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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

Ecclesial Communities and Apostolic Movements
Communion and Liberation
Community of Sant'Egidio
Focolare Movement

Neocatechumenal Way
Opus Dei
Regnum Christi

Official Church Sites
•
Official Resources
The Vatican
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Archdiocese of Dubuque
Catholic Charities/Archdiocese of Dubuque
Iowa Catholic Conference
• Official Documents
Documents of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65)
Catechism of the Catholic Church (
Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1992)
Code of Canon Law (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1983)
Father of the Church/Documents
General Directory for Catechesis (Congregation for the Clergy, 1997)


Catholic News, Information and Commentary Online
•
Official Resources
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Catholic News Service

Fides News Service
L’Osservatore Romano
Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation
Vatican Radio
• Online News Services
Catholic Information Network
Catholic News Network
Our Sunday Visitor daily summary
Zenit News Agency
• Catholic Publications Online
America--The National Catholic Weekly magazine
Everyday Catholic newsletter
The Liguorian monthly magazine
National Catholic Reporter newsweekly

Our Sunday Visitor newsweekly
St. Anthony Messenger monthly magazine

The Tablet newsweekly
U.S. Catholic
monthly magazine

The Witness newsweekly
• Catholic blogs
America magazine blogs

Catholic Blog Directory
National Catholic Reporter blogs
On Faith/Catholic blogs

US Catholic magzine blogs
• Catholic Websites and Portals
AmericanCatholic.org
Beliefnet.com/Catholic
Catholic Links Directory
Catholic Net
Catholic Online
Cathport/Catholic Internet Portal
• Other Resources
American Catholic Radio
Everyday Faith
audio programs
Godspy Online Catholic Magazine
Personally Speaking
audio reflections


Adult Faith Formation
•
Official Documents
Blessings of the Age--A Pastoral Message on Growing Older Within the Faith Community (USCCB, 1999)
Called and Gifted for the Third Millennium (USCCB, 1995)
Everyday Christianity: To Hunger and Thirst for Justice (USCCB, 1998)

On the Vocation and Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and the World (John Paul II, 1988)
Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us--A Pastoral Plan for Adult Faith Formation in the United States(USCCB, 1999)
• Official Resources
Catholic Enquiry Centre (Catholic Bishops Conference of Australia)
• Other Resources
Boston College Online Adult Enrichment Courses
Catechism for Us
archives
Catholic Answers Library
Catholic Book Club (America Magazine)
Catholic Common Ground Initiative
Catholic Update monthly newsletter archives
EWTN/Teachings of the Catholic Faith
Faith Alive (The Witness)
FAQs About Catholicism Q&A (American Catholic)
Guide to Catholic Traditions, Devotions and Prayers (Loyola Press)
Natural Family Planning (Our Sunday Visitor)
Question of the Week for Reflection and Faith-sharing (Harcourt Religion)

Fr. Ronald Rolheiser's weekly column
Sacraments of the Church (American Catholic)
Sacraments of the Church (Our Sunday Visitor)
Speaking of Faith (NPR)
Theology Library at Spring Hill College
Thinking Faith Online Journal of the British Jesuits
University of Dayton Virtual Learning Community
US Catholic articles archive
• Selected Articles
Being Truly Catholic Today
The Church: People, Body, Temple
The Creed--Do You Believe What You Just Said?
How God Invites Us to Grow--Six Stages of Faith Development

Jesus: A Historical Portrait
Millenium Monthly newsletter

Nine Things That Make Us Catholic
Seven Disciplines of Successful Catholics
Vatican II at Forty--Legacy and Hope
Vatican II Today
Walking with the Saints
What Catholics Believe--An Overview of Catholic Teaching
Your Conscience and Church Teaching

Scripture, Mass and Sacraments
•
Official Resources
New American Bible
(text)

Daily Lectionary Readings/Text (USCCB)
Daily Lectionary Readings/Video Reflection (USCCB)
Committee on Divine Worship (USCCB)
•
Official Documents
Encyclical on the Eucharist, "Ecclesia de Eucharistia" (John Paul II, 2002)
The Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Sacrament of the Eucharist: Basic Questions and Answers (USCCB, 2001)
• Other Resources
Biblegateway/Bible Search Engine
Daily Gospel/Reflection
The Good Word
weekly commentary (America Magazine)
How to Participate More Actively in the Mass
The Liturgical Year (Our Sunday Visictor)
The Liturgical Year (CatholicCulture.org)

Liturgical Year Resources and Activities (Loyola Press)
Saint of the Day (American Catholic)
Saint of the Week (Harcourt Religion)
Scripture from Scratch archives
Sunday Connection (Loyola Press)

Sunday Lectionary Readings/Background (Harcourt Religion)
Sunday Lectionary Readings/Commentary and Reflection (St. Louis University)
Sunday and Weekday Lectionary Readings (LivingSpace.com)
Sunday Soundbites/Audio Reflection (Franciscan Radio)
US Catholic articles on Scripture and Liturgy
Worldwide Mass Times
• Selected Articles
A Walk Through the Mass
The Bible from Square One
Choosing and Using a Bible
Eucharist: Jesus With Us

Finding Jesus in the Eucharist--The Four Ways He Is Present
Finding Your Way Through the Old Testament
The Fundamentalist Challenge
How to Celebrate Reconciliation
The Lectionary and the Liturgical Year
Reading the Good Book
Real Presence in the Eucharist
Sacred Scripture--Light for Our Path
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Mass-goers
A Short History of the Eucharist
Ten Tips for Better Confessions
The Real Presence--Jesus' Gift to the Church
The Use and Abuse of the Bible
What Scripture Says...and Doesn't Say

