The Sodality of Our Lady, an association formed by the Society of Jesus and approved by the Holy See, aims at fostering in its members an ardent devotion, reverence and filial love towards the Blessed Virgin Mary and seeks through this devotion to help Catholics reach sanctity in their state in life and to help save and sanctify their neighbor.

The website gives the interesting history and spirituality of the Sodality and features notable sodalists. This organization was a well-known part of the life of Catholic communities worldwide prior to Vatican II. Hopefully it will be again.

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Musings of a Catholic presently consists of a short course on prayer and a course on the Mass. The course on the Mass is partially complete. The portion that is available is a detailed study of the Mass. The unfinished portion consists of a history of the Mass and a study on the Real Presence. A third course on the Liturgical Year is planned. The courses our aimed at the average Catholic.

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Salvation is from the Jews celebrates, the relationship between Judaism and the Catholic Church and the conversion of the Jews. It is the website of Roy Schoeman, a convert from Judaism and author of Salvation is from the Jews.

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Priests for Life is an officially approved association of Catholic clergy whose purpose is "to provide training and motivation to the entire pro-life movement, especially the clergy." The site features pro-life news and events, the Priests for Life Newsletter, homilies, press releases and bulletin inserts, information about the PFL training programs, a list of crisis pregnancy centers, personal testimonies, daily abortion news summary, and links to other pro-life sites.

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The Cardinal Kung Foundation provides "information about the persecution of the Roman Catholic Church in Communist China and seeks to help the Roman Catholic Church in China, now under persecution, through increased prayers, financial support and other appropriate projects." In 1957, the Communist Chinese Government declared the Roman Catholic Church illegal and replaced it with a goverment controlled organization. The Church in China has been facing intense persecution since. This site is a good way to become informed about the persecution, and to find out what everyone can do to help.

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The Institute of Catholic Culture is a 501(c)(3) non-profit Catholic adult educational institute dedicated to the re-evenagelization of our society through educational and cultural projects open to the public at no charge.

There are not many resources here but the audio files given by an excellent group of speakers make this site worth visiting.

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Prayers for Priests contains a collection of prayers, novenas, holy hours, and a rosary for priests. You can submit priests' names for prayer and you can become a PrayerWarrior for Priests.

This is an appropriate site for the Year for Priests and worth a visit to select prayers to use for this purpose.

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The Confraternity of Penitents is a private Catholic association of the faithful whose Rule of Life is based on a Rule given by St. Francis of Assisi to the laity in 1221. It differs from Catholic Third Order groups in that it is not directly affiliated with any specific Order. The focus of the Confraternity is "not on the charism of a certain founder but rather on penance as practiced by all the saints and preached by Christ."

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This extensive site covers the art, history and architecture of the Vatican Basilica. It includes numerous pictures, an interactive floor plan map and the entire text of several books and scholarly articles. If you have ever wondered which saint was on top of the Colonnade or are doing historical research, St. Peter's Basilica.org is the place to visit for this and much more.

St. Peter's is not only home to the Pope, but is our spiritual home, where the Church has nurtured and raised Christians through her two thousand year history. However, for many of us St. Peter's is too far away to visit. This website is a wonderful way to experience her beauty and richness from your own home.

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This website was launched by the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy and allows researchers to access Bible verses with exegesis from doctors of the Church or cross reference liturgical texts with commentaries from Church Fathers. The site offers six categories in nine languages. It also gives the option of downloading the site's content.

The nine translations of the Bible, including Hebrew and Greek, can be read side-by-side, as can the Eastern and Latin Codes of Canon Law.

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Saint Josemaría Escrivá is one of the great saints of the 20th century and the founder of Opus Dei. This beautiful, well-designed site provides a plethora of information about Saint Josemaría, his writings, his teachings, and his works. You will also find sections on Opus Dei, prayers and devotions, news, and testimonies. This is an excellent resource on a great Saint of our time.

