Around the Web

Blogs back to top

• Being Catholic
  http://mmorehartford.blogspot.com
  Archdiocese of Hartford --- resources for RCIA
• Building the City of God
  http://derekrotty.blogspot.com
  A Catholic youth leader reflects
• Catechist Community Blog (Catechist magazine)
  http://catechist.com/blog/
  Catechist Magazine provides free on line articles
• Catechist Corner
  http://catechistcorner.com/
  Carolos Torres shares his experiences as a catechist.
• Catechist's Journey
  http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/
  Joe Paprocki shares his experiences as an 8th grade catechist
• Catholic Faith Education
  http://catholicfaitheducation.blogspot.com
  Giles Cote provides quick links and reviews of faith formation materials
• Catholic Icing
  http://catholicicing.blogspot.com
  Crafts and ideas for catechists
• Engaging Faith
  http://engagingfaith.blogspot.com
  The staff of Ave Maria Press provide lesson ideas, activities and more for teens
• Handing on the Faith
  http://blog.archny.org/faith/ Archdiocese of Newark Catechetical Office provides updates and ideas
• Liturgy and Catechesis Shall Kiss
  http://liturgycatechesisshallkiss.blogspot.com
  By Joyce Donahue...title says it all.
• ORE en Espanol
  http://ore-espanol.blogspot.com
  The Archdiocese of Hartford's Spanish speaking catechetical resource pages
• RE Teacher
  http://catholicre.blogspot.com
  Creative theme and craft ideas for religious educators
• Resources for Creative Faith Formation
  http://resourcesforcreativefaithformation.wordpress.com/
  Creative ideas from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
• TeamRCIA
  http://teamrcia.com/
  The Diocese of San Jose and its RCIA Team provide up to date and solid RCIA information
• The Catholic Toolbox
  http://catholicblogger1.blogspot.com
  Laura Grace provides catechetical games.
• The Religion Teacher
  http://thereligionteacher.blogspot.com
  Jared Dees provides practical teaching ideas to religious educators in both schools and parish programs

Magazines back to top

• America
  http://americamagazine.org/
• Catechist
  http://catechist.com
• Ministry and Liturgy
  http://www.rpinet.com/ml/
• National Catholic Reporter
  http://ncronline.org
• Twenty-Third Publications
  http://www.pastoralplanning.com
• U.S. Catholic
  http://www.uscatholic.org

Organizations back to top

• Catholic News Service
  http://catholicnews.com
• Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions
  www.fdlc.org
• National Association for Lay Ministry
  http://www.nalm.org
• National Conference for Catechetical Leadership
  www.nccl.org
• National Catholic Educators Association
  www.ncea.org
• National Association of Catholic Family Ministers
  http://nacflm.org
• Institute for Peace and Justice
  http://ipj-ppj.org
• Catholic World News
  http://www.catholicculture.org
• National Catholic Partnership on Disability
  http://ncpd.org
• National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry
  http://nfcym.org

Websites back to top

Liturgy and Prayer

• http://campus.udayton.edu/mary
  Great Marian website of the University of Dayton
• http://creighton.edu/collaborativeministry/cmo-retreat.html
  Creighton University provides this website with a 34 week retreat on line, Stations of the Cross on line, daily reflections
• http://centerforliturgy.georgetown.edu/
  Georgetown University's liturgy site
• http://liturgy.nd.edu
  The Notre Dame University website with documents, practical spirituality
• http://www.liturgy.slu.edu
  Liturgy page of St. Louis University ---Sunday and daily readings with reflections.
• http://www.naforum.org
  Website of the North American Forum on the Catechumenate
• http://www.paulturner.org
  Website of articles on the liturgy by Fr. Paul Turner
• http://www.sacredspace.ie/
  The best daily prayer website...from Ireland and the Jesuits...10 minute daily reflections and more.
• http://www.fdlc.org/
  Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions

Religious Education back to top

• http://www.cyberfaith.com
  A myriad of helpful other links---many great classroom ideas
• http://www.educationforjustice.org
  Self explanatory, great inspirational site
• http://www.loyolapress.com
  Three minute retreats, free e-letters, catechist ideas
• http://www.pauline.org
  Pauline sisters website with printable activities for children
• http://www.rclweb.com
  Catechist resources from RCL and Benziger
• http://www.sadlier.com
  Usable materials for students, parents and catechists
• http://your.harcourtreligion.com
  Usable materials for catechists and DREs
• http://www.pflaum.com
  Publisher of curriculum and Gospel Weeklies.

Lifelong Formation back to top

• http://www.americancatholic.org
  St. Anthony Messenger Press website - saint of the day
• http://www.lifelong.Faith.com
  Great website with 6 different branches
• http://www.osjspm.org
  Social justice webpage of the Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis
• http://www.pcnea.org
  Paulist evangelization website

Reference back to top

• http://www.usccb.org
  U.S. bishops' official website---daily readings, documents, policies
• http://www.vatican.va
  Official Vatican website
• http://www.easterbrooks.com/personal/calendar/select.html
  Catholic Calendar