Useful Links from St. John the Evangelist Church, Defiance, Ohio

Official Sites

The Vatican All sorts of useful information about the Vatican, the Catholic Church and the Catholic faith. Vatican Radio Programs in 40 different languages from 61 different countries.

USCCB United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Catholic Hierarchy Current and historical information about bishops and dioceses.

Knights of Columbus The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic men's fraternal benefit society that was formed to render financial aid to members and their families. Mutual aid and assistance are offered to sick, disabled and needy members and their families. Social and intellectual fellowship is promoted among members and their families through educational, charitable, religious, social welfare, war relief and public relief works. The Knights of Columbus has grown from several members in one council to more than 12,000 councils and 1.6 million members throughout the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Guatemala, Guam and Saipan.

The Vatican Museums The Vatican Museums are one of the most famous and renowned cultural institutions of the Holy See. They are known everywhere because of the masterpieces which the Roman Pontiffs have commissioned, collected and preserved during the ages.

Local Catholic Sites

Diocese of Toledo Learn about the Toledo diocese, find information about events and churches.

St Mary Catholic Church 715 Jefferson Ave. Defiance, OH 43512 419.782.2776 Rev. Timothy Kummerer, Pastor

Catholic Chronicle Connecting the people of the Diocese of Toledo since 1934

Charities

Catholic Charities Network of social service organizations in the United States.

Catholic Relief Services The official international humanitarian agency of the U.S. Catholic community.

International Catholic Stewardship Council

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service Listing of more than 200 volunteer opportunities in the United States and overseas.

Catholic Culture Sites

Catholic Forum A forum and discussion area for Catholics.

Catholic Culture Information on Catholic life sponsored by Trinity Communications.

Catholic Community Forum This site gets over 8 million page hits each month from 1.5 million visitors. The Catholic Forum has led souls to the Church and strengthened the faith of those already in her fold, and hopes to continue growing and leading people to Christ and His Church for years to come.

Educational Sites

Catechetical Resources Free resources for Catholic catechists.

Catholic Educator's Resource Center Resource library of the Church's moral and social teachings.

Favorite Resources for Catholic Homeschoolers Information for Catholic homeschoolers.

Seton Home Study School Largest Catholic home schooling program in the United States.

Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities

"Just for Fun" Sites

Catholic Greeting Cards Free online e-cards with Catholic inspiration.

Pope Benedict Fan Club Just what it says -- a fan club for the pope.

Catholic Doors Midi music of favorite Catholic hymns.

Fisheaters Clean Catholic jokes.

General Catholic Sites

Catholic Way The only Catholic area on Christianity.com.

RCNet RCNet is a leading Catholic Portal to the Internet. They host Catholic content, provide directories and links to many helpful websites and organizations, and host home pages and domains for parishes and organizations. They also offer free web pages for Catholic parishes and approved organizations.

Catholic First Prayers, saints, Scripture, Church teachings.

Catholic Answers One of the largest Catholic lay apologetics site, it also offers links to the original Catholic encyclopedia and This Rock magazine archives.

American Catholic The homepage of the Franciscan magazine, St. Anthony Messenger, this site offers a sampler from e-cards to movie reviews to saint of the day.

Catholic Treasury Catholic beliefs, prayers, spiritual teaching.

The Internet Padre: A Roman Catholic Resource on the World Wide Web Directory of links to Catholic resources.

Beliefnet Catholic area of the general religious/spirituality site.

Catholic.net Every day there's more and more Catholic content published on the web. Articles, documents, interviews, papers, testimonials, prayers, merchandise, web sites. It's clear evidence of the Holy Spirit's active presence on the internet. Instead of spending hours searching and researching on your own, Catholic.net does it for you.

CatholicWeb.com Connecting the Catholic faith online. Online directory of every Catholic church, school, organization, and links in the U.S. Free web sites, online prayer intentions, discussion forums, Ask-A-Priest, and more!

AmericanCatholic.Org AmericanCatholic.org took its place on the Internet in June 1996. On this site you will find reliable information on the Catholic and Christian faith. Much of this comes through the online edition of their family magazine, St. Anthony Messenger, and through their catalog of books, videos, audiocassettes and subscription products. A variety of new features, like Saint of the Day and Minute Meditations, appear exclusively on AmericanCatholic.org.

Catholic Community Forum Catholic Links & Resources Catholic forum links: This is the beginning of what will be an extensive directory of links to Catholic Sites around the World Wide Web. There is a wealth of information from and about the Catholic Church on the Internet, and this is the place to be to find it

Catholic Online Catholic Online gives Catholics worldwide easy access to comprehensive, educational and timely information about Catholicism, and provides a range of easy methods to integrate their faith into their daily lives. The mission of Catholic Online (COL) is to accurately represent the Catholic religion: its past and present. Today, Catholic Online provides over five million pages of content including the largest online historical and biblical database about the Catholic Church including comprehensive information about over 7,000 Catholic saints and comprehensive online scriptures from all books of the Old and New Testament.

Right to Life/NFP Sites

Americans United for Life Pro-life information.

