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Catholic Saints

https://www.catholic.org/saints/

This web site is a great location for finding reliable information on Catholic saints. It has one of the largest lists of saints available anywhere.

Catholic News Service

https://www.catholicnews.com/

This is the official place to go for the latest news related to the Catholic Church. This news service is a division of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Catholic Movie Reviews

https://www.catholicnews.com/movies.cfm

You will find these movie reviews and ratings from the U.S. Bishops website very helpful in choosing movies to recommend or use with your young adolescents.

The Vatican Web site is a source for information (see Updates on the home page) not only on the Pope’s writings and addresses, but on the various activities sponsored or participated in by the many pontifical councils. Among these are the Pontifical Council on the Laity, on Promoting Christian Unity, and on the Family. A search for the Pontifical Council on Interreligious Dialogue yields recent writings and events related to the Muslim, Buddhist, and Hindu religions.

Eucharistic Prayers (Roman Missal)

https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/

This site provides information on the Eucharistic Prayers and other elements of the Roman Missal.

Pray as You Go.org

http://www.pray-as-you-go.org/

This website is administered by the Jesuits in Britain. It has podcasts for each day which include music, questions for reflection, and insights related to the scripture reading of the day. Teachers can use these prayers at the beginning of class, and students may appreciate learning about this site for their personal use. (DH) “An Introduction to Taizé”

Economic Justice for All: A Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the US Economy

https://www.usccb.org/upload/economic_justice_for_all.pdf

The Website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops provides the text of this pastoral letter. Contains the text of the document issued by the USCCB on November 18, 1986. For this step students will want to read paragraphs 30–52.

Fordham Faculty Page for Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ

https://www.fordham.edu/dulles/

This faculty page from Fordham University is dedicated to Cardinal Dulles. On this page you will find biographical information as well as videos about and with Cardinal Dulles.

The Tidings - Online Catholic Weekly

https://angelusnews.com/

This link will take you The Tidings, the newspaper for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Pentecost

https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15614b.htm

This link provides a brief description of Pentecost (Whitsunday)

The Four Marks of the Church

https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/teachings/four-marks-of-the-church-216

From the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) this is a concise article exploring the four marks of the Church

Scriptural Supports for the Four Marks of the Church

http://www.catholicapologetics.org/ap021050.htm

Several Scriptural connections are provided for the Four Marks of the Church.

The Church is Catholic

https://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/media/articles/the-catholic-church-cyril-of-jerusalem/

This is an excerpt from the writings of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem explaining the mark of the Church that the Church is catholic.

The Church is Apostolic

https://www.catholicity.com/catechism/the_church_is_apostolic.html

This site explains key ideas from the Catechism of the Catholic Church in a simplified manner. This link leads directly to the explanation of the Apostolic nature of the Catholic Church.

America

https://www.americamagazine.org/

Teachers and students can research and read articles from America, this link will take you to the publications home page.

Saints and Angels

https://www.catholic.org/saints/

This website provides extensive information about Catholic Saints.

Catholic Library: Church Documents

https://www.newadvent.org/library/

This is an extensive collection of Church documents.

Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship

https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/faithful-citizenship/

This link is for the USCCB document Forming Conscience for Faithful Citizenship. It will take you the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops dedicated to Faithful Citizenship.