When Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) was launched on August 15, 1981, many felt there would be little demand for a Catholic network. Now, in its 24th year, EWTN has become the largest religious media network in the world, transmitting programming 24 hours a day to more than 105 million homes in 110 countries and 16 territories on more than 3,400 cable systems, wireless cable, Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS), low power TV and individual satellite users.
If you have ever prayed to see young Catholic women once again flocking to the religious life, your prayers have been answered. The number of Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, has multiplied 1,300 percent in the seven years since their founding. Visit www.sistersofmary.org to learn more!
The Catholic League is the USA’s largest Catholic civil rights organization. Founded in 1973 by the late Father Virgil C. Blum, S.J., the Catholic League defends the right of Catholics – lay and clergy alike – to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination.
The National Silent No More Awareness Campaign is an effort to make the public aware of the devastation abortion brings to women, men, and their families. The emotional and physical pain of abortion will no longer be shrouded in secrecy and silence, but rather exposed and healed. This effort is a key to making abortion unthinkable, and persuading society that women deserve better than abortion. In addition, according to the Roman Catholic Church, respect for life and for the dignity of the human person extends also to the rest of creation.
www.catholic.net: And here is another Supersite, particularly well designed and easy to use.
www.chesterton.org/: This is a fun site about G. K. Chesterton, one of the great Christian writers. Explore!
www.zenit.org/english/: This news service will keep you in touch with what is happening in the Catholic Church as a whole, and what the Pope is doing and saying.
http://www.catholic.com: Another essential site.
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc.htm: The Catechism search engine. USCCB also provides the Catechism online at http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/
http://www.dwightlongenecker.com: Dwight Longenecker’s excellent site.
http://www.mark-shea.com/index.html: Mark Shea's entertaining and informative site.
http://www.peterkreeft.com/home.htm: Peter Kreeft's seminal site
MaterCare International is an association of health professionals dedicated to improving the lives and health of mothers and their unborn children throughout the world, through new initiatives of service, training, and research, in accordance with the contemporary teaching contained in the Encyclical Evangelium Vitae (the Gospel of Life).
Mary's Gardens was founded in 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to research the hundreds of flowers named in medieval times as symbols of the life, mysteries and privileges of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus - as recorded by botanists, folklorists and lexicographers; and to assist in the planting of "Mary Gardens" today.
Visit the Web site of The Couple to Couple League, the largest provider of Natural Family Planning services within the US.
Priests for Life is an officially approved association of Catholic Clergy who give special emphasis to the pro-life teachings of the Church. They offer ongoing assistance to the clergy in addressing the topics of abortion and euthanasia, and training and resources to the entire pro-life movement.
Saint John's Arboretum celebrates and preserves the unique beauty and richness of God's creation in Central Minnesota and fosters the Benedictine tradition of land stewardship, education, and environmental respect.
Kateri On-Line is a virtual shrine and museum dedicated to Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, patroness of ecology.
The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR) was formed by the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life in 1992 to promote religious life in the United States.
CatholicCulture.org provides some of the best Catholic resources available on the internet, including its own database of Catholic documents.