National Right to Life The ultimate goal of the National Right to Life Committee is to restore legal protection to innocent human life.

Human Life International International pro-life organization.

Couple to Couple League Information on natural family planning.

Pure Love Club Abstinence education from Catholic Answers.

Media Sites

Our Sunday Visitor Home of Our Sunday Visitor, with news, information and archives

Zenit-The World Seen from Rome International news agency focusing on the Vatican and the Church

EWTN EWTN has become the largest religious media network in the world, transmitting programming 24 hours a day to more than 85 million homes in 110 countries and 16 territories on 3,400 cable systems, wireless cable, Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS), low power TV and individual satellite users. EWTN Global Catholic Radio reaches a potential audience of 600 million listeners. In March 1996, EWTN launched a satellite-delivered AM/FM radio network offered free of charge to radio stations worldwide for re-broadcast locally in either English or Spanish. Online Services provides a variety of Catholic resources to those with Internet capability. EWTN News produces a daily news service for the television network, the radio network and Online Services.

Catholic News Service The oldest and largest news service specializing in reporting on religion.

Catholic Exchange News, comments, reviews, movies, blogs from well-known authors.

Catholic World News Catholic World News is an independent Catholic news service staffed by lay Catholic journalists, dedicated to providing accurate world news, written from a distinctively Catholic perspective. With correspondents all around the world, CWNews.com seeks to provide loyal Catholics and other interested readers with all the daily news that affects their Church and their faith.

U.S. Catholic General interest magazine for American Catholics.

Busted Halo Online magazine for spiritual seekers in their 20s and 30s from the Paulists.

Godspy Online magazine covering politics, science, economy and the arts.

Catholic Radio AM 1450 Redeemer Radio is a response to Pope John Paul IIs urging to Catholics to become involved in what he termed The New Evangelization of the world by means of the mass media.

Ignatius Press

CatholicMovieReviews.org Catholic Movie Reviews offers Christian movie reviews and news with a Catholic perspective from St. Anthony Messenger magazine.

Research Sites

Papal Encyclicals An extensive collection of papal encyclicals and other papal documents from the current pope back to Pope Honorius (1226).

Biblia Clerus Sacred Scripture, its interpretation in light of Sacred Tradition and the teachings of the magisterium, with appropriate theological commentary and exegesis.

Catholic Liturgical Library All things related to the Latin rite of the liturgy.

The Catholic Encyclopedia This includes online text of the original 15 volumes of history, teaching and general information from the 1917 Catholic Encyclopedia. It's excellent for historical research, but does not reflect modern thought or teaching.

Code of Canon Law Entire code of canon law online.

Christus Rex CHRISTUS REX, INC. is a a private, non-profit organization dedicated to the dissemination of information on works of art preserved in churches, cathedrals and monasteries all over the world.

CatholicHistory.net History of Catholicism in the United States.

Catholic Biblical Association of America Association for scholarly study in Scripture.

Saints and Places

Catholic Shrines List of all Catholic shrines in the United States.

Divine Mercy Information about the devotion to Divine Mercy.

Lourdes Official site of the shrine at Lourdes, with online prayer requests.

Saint of the Day A popular feature offered by AmericanCatholic.org and Saint Anthony Messenger Press - Franciscan Communications.

Index of Patron Saints Ideal for confirmation names.

Hagiographies Biographies of many of the saints of the Catholic Church.

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patronness of the Americas Extensive information on Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

Virtual Holy Land Tour Visit the Holy Land from your computer.

Online Guide to Saint Benedict of Nursia The life of St. Benedict and instruction on Benedictine theology and modern monasticism.

Scripture Sites

Scripture Catholic Two thousand Scripture citations from the Old and New Testaments defend the Church's teachings.

New American Bible New American Bible online with search engine.

St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology Resources for Bible study from Scott Hahn.

Shopping Sites

The Catholic Company Books, gifts and statues that are uniquely Catholic.

Sacred Silks Art inspired by the sacred places of the world.

Stella Maris Books Books, gifts, hard-to-find liturgical items, statues.

Restored Traditions Famous religious art work from great Catholic artists over the centuries.

Specialty Sites

Your Aging Parent Spiritual resources and information for Catholic caregivers.

Courage For men and women who wish to live chaste lives in accordance with the Church's teaching on homosexuality. There is a link to Encourage, a ministry for parents and siblings of people with same-sex attraction.

Mirror of Justice Blog dedicated to Catholic legal theory.

Canon Law Dr. Edward Peters' canon law resources.

Catholic Match Catholic singles and dating site.

Catholics in the Military Site for Catholics serving in the armed forces, their families and loved ones.

Catholics Come Home Ministry for fallen-away Catholics who wish to return to the Church.

Catholic Moms

Dads.org Site of St. Joseph's Covenant Keepers, a site for husbands and dads.

Family Life Center International Articles on faith and family life with Catholic emphasis.

Catholic Youth Networking Networking site for Catholic youth.

Café Theology Faith-sharing website for young Catholic adults.

Catholic Jobs Job listings in Catholic organizations.

