Religion and Spirituality

Short biographical profile.

Ashland, Ohio. Provides staff directory, worship schedule, calendar of events, vision statement, and ministry information.

Mount Morris, Illinois. Owned and operated by the Church of the Brethren (Illinois/ Wisconsin District). Used during the summer for Brethren sponsored youth camps.

Modesto, California. Information on beliefs, pastors, and worship times.

Mililani, Hawaii. Includes a statement of faith, audio sermons (mp3), and photo gallery.

Oldest diocese in the Philippines includes seven cities and five municipalities. News items, photos, history, map, archdiocesan directory, archive of pastoral statements from 1974 to the present.

The oldest and most populous diocese in Pakistan. Brief history and demographics, introduction to archdiocesan offices and ministries, news, photo gallery.

Comprises South Cotabato and Sarangani, the City of General Santos and parts of 3 municipalities of Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. Informative official site includes profile, history, diocesan directory, links to Catholic and Philippines sites.

Information on this New Zealand diocese.

Covers the western region of Victoria, Australia. Parish listing and biography of the bishop.

News, calendar, links, and message boards.

News archive covering the Catholic Church's handling of child sex abuse cases involving priests and other church officials. At National Public Radio.

1993 essay published in the New Yorker about how an incident of sexual misconduct by a priest affected a small Catholic church in Massachusetts. By Paul Wilkes.

Subscription information, sample articles.

Magazine that includes homily suggestions as well as liturgical articles and commentary for pastoral work.

Applies especially to the cathedral Office, i.e., the Liturgy of the Hours in a parish setting.

Historical article on Evening Prayer, one of the two principal canonical hours.

Article on the 1911-1913 revamping of the breviary so as to allow recitation of all of the Psalter each week. Feasts were also ranked according to liturgical importance, and some offices were no longer obligatory or were even suppressed.

By William J. Lallou. Written in 1950, so the four books he mentions do not correspond to the four-volume set in use today.

Hospitality house working with immigrants from Mexico and Central America.

Movement within the Catholic Church operating in the Melbourne Archdiocese that seeks to foster an awareness of the gift of God's Spirit and to help people develop a deeper personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Adoremus Hymnal: Ordering information; online index of hymns and ordinaries.

A world online Catholic Christian magazine.

A weekly World Seen from Rome news brief on happenings in the Vatican and the Church around the world.

Weekly U.S. newspaper is their flagship publication.

Weekly Catholic newspaper covering U.S. issues from a distinctly Catholic perspective. Sample news articles and movie review online, subscription information, ability to contact customer service.

Apostolic succession in the Ofiesh and Duarte Costa lines. Called "Tridentine" because the Council of Trent was the last authoritative Council of the Catholic Church. Beliefs, questions and answers, history, requirements for ordination.

Official web site of the General House, the international headquarters, of the SSPX. Information in English, French, and German, including a history of the Society, Archbishop Lefebvre's 1974 declaration, communiqués, worldwide links.

Priestly society of common life without vows founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. Dedicated to forming priests, to all that concerns the priesthood, to the defense of the traditional Latin Mass and of Catholic Tradition.

While mainly Catholic, this is a comprehensive and ecumenical list of religious orders, congregations and communities containing many hundreds of entries. Additions are invited

A course on the origins of the Franciscan order.

An introduction to the development of the Cistercian Order, and its role in the Cathar Crusades of the thirteenth century.

Resource page of the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine. Here you will find links to the history, spirituality, congregations, saints and vocations of the order. This page is authored by the American novices at Stift Klosterneuburg, Austria.

Provides a sacramental ministry, evangelizes the unchurched, fosters ecumenism and works for social justice in rural areas of the southeast United States.

Eudists or (Congregation of Jesus and Mary) are an international congregation who were founded in the 1600's in France by St. John Eudes.

worldwide religious community dedicated to evangelization and missionary involvement throughout the world

Clerical institute promoting the traditional Latin liturgy.

Describes the work of the Salvatorians in the US. Large amount of information on vocational discernment.

Oblates of Saint Joseph are an international congregation whose main US presence is in California.

British Association of this centuries-old Catholic humanitarian organisation, the world's oldest order of knighthood.

The daily Reading of the Rule of St. Benedict is emailed to group members along with a thought of the day type message taken from the days reading.

A way of life for faithful members of the Roman Catholic church who feel called to enter a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ through the rich spiritual heritage of the Carmelite tradition

One of four provinces of Augustinians in English-speaking North America, based in California. Vocation web page provides a short history of the Augustinians.

Vocations to Traditional societies and religious orders using the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. Descriptions, photos, and videos.

Part of the Congregation of the Sacrament Family. This is the USA Province website.

A congregation founded in Vietnam in the early 1970's to assist the LaSallian Brothers of Christian Education in teaching of the young, and whatever needed done. They now have sisters located in Vietnam, Thailand, and in San Jose, California.

Women religious called to live the family life of the Blessed Trinity as reflected in the Holy Family, bringing to fruition Jesus' prayer for unity that they may be one, being Jesus to and for others

This page is the main website of the Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity (MSBT), a Catholic religious congregation.

Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary Catholic Religious Community of Diocesan right, founded in 1990 in the Archdiocese of Miami by Mother Adela Galindo, SCTJM.

Notes from the Motherhouse of the Sisters of the Holy Family. Articles, prayers, scripture reflections and photography. Insights to ministry work and personal activities of the Sisters' daily lives.