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This website was created as a vehicle to help propagate the cause for the canonization of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. Archbishop Sheen became renowned worldwide for his effective and accessible television programs, which offered faith instruction in the mid-20th century.

Hundreds of classic talks and homilies by Archbishop Sheen will be available online and on demand at Fulton Sheen Radio. The talks can be downloaded onto computers or mobile devices.

Fulton Sheen Radio founder Anthony Buono, who is also the founder of Ave Maria Singles and Road to Cana, said the goal of the website is to make the late archbishop known and accessible to people worldwide.

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Inside Catholic is an online Catholic magazine which succeeds the monthly Crisis Magazine published by the Morley Institute. The site offers commentary and opinion on a wide variety of subjects. The website will continue to have a Crisis section with articles, commentaries and a blog.

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As the United States' preeminent Marian shrine, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is truly a national center of prayer and pilgrimage. The National Shrine is literally "America's Patronal Church," and has become the spiritual home to hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who journey there each year from every state and many foreign lands. The site itself provides general and historical information about the Shrine, as well as a list of regular and special events.

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The Roman Theological Forum is an association of scholars working with other interested persons for the advancement of theology and philosophy within the tradition of the Roman Catholic Church. It addresses contemporary questions of theology and philosophy, beginning from a Thomistic point of view and a neo-Patristic approach to the interpretation of Sacred Scripture.

This site contains interesting lessons and articles on theological and philosophical topics and is well worth a visit.

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This unassuming website calling itself Catholic Authors is just that, a site devoted entirely to English-speaking Catholic authors, past and present. It contains a wonderful collection of biographical sketches of a large variety of authors; some of them are household names such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Chesterton, and Belloc, some are more obscure. A number of these sketches are autobiographical while others are not, but each of them is fascinating in its own way. This is a unique resource which we recommend to all those with literary interests.

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We are all called to be followers of the Truth who is Jesus Christ. Dietrich von Hildebrand was a philosopher who put the Truth at the heart and goal of his philosophical study. Through the work of others, von Hildebrand's philosophical works are being presented anew for our edification.

The Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project was founded by John Henry Crosby in 2004 to promote the thought and spirit of Dietrich von Hildebrand by preserving his memory and disseminating his writings, especially in the English-speaking world. Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his appreciation and support for this work, saying that it will have fruitful consequences for the evangelization of contemporary culture.

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During this Year of the Priest which our Holy Father has declared to run from June 19, 2009 through June 11, 2010, we are called to pray for our priests and for an increase in vocations to the priesthood.

This website, called simply, "A Vocation to Be A Priest?", says that it is "designed and run by teens who are seriously considering becoming Catholic priests."

The site is attractive and a good place for young men considering the priesthood to visit.

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The mission of Helpers of the Holy Souls is to relieve and gain release for the suffering souls in Purgatory who can no longer help themselves. Their primary aim is to have Masses, said by selected priests, every day of the year for the Holy Souls. Their secondary aim is share their apostolate with others who have a desire to replicate what they are doing. They accomplish this mission by holding monthly collections used solely to have Masses said for the Holy Souls and by having prayer meetings. The secondary aim is to share their apostolate with others who have a desire to replicate what they are doing.

The website is well done and a very good place to learn more about the souls in Purgatory and how to help them.

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Rosary Army encourages people of all ages (especially teens and those without a complete understanding of the Rosary) to grow closer to God by meditating on the life of Jesus Christ through the praying of the Rosary. Their site is exceptionally well done and attractive. Rosary Army offers free instruction on making knotted twine/cord rosaries, and information on praying the Rosary. They also provide limited Rosary-making supplies to others and manage the distribution of donated Rosaries throughout North America via mail requests and religious conferences. Their daily news is upbeat and interesting.