Cantemusdomino Resource for sacred liturgical music.

OnceCatholic.org OnceCatholic.org is a ministry of the Franciscan Friars of St. John the Baptist Province, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. The Franciscan Friars are a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. The mission of OnceCatholic.org is to put you back in touch with a face-to-face community of Catholics. Along the way, we want to walk with you as you sort through your issues with the Church.

Association of Hebrew Catholics Designed to preserve the identity and heritage of Catholics of Jewish origin within the Church.

Financial Sites

Veritas Financial Ministers Financial advice from a faithful Catholic perspective.

Spirituality Sites

Adoration Chapel A 24-hour webcam at St. Martin of Tours Church in Louisville, Ky.

Sacred Space Online daily prayer and Scripture from the Irish Jesuits.

MassTimes.org Mass Times' Ministry is: First, a service to help Catholics with handicaps, migrants, pilgrims, refugees, travelers and workers on the road find a Mass or other worship services. Second, an evangelization witness to the world to see the universality, the richness of the faith and the oneness in belief. Third, a help to the Church expand its communications via the Internet to the Roman and Eastern Catholics of the world. Fourth, a help to the Catholic Church meet its obligation to help Catholics find the location of a Mass.

Catholic Prayers

Catholic Prayers Nearly 3,000 Catholic prayers from ancient to modern times.

Novenas A list of 182 novenas on virtually every topic imaginable.

Ebreviary Daily Liturgy of the Hours.

Universalis Office of Readings (British website, so texts and feast days may differ somewhat from U.S. texts).

Marian Sites

The Mary Page Home of the largest collection of materials on Mary, from the University of Dayton in Ohio.

Sodality of Our Lady

Religious Life Sites

St Meinrad Archabbey Saint Meinrad Archabbey was founded in 1854 by monks from Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland. They came to southern Indiana at the request of a local priest for assistance in addressing the pastoral needs of the growing German-speaking Catholic population and to prepare local men to be priests. The School of Theology offers graduate-level degrees in theology. Saint Meinrad Archabbey owns and operates an international company that produces and markets religious, spiritual and inspirational cards, books and gifts. Saint Meinrad's newest venture began in the spring of 1999 with the establishment of Abbey Caskets. Abbey Caskets offers caskets handmade from poplar and modeled after the monastic version.

Catholics on Call Vocational website from the Bernardin Center at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.

Office of Vocations Who has God created you to be? What are your gifts, talents, and passions? Where will you leave your legacy? Discovering your Christian vocation starts with knowing more about yourself, more about God and more about the world around you.

Institute on Religious Life Resources for those interested in religious life.

Apologetics

Ask a Catholic Questions and answers about the Catholic faith.

Becoming Catholic First-person accounts of conversion from a catechist's point of view.

CatholicQandA.com Questions and answers about the faith.

Politics

Faithful Citizenship A site sponsored by the U.S. bishops' conference. It offers resources for educators and families.

Pax Christi Pax Christi USA strives to create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by exploring, articulating, and witnessing to the call of Christian nonviolence. This work begins in personal life and extends to communities of reflection and action to transform structures of society. Pax Christi USA rejects war, preparations for war, and every form of violence and domination. It advocates primacy of conscience, economic and social justice, and respect for creation. Pax Christi USA commits itself to peace education and, with the help of its bishop members, promotes the gospel imperative of peacemaking as a priority in the Catholic Church in the United States. Through the efforts of all its members and in cooperation with other groups, Pax Christi USA works toward a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world.

Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights Defending the rights of Catholics in the public arena.

One Nation Under God Background information on political candidates and issues.

The Catholic League The Catholic League is the nations 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. Motivated by the letter and the spirit of the First Amendment, the Catholic League works to safeguard both the religious freedom rights and the free speech rights of Catholics whenever and wherever they are threatened.

CATHOLIC YOUTH RESOURCES

Disciples Now - the place for Catholic teens on the Web

DisciplesNow.com is a web-based ministry for youth focused on the traditions, life, and mission of the Catholic faith community. As a informational resource, Disciples Now provides opportunities to learn, to discuss, and to celebrate the challenges of discipleship in the context of daily life. Disciples Now's focus is Catholic adolescents in grades 6 to 12 throughout the United States.

Life Teen is an international Catholic movement that serves the Church by providing resources and faith experiences that help lead teens closer to Christ. This is accomplished through a vibrant Eucharistic spirituality and by creating widespread opportunities for teens to grow in their faith.

Spiritandsong.com is a virtual faith community, a place where Christians of all ages can experience faith-building music, online prayers, devotions and much more. Offering the latest releases by both big-name artists and emerging new talents, spiritandsong.com is THE place for contemporary Catholic music. Link and listen online anytime with streaming audio, download songs, and get updates on new releases through our newsletter.

Youth Prayer The Saint Meinrad Youth Liturgical Leadership Program helps to encourage todays Catholic teenagers in their Christian faith. Through a deeper understanding of our Catholic Tradition, especially the Tradition of worship, the program invites teenagers their rightful role as the young Church of today!