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- Catechism of the Catholic Church
- An on-line version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
- Catholics Against Capital Punishment was founded in 1992 to promote greater awareness of Catholic Church teachings that characterize capital punishment as unnecessary, inappropriate and unacceptable in today's world.
- Canada's Premiere Catholic Online Directory
The Mexican American Cultural Center- A National Catholic Institute for Pastoral Leadership and Language Studies. The Mexican American Cultural Center works for the good of the Hispanic community and the multicultural society in which we live. MACC provides communal integrative learning experiences in pastoral ministry, language studies, theology and Hispanic reality. MACC's leadership, cultural and language programs prepare formal and informal leaders to respond to the religious and social needs of Hispanic and multicultural communities.
- Ministry Connect exists to assist all persons interested in providing, finding, and encouraging meaningful work in the service of others. This pioneering effort embraces persons of all faiths, helping to connect resources with needs in order to bring about a greater good for our society.
- National Center for Pastoral Leadership (NCPL)
- The NCPL is an independent, nonprofit organization, which offers innovative resources and services for building leadership vision, commitment and competency to improve ministry. Their mission is shaped by a Vision for Ministry developed collaboratively with 500 Church leaders. This vision is: Faith-Based, Inclusive, Collegial, Outwardly-Directed, Communal and Empowering.
- The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is an assembly of the hierarchy of the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands who jointly exercise certain pastoral functions on behalf of the Christian faithful of the United States. The purpose of the Conference is to promote the greater good which the Church offers humankind, especially through forms and programs of the apostolate fittingly adapted to the circumstances of time and place. This purpose is drawn from the universal law of the Church and applies to the episcopal conferences which are established all over the world for the same purpose.
- The New American Bible
- An online version of the New American Bible.
- Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women & Youth
- Reflecting the growing recognition of the laity's
role in the church and in the world, the
Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Youth
has evolved since it was originally established
as the Laity Secretariat in 1977. In 1988 it
became the Secretariat for Laity and Family Life,
with a particular focus on family life, women and
youth, along with lay ministry and lay
spirituality. In 1991 the Secretariat adopted its
current name, which reflects the content areas of
its work.
- The Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care
- The Council's tasks are: to stimulate and promote
the work of formation, study and action carried
out by the diverse Catholic International
Organizations (C.I.O.s) in the health care field
as well as other groups and associations which
work in this sector, on different levels and in
different ways.
The council is in charge of
coordinating the activities of different
dicasteries of the Roman Curia as they relate to
the health care sector and its problems. It
spreads, explains and defends the teachings of
the Church on health issues and favors its
involvement in health care practice. It also
maintains contacts with the local Churches and
especially with bishops' commissions for the
health world.
Other responsibilities include: following
attentively and studying concrete programs and
initiatives of health care policy at both
international and national levels, with the goal
of extracting its relevance and implications for
the pastoral of the Church. In order to fulfill
its mission, the council asks for the
collaboration of experts and creates "ad hoc"
task forces on given issues.
Society of St. Paul - Alba House- This site offers hundreds of Catholic books and tapes on a wide range of topics from Biblical studies, spirituality and social justice. Also, homilies are offered based on the Catholic liturgical cycle. RealAudio and video is also presented.
- The Holy See (English-language entrance to the Vatican website)
The Liturgy of Lament for the Broken Body of Christ- This service was developed by Father Joe Fortuna, pastor, and Ms. Laurel Jurecki, pastoral associate, of Ascension of Our Lord Church in Cleveland, Ohio, at the request of Sister Christine Schenk, CSJ, of FutureChurch. Sister Chris had been approached with the idea by Stephen, a survivor of clergy sexual abuse. The Liturgy of Lament can be downloaded from the FutureChurch website (www.futurechurch.org) or mailed to interested individuals and groups (see their website for contact information).
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