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The Social Justice Review, founded by the Catholic Central Verein of America in 1908, is a journal of Catholic social action. Its primary purpose is "to advocate and foster the restoration of society on the basis of Christian principles in conformity with the social teachings of the Popes." The site itself serves as an introduction to the Review. It features some excellent reviews of books published by the Review as well as current articles from the magazine. You can also find information about subscriptions and membership in Scholars for Social Justice.

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The Rosary Foundation is a charitable organization that is dedicated to promoting the benefits gained through recitation of the rosary. Its mission is to enlighten the world about the special graces available to all those who pray the rosary.

The Rosary Foundation organizes and manages several Rosary Awareness campaigns in an effort to promote the use of the rosary. Its members promote the rosary through search engine marketing and online media advertising; they promote prayer offline via word-of-mouth; they also promote prayer for several nonprofit charity organizations.

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Mary of Nazareth International Center is part of an evangelization project to publicize the mystery of the Mother of God through technology.

The Association is formed by Catholic laypeople and submitted to the A.O.C.T.S. (Assembly of Catholic Bishops in the Holy Land), who delegated Bishop Marcuzzo, bishop in Nazareth, to accompany the project "Mary of Nazareth".

This associated website was created to provide in-depth texts for the visitors to an International Marian Center or simply those who visit maryofnazarth.com on the Internet.

The website is divided into ten topics compiling different questions: for each one they have done worldwide research asking experts for their help and they have submitted questions to the most apt authors they could find.

Theologians, exegetes, historians, scientists and archeologists have been asked to offer a synthetic and user-friendly answer, to ensure that the website can become a reference tool at all levels. The most serious topics are treated side by side with less central but more current events, which are of general interest to the public, such as apparitions, miracles, works of art, various scientific perspectives, or the great witnesses.

This site is for everyone and is available in multiple languages.

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"Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice" (CAPP) is a lay-led, pontifical organization characterized by a special relationship with both our founder, Pope John Paul II, and Pope Benedict XVI, who continues the tradition of yearly meetings with us. The Holy Father sees CAPP as a vehicle for lay education and evangelization of Catholic social doctrine, as contained in the encyclical Centesimus Annus. CAPP is made up of business people, academics, and professionals who assist Pope Benedict XVI in the continuing call for a "New Evangelization."

Pope John Paul II established Fondazione Centesimus Annus – Pro Pontifice on June 5, 1993. It is run in accordance with its approved bylaws under the aegis of the Apostolic See. It is headquartered in the state of Vatican City. The organization is subject to the civil law of Vatican City and the Canon Law of the Church.

[CAPP's] purpose is the implementation of "Catholic Social Teaching" (CST) through lay Catholic business, academic and professional leaders.

It is [CAPP's] goal to be action oriented; to actively implement this personal call from the Holy Father to order and throw light upon all the affairs of the world in line with the teachings of Jesus Christ.

This will be [CAPP's] driving force, with all subsequent activities held accountable to it.

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Catholic Answers is the largest Catholic apologetics and evangelization organization in North America. This site is among the best and most comprehensive of the Catholic sites on the Internet. It features a large library of online answer tracts, personal and insightful newsletters, a number of their popular booklets, and an audio archive of their popular radio programs "Catholic Answers Live" and "The Doctor is In" — well worth frequent and extended visits.

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The purpose of Newman Reader is to make the written works of Cardinal Newman available in as complete and accessible a manner as resources allow.

Not only is this site aesthetically attractive and easy to navigate, but it also has a wealth of material by and about Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman.

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The mission of Lighthouse Catholic Media is to answer the call for a New Evangelization by serving the Church in providing inspirational CDs and brochures that will enrich and strengthen people’s relationship with Jesus Christ and understanding of their Catholic Faith. They accomplish this by providing high-quality, inspirational, educational CDs with recorded talks by speakers such as Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. John Corapi, S.O.L.T., Blessed Mother Teresa, Jeff Cavins, Matthew Kelly, Fr. Larry Richards, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, and many more.

