Religion and Spirituality

A priory of the Servite Order in Ireland. History and location info.

A community of contemplative Augustinian Nuns in the Basilica of Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome.

An Italian based congregation of vowed Roman Catholic women.

An association trying to build a Discalced Convent in California.

A Catholic religious congregation devoted to making Jesus known and loved through prayer, community life, and spiritual ministries (especially retreats and religious education).

A congregation in the Federation of Sisters of Charity.

Assisting Catholic religious women abroad to build healthier communities in lesser developed countries.

The Hawthorne Dominicans are a nursing order dedicated to caring for terminally ill cancer patients unable to pay for their care. This website describes their religious community, their work, and how to join them.

Dominican Sisters of Great Bend, Kansas, in the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City.

Webpages of the Sacred Heart Congregation, of Houston Texas. Vocation and historical information included.

A Congregation of Franciscan Sisters founded from the Rochester Congregation in 1916.

Franciscan congregation based in Wisconsin

The Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, strive to be prayerful women of faith, prophetic vision and courage. Discerning God's will within the Church, they dedicate their lives to witness the Gospel compassionately and joyfully.

An international Missionary Congregation in the Franciscan Order with a presence in 12 countries

The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia: a community of Catholic women religious; dedicated to serve the poor; a Gospel way of life lived in community; ministering inside and outside the USA.

Home Page of Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart - mission,who they are and what they offer

Vowed to serve people in poverty, sickness, and ignorance. Includes news, questions and answers, works, justice, and connections.

The international network of the Sisters of Mercy. Includes association information, projects, conversations, news, and sacred space.

Information and meditations from the California province of an international congregation of women religious living their spirituality through simplicity and service--education and pastoral services

Homepage of the Youngstown Congregation of the Sisters of St. Ursula

Homepage of the Mount St. Joseph congregation of the Ursuline Order.

A fraternal membership organization. Current officers and directors, local council directory, member benefits and programs, news and events, and related links.

Very informative State Council Page, currently planned events throughout the state. Links to individual councils and assemblies.

Provides Leadership Guide For Membership Recruitment, forms and certificates, State Deputy's schedule, history of the Knights of Columbus.

Portland, Oregon. Photos, publications, description of life in their community.

News and events, and how you can help.

Tokyo. Provides Mass schedule, weekly bulletin, staff directory, map and directions, news, forum.

Sandakan, Sabah. Map, information on their sub-parishes, history, Mass schedule, parish organisations.

Kudat, Sabah. Illustrated history, Mass schedule, organisations and outstations. Information for those interested in becoming Catholic.

Fethard, County Tipperary. Monthly parish newsletter online in Adobe Acrobat format.

In rural Tipperary. Mass times in both churches, maps, announcements, history, parish groups.

Geneva. English-speaking parish. Maps, Mass schedule, contact information, photos, parish activities, online registration. Uses frames.

Wanganui. One parish with three churches: St Mary's, St Anne's, and Holy Family. Mass times, contact information, recent newsletters in PDF, news items.

The vital statistics of the pope.

News, opinion, and photo essays. Small archive of recent news and commentary, selected stories from years past.

Videos and transcripts of appearances on C-SPAN.

Essay on chaplets, rosaries, prayer ropes, prayer cords. Brief treatment of the use of beads in prayer by non-Christians.

Article about the Franciscan Crown, also known as the Seraphic Rosary. Brief history, general description of how one prays this chaplet.

Devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Mary goes back to the Middle Ages. Includes instructions and scriptural meditations.

Reflects on the life of Christ. Uses ordinary rosary beads, and prayers suited to any Christian: the Lord's Prayer and two short prayers based on the "greatest commandment" and the Great Commission.

Although he is identified in the Roman Martyrology, at least one scholar thinks that this bishop was an Arian.

Article on Augustine as a Doctor of the Church, and his influence in the history of philosophy and theology. Particular interest in his teaching on grace.

Short article on St. Agatho the Wonderworker, a Sicilian believed to have been over 100 years old at the time of his election. He died in 681.

Short biography of the Franciscan famed as a preacher.

Long article on the Bishop of Alexandria, confessor and Doctor of the Church.

Fourth-century bishop of Trier.

Irish-born abbot of Iona, and St. Columba's biographer.

Long article on the Augustinian canon turned Franciscan, priest, preacher, miracle worker, d. 1231. Known as "the Hammer of the Heretics."

Profiles of six bishops of this name in the early Church.

A first-century martyr, the bishop of Ravenna.