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CATHOLIC FAMILY RESOURCES
Catholic Mom > All kinds of resources for families with children for each liturgical season. Includes coloring, Gospel activities, Mass worksheets and lesson plans for each Sunday.
Couple to Couple League > Provides information, teaching and support for couples using or wanting to learn about Natural Family Planning.
Family Night > Every week my wife Emily has put together a three page devotional to assist families in their discussion and application of the upcoming Sunday readings. To get started, we have provided an Introduction that explains how to use Family Night and the Family Night Prayers that you will introduce to your family.
KBVM 88.3 FM Catholic Broadcasting Northwest > Catholic Broadcasting Northwest, Inc. is a radio ministry dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with a goal of offering quality programming to fit the spiritual, cultural, social, and intellectual needs of its listeners.
Retrouvaille Marriage Help > A program to help couples heal and renew their marriages.
Unity Restored > Restoring personal and interpersonal unity for those afflicted by pornography.
Women for Faith and Family >
Women for Faith & Family purposes: To assist orthodox Catholic women in their efforts to provide witness to their faith, both to their families and to the world. To aid women in their efforts to deepen their understanding of the Catholic Faith. To aid faithful Catholic women in their desire for fellowship with others who share their faith and commitment. To serve as a channel through which questions from Catholic women seeking guidance or information can be directed.
This site has great ideas for family activities to celebrate the many and varied feasts of the liturgical year. DIGNITY OF HUMAN LIFE
National Catholic Bioethics Center > The Center's staff consults regularly on life science issues and medical issues with the Vatican, the U.S. bishops and public policy-makers, hospitals and international organizations of all faiths. Vatican agencies including the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Pontifical Academy for Life and the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers consult with the Center to help formulate magisterial teaching.
Oregon Right to Life > Oregon Right to Life, an affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee, is Oregon’s most established and comprehensive pro-life organization. Our membership includes people from all walks of life, from various political, social, and economic backgrounds who share the common desire to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia.
Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction > The Pope Paul VI Institute is the only Catholic Institution of its type in the United States and perhaps the world that has dedicated its services to the development of morally and professionally acceptable reproductive health services. The Institute is nationally and internationally recognized for its major accomplishments, including the Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System (CrMS), the official language of a woman's health and fertility and the new women's health science, NaProTECHNOLOGY.
Rachel's Vineyard > Rachel's Vineyard is a safe place to renew, rebuild and redeem hearts broken by abortion. Weekend retreats offer you a supportive confidential and non-judgemental environment where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful post-abortive emotions to begin the process of restoration renewal and healing.
PARISHES IN OUR VICARIATE
FAITH FORMATION
Catholic Answers > Have a question about anything Catholic? This is the site for you, all kinds of apologetics material including archives of their radio show "Catholic Answers Live!"
Catholic Culture > Provides resources that encourage people to learn about the Faith and enrich their lives.
Catholic Home Study Service > Catholic Home Study Service (CHSS), sponsored by the Vincentian community and the Missouri Knights of Columbus, has been offering free courses on the Catholic Faith for more than seventy years. It is based at Saint Mary's of the Barrens, historic "motherhouse"of the Vincentian Community in America. Father Oscar Lukefahr, C.M. is the Director of Catholic Home Study Service.
Catholic Mass Revealed > “The Catholic Mass…Revealed!” is designed to help all people, whether Catholic or not, to better understand the miracle of the Mass. We can come to appreciate its beauty, its rhythm, even why many in history have faced death rather than be deprived of the opportunity to participate in the Mass.
Catholics Come Home > As brothers and sisters in Christ, we wish to invite you to learn more about our family in faith: a Church filled with beauty, miracles, heroes, history, love and peace. Whether you are on a journey into the Catholic Church or returning to the Catholic Church, you have come to a good place. Our goal is to provide you with a very wide array of helpful and thought-provoking resources that will help you understand more clearly the Catholic Church and its teachings.
Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers > Aurem Cordis is a Christian evangelization and apologetics organization dedicated to disseminating and promoting Catholic values, principles, and teaching in complete faithfulness and total submission to Holy Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium.
EWTN > EWTN Global Catholic Network is dedicated to teaching the truth as defined by the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church. In keeping with the Holy Father's call for a New Evangelization, EWTN's mission is to communicate the teachings and beauty of the Catholic Church and to help people grow in their love and understanding of God and His infinite mercy.
St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology - Scott Hahn > The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology is a non-profit research and educational institute that promotes life-transforming Scripture study in the Catholic tradition. The Center serves clergy and laity, students and scholars, with research and study tools — from books and publications to multimedia and on-line programming.
MAGISTERIUM
The Holy See (Vatican) > It's the Vatican website, do we need to say more?
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops > The USCCB is an assembly of the Catholic Church hierarchy who work together to unify, coordinate, promote, and carry on Catholic activities in the United States; to organize and conduct religious, charitable, and social welfare work at home and abroad; to aid in education; and to care for immigrants. The bishops themselves constitute the membership of the Conference and are served by a staff of over 350 lay people, priests, deacons, and religious.
Vatican on YouTube > This channel offers news coverage of the main activities of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI and of relevant Vatican events. It is updated daily. Video images are produced by Centro Televisivo Vaticano (CTV), texts by Vatican Radio (RV) and CTV. This video-news presents the Catholic Church's position regarding the principal issues of the world today.
USEFUL LINKS
Catholic Sentinel >
The Catholic Sentinel is the oldest Catholic newspaper on the West Coast. Established in 1870, it has long played a vital and bolstering role for the Catholic community. The Catholic Sentinel is published twice monthly by Oregon Catholic Press, and is the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Portland.
St. Elizabeth the Wonderworker Iconography Studio > Kathy Sievers’ website, Iconographer
“As an iconographer, I am called to assist in revealing the mystery of God made human through painting teaching and prayer. As a member of the Church, I am called to put my skills at the service of the people of God and to welcome each person to the mystery of Christ.” |