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The Pauline Year Web site in conjunction with the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls is dedicated to providing information about the special Pauline Year (June 28, 2008 through June 29, 2009) which Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed last year. As this special year begins to draw to a close, this Web site is worth visiting to learn more about the basilica and the Apostle to the Gentiles who helped spread the Gospel to the far reaches of the Roman Empire within just a few years after the Lord's Ascension into Heaven.

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The Breviarium Romanum (Roman Breviary) contains the Psalms and various prayers recited at each liturgical hour of each day by clergy of the Roman Rite in order to fulfill their obligation and desires to offer prayers unceasingly. This website is intended to aid the clergy, to provide them with a means to recite the traditional Office of 1962 as afforded by Article 9 § 3 of Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio Summorum Pontificum: "Fas est clericis in sacris constitutis uti etiam Breviario Romano a B. Ioanne XXIII anno 1962 promulgato."

The entire Breviarium Romanum will be available so that all liturgical hours of every day will be accessible. Rubrics will be provided both within each hour at appropriate points and in a separate hyperlinked section; one or more rubrical guides may also be made available in the future.

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The Original Catholic Encyclopedia (OCE) site holds the complete 16 volume set with the original text of all articles (~11,500) faithfully preserved.

Catholic Answers began the process of creating an authoritative reproduction of this classic, world-renowned reference by scanning 14,000+ pages from the original volumes and processing the scans with OCR software. Issues that arose from the scanning/OCR process were addressed by a team of Catholic editors and technicians. All TCE content on this site was produced by Catholic Answers directly from original Catholic Encyclopedia print volumes.

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This site belongs to the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming, a unique community of cloistered men, carrying on a tradition that stems from Old Testament times, and was given definitive form by St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila. The Carmel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary has the support of Bishop David L. Ricken of the Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne.

The monks in this new contemplative monastery live a life of faithful orthodoxy to the Magisterium, where joy and peace abound in a manly, agrarian way of life. They live a full, reverent, and traditional Carmelite liturgical life, with the Divine Office and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass being prayed in Latin with Gregorian Chant.

While the site does not abound with what are usually considered resources, it does provide a nice glimpse of cloistered monastic life. The graphics and text on the site are inspiring and could be used as a meditation.

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As the United States' preeminent Marian shrine, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is truly a national center of prayer and pilgrimage. The National Shrine is literally "America's Patronal Church," and has become the spiritual home to hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who journey there each year from every state and many foreign lands. The site itself provides general and historical information about the Shrine, as well as a list of regular and special events.

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Link of the Week: Parents' Duty

Parents' Duty provides information for parents who want to nurture a vocation to the priestly or religious life in their child(ren). It is unique in that it offers information from a parents' perspective. Features include an image map to find your local vocations office; a kids' page which includes articles on saints for kids, coloring pages and links to activities; and tips for parents. A detailed directory of various religious orders is in the works as well as expansion of the kids section on stories of saints.

The webmaster, a Catholic mother of four, has promised to add more resources as time permits. This site is attractive and easy to navigate. We recommend that all parents take a look and consider that God may be calling their children.

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The Saint Noël Chabanel Responsorial Psalm Project

The Saint Noël Chabanel Responsorial Psalm Project offers to the Church Universal contemporary, modal, and supremely artistic organ/vocal settings of the Responsorial Psalms based on Gregorian chant. The verses are set to Gregorian psalm tones, while the refrains are usually in meter, in order to facilitate congregational singing. The scores are offered completely free of charge, and can be downloaded in a matter of seconds.

The site is easy to navigate, and there are no strings attached. One of the truly splendid aspects of this project is that various options are given for each Responsorial Psalm. For example, there are numerous reharmonizations of the refrains, allowing the organist to instantly choose the most appropriate style for each individual situation or simply vary the accompaniment for artistic purposes. Another unique feature is the expert layout, which puts each word of every verse right underneath the corresponding note