Pastoral Message to Parents of Homosexual Children (U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1997)
Between Man and Woman: Questions and Answers About Marriage and Same-Sex Unions (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2003)
Ministry to Persons with a Homosexual Inclination (U.S. Conference of Bishops, 2006)
• Other Resources
Gay and Lesbian Outreach (Archdiocese of Chicago)
Catholic Association for Gay and Lesbian Ministry
Courage Apostolate (Officially recognized Catholic Ministry to Persons with Same Sex Attraction)
Ministry with Lesbian and Gay Catholics (Archdiocese of Los Angeles)
Theology Library (Springhill College)
• Selected Articles
Courage and the Cross (Fr. Paul Check)
Gays and Lesbians Beg to Differ (U.S. Catholic)
Homily of Bishop Matthew Clark (1997)
Homosexuality and the Church (Commonweal)
Is It Ethical to Be Catholic? (James Alison)
Let's Watch Our Language About Gays and Lesbians (U.S. Catholic)
Letter to a Young Gay Catholic (James Alison)
Mom and Dad, I'm Gay (U.S. Catholic)
A Queer Conversation (Busted Halo)
Spiritual and Emotional Growth (Courage)
What the Church Teaches About Homosexuality (Catholic Update)
Why Is the Church So Hung Up on Sex? (Catholics on Call)

Social Justice and Peace
• Official Resources
Catholic Campaign for Human Development
CCHD/PovertyUSA
Catholic Charities USA
Catholic Relief Service
Holy See Mission to the United Nations
Iowa Catholic Conference/Public Policy Statements
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
United Stated Conference of Catholic Bishops/Department of Social Development and World Peace
USCCB/A Place at the Table
USCCB/Catholic Campaign Against Global Poverty
USCCB/Catholic Campaign for Peace in the Holy Land
USCCB/Catholic Campaign to End the Death Penalty
USCCB/Climate Change Justice and Health Initiative
USCCB/Catholic Social Teaching
USCCB/Catholic Teaching on Economic Life
USCCB/Environmental Justice Program: Caring for God's Creation
USCCB/Justice for Immigrants
USCCB/Natural Family Planning
• Official Documents/Apostolic See
Caritas in Veritate (Benedict XVI, 2009)
Centisimus Annus (John Paul II, 1991)
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church (Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, 2005)
Evangelium Vitae (John Paul II, 1995)
Familiaris Consortio (John Paul II, 1982)
Guadium et Spes (Second Vatican Council, 1965)
Humanae Vitae (Paul VI, 1968)
Justice in the World (World Synod of Catholic Bishops, 1971)
Laborem Exercens (John Paul II, 1981)
Mater et Magistra (John XXIII, 1961)
Octogesima Adveniens (Paul VI, 1971)
Pacem in Terris (John XXIII, 1963)
Populorum Progressio (Paul VI, 1967)
Quadragesimo Anno (Pius XI, 1931)
Rerum Novarum (Leo XIII, 1891)
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (John Paul II, 1987)
• Official Documents/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship (2007)
Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good (2001)
A Good Friday Appeal to End the Death Penalty (1999)
The Harvest of Justice is Sown in Peace (1993)
Living the Gospel of Life (1998)
Living with Faith and Hope After 9/11 (2001)
Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities: A Campaign in Support of Life (2001)
Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice (2000)
Sharing Catholic Social Teaching (1999)
Strangers No Longer (2003)
Welcoming the Stranger Among Us: Unity in Diversity (2000)
• Other Resources
Beatitudes Society
Blessed Earth
Bread for the World
Busy Christian's Guide to Catholic Social Teaching
Catholic Peace Fellowship
Catholic Social Teaching
Catholic Social Teaching Resources
Catholic Social Teaching Resources (Faith Doing Justice)
Catholic Worker Movement
Center for Action and Contemplation
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (Eastern Mennonite University)
Center of Concern
Community for a Better World
Eighth Day Center for Justice
Faith Doing Justice (Australian Jesuits)
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Franciscan Action Network
Franciscans International
Institute for Peace & Justice
Iowa Interfaith Power and Light
Joan B. Kroc Center for International Peace Studies
John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought
Jubilee USA Network
JustPeace
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
Mennonite Peace and Justice Support Network
National Catholic Bioethics Center
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
Network/National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture
Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service
Path to Peace Foundation
Paulist Reconciliation Ministries
PaxChristiUSA
Pax Romana/Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs USA
The Peace Pulpit
Progressio/United Kingdom
Salt of the Earth e-newsletter
Spiritual Literacy in Wartime
Theology Library/Justice
US Catholic articles
What Every Catholic Needs to Know About Catholic Social Teaching (OSV)

Cult and Abuse Survivors
• For victims of sexual abuse by representatives of the Catholic Church
Committed to Freedom Ministries
Hope and Healing Ministries
Interfaith Sexual Trauma Institute (St. John's Abbey)
Mary's Hope Workshops
One in Six
Questions and Answers About Memories of Childhood Abuse (American Psychological Association)
Road to Recovery
Author Richard Sipe's Website
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Voice from the Desert
Women Healing
• For survivors of religious cults and alternative religious movements
Exit and Support Network
Family Action Information and Resource
International Cultic Studies Association
Questions and Answers About Religious Cults (Cult Hotline and Clinic)
reFocus
Religious Groups Awareness International Network
20 Signs of Trouble in a Religious Group
Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center

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Links Compiled by Dave Cushing

Posted 01.11.08 • Last Update 06.07.10

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The Catholic parishes in Waterloo are committed to providing life-long faith formation and spiritual growth for adults of all ages. We value individual life experience, respect the diversity of personal convictions, and welcome the wisdom of every participant. We encourage conversation and dialogue. We will never intentionally embarrass or offend participants.

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