Prayer and Spirituality
•
Official Resources
Basic Questions and Answers About Popular Devotional Practices (USCCB, 2003)
Common Catholic Prayers/Texts (CatholicPages.com)
Liturgy of the Hours/Texts (Universalis)
Prayers Before the Blessed Sacrament (USCCB)

Prayers for Life (USCCB)
Prayers for Peace (USCCB)

Rosary of the Virgin Mary (John Paul II,, 2002)
• Other Resources
Apostleship of Prayer
Centering Prayer
Courage
Daily Reflection (Creighton University Online Ministries)
Daily Reflection (Our Sunday Visitor)

Daily Meditation (Taize)
Daily 3-Minute Retreat (Loyola Press)

Gratefulness.org
Oasis Meditation Guides (ExploreFaith.org)
Online Spirituality Courses
Other6.com (Loyola Press)
Pray As You Go Daily Podcast (Jesuit Media Initiatives/Great Britain)
Pray the News (Carmelites in Indiana)
Prayerwindows.com (Bob Gilroy SJ)
Praying Each Day (De La Salle Brothers of England)
Recommended Reading for Spirituality (Basilian Fathers)
Resources for Prayer and Spirituality (Loyola Press)
Review of the Day Podcast (Jesuit Media Initiatives/Great Britain)
Sacred Space (Jesuit Communication Center/Ireland)

Scrupulous Anonymous newsletter
Spiritual Gifts Assessment (ELCA)
Spiritual Practices Resources (Redemptorist Fathers/New York)
Spirituality Today magazine archives
Spirituality for Today
TerraSpiritus (Pauline Electronic Media/England)
Types of Prayer (UpperRoom/MethodX)
US Catholic articles
Virtual Rosary
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
Christian Spirituality--Many Styles, One Spirit

Contemplative Prayer with Jesus
Finding God in Prayer
Finding Your Own Way to Pray
The Lord's Prayer
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
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, 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 Coming Home
Com'on Back
Explorefaith.com
Godspy--Faith at the Edge
Once Catholic (American Catholic)

Questions Inactive Catholics Ask
• Selected Articles
Cafeteria Catholics
Eight Good Reasons for Being Catholic

Faith in a Self-Revealing God
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)
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 Go to Church if You Don't Do What the Pope Says
Why I Go to Mass
Why I Stay Catholic

Single Catholics
• Official Resources
Resources for Single Persons (USCCB)

Summary Report of Focus Groups with Young Adult Singles (USCCB)
• Other Resources
Ave Maria Singles
Beliefnet's Dating Forum
Beliefnet's Personal Growth Forum
Beliefnet's Relationships Forum
Beliefnet's Singles Blog
Catholic Divorce Ministry
Catholic Match
CatholicSingles.com
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
Can Catholics Find Their Soul Mates in Cyberspace?
Catholic and Single
Do You Have a Vocation?

Eucharist--A Compass for (Single) Life
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

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/Environmental Justice Program: Caring for God's Creation
USCCB/Justice for Immigrants
• Official Documents
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church (Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, 2005)
Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship
(USCCB, 2007)
Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good (USCCB, 2001)
A Good Friday Appeal to End the Death Penalty (USCCB, 1999)
The Harvest of Justice is Sown in Peace (USCCB, 1993)
Living the Gospel of Life
(USCCB, 1998)

Living with Faith and Hope After 9/11 (USCCB, 2001)
Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities: A Campaign in Support of Life (USCCB,
Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice (USCCB, 2000)

Sharing Catholic Social Teaching (USCCB, 1999)
Strangers No Longer (USCCB, 2003)
Welcoming the Stranger Among Us: Unity in Diversity (USCCB, 2000)
• Other Resources
Beatitudes Society
Bread for the World
Busy Christian's Guide to Catholic Social Teaching

Catholic Peace Fellowship
Catholic Social Teaching
Catholic Social Teaching Resources
Catholic Worker Movement
Center for Action and Contemplation
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (Eastern Mennonite University)
Center of Concern
Eighth Day Center for Justice
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Franciscan Action Network
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
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
PaxChristiUSA
Pax Romana/Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs USA
The Peace Pulpit
Salt of the Earth e-newsletter
Spiritual Literacy in Wartime
US Catholic articles

Young Adults
•
Official Resources
Life4Seekers (Catholic Enquiry Office/Bishops Conference of England and Wales)
Sons and Daughters of the Light: A Pastoral Plan for Ministry with Young Adults (USCCB, 1996)
• Other Resources
Ask Fr. Joe
Bible on Call/Reflections on the Sunday Gospel (Catholics on Call)
BustedHalo.com

Catholics on Call (Catholic Theological Union/Chicago)
Cedar Valley Theology on Tap
Compass/Vocation Discernment (Religious Congregations in England and Wales)
GodSpy--Faith at the Edge
JesusPhish--Daily Prayer for Young People
Online Retreats (Catholics on Call)
Other6.com
Outside the Box/Reflections on the Church and World (Catholics on Call)
Prayer Wall (Upper Room/MethodX)
Phatmass
Sacred Space (Jesuit Communications Centre/Ireland)
Spirituality Types Test (Upper Room/MethodX)
Summer Conferences for Young Adults (Catholics on Call)
Types of Prayer (Upper Room/MethodX)
Wisdom Ways Center (Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet/St. Paul)
US Catholic articles

• Selected Articles
Do I Really Need God Anyway?
Ten Reasons Not to Go to Mass
What Catholics Under 30 Are Doing Right

Why Is the Church So Hung Up on Sex?

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Links Compiled by Dave Cushing



Posted  01.11.08 
•  Last Update 04.10.08
 

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