CaringBridge was created to personalize a website for people during times of critical illness. This site helps to connect friends and family with patients, answering questions, sharing progress reports, giving hope to loved ones with cancer or other illness es. Please check out the website: www.CaringBridge.org.
These six links are included on Fr. Ray Sacca's recommendation. (10/06/02)
www.usccb.org/prolife - Site of the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
www.nchla.org - Site of the National Committee for a Human Life Amendment; organizational and contact information
www.hopeafterabortion.com - Information about abortion’s aftermath and Project Rachel, the Church’s post-abortion ministry.
www.ru486facts.org - Factual information about the abortion drug RU-486.
www.secondlookproject.com - Major advertising campaign urging “pro-choice” people to take “a second look” at their position on abortion.
www.stemcellresearch.org - Site of Do No Harm: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics.
Free, online Bible studies from the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology that you can pursue at your own pace: http://www.salvationhistory.com/ studies/courses/online
Free online Bible study topics include:
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: Daily Readings from the New American Bible (www.usccb.org/nab)
Faith Comes By Hearing (www.faithcomesbyhearing.com), a ministry from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, providing audio Bibles to the world.
Going to the Movies? Check Out Christian Movie Reviews!
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Office for Film and Broadcasting (www.usccb.org/movies). Check out the reviews for current movies, those new on DVD/Video, upcoming TV, and even the Vatican's Top 45 List! The reviews clearly explain the ratings so that you understand any potential issues with a particular movie.
Catholic Christian Movie Reviews (www.americancatholic.org/movies). Catholic Movie Reviews offers Christian movie reviews and news with a Catholic perspective from St. Anthony Messenger magazine, Every Day Catholic and Catholic News Service. The reviews link to the USCCB rating, and also show the Motion Picture Association of America rating.
Decent Films Guide (www.decentfilms.com): A site of film appreciation, information, and criticism informed by Christian faith. This site evaluates films for overall quality, artistic-entertainment value, moral-spiritual value, and age-appropriateness.
The Internet is full of excellent and FREE Catholic "podcasts". A "podcast" is just like a radio show, but is transmitted over the Internet. It is better, because you can listen whenever you want to, and you can get past episodes. You can start listening today right from your computer -- just click. WIth the investment of some time, you can copy the programs onto audio CDs. Or, download shows to a portable "mp3" player and take them with you! What is an "mp3" player? Ask the nearest teenager or the friendly folks at Radio Shack or go to http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatson/podcasts.
Here are fantastic Catholic podcasts that you can locate through "iTunes" by searching on the title. The webpage of each podcast is also listed:
"Catholic:Under the Hood" (http://catholicunderthehood.com). Fr. Seraphim Beshoner, a Franciscan priest, podcasts about the Pope, the Bible, Catholic spirituality, theology, history, news and even the latest movies. Faithful as well as entertaining.
"Daily Breakfast with Fr. Roderick" (http://sqpn.com). The best way to wake up in the morning with comments on news around the Catholic world, theology, a Catholic take on TV, movies and videogames, and just plain inspiration. This is the most popular Catholic podcast on the Internet.
"iPadre Catholic Podcasting iPadre Podcast" (http://www.ipadre.net/). Fr. Jay A. Finelli starts out with great Christian music, then dives into a solid Catholic discussion from saints to what are angels to theological challenges like excommunication. Very orthodox and informative.
Vatican Channel Premiers on You Tube
The newest star on You Tube is none other than His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. The Vatican Channel opened its digital door on You Tube, offering Papal speeches and event coverage to the world: www.youtube.com/vatican The channel is part of a Vatican-Google partnership. You can now use a Google search engine on the Vatican's website: www.vatican.va. Along with the usual Google search results page, the State of Vatican City Coat of Arms appears in the corner.
Contact Steve Pehanich, spehanich@cacatholic.org for more information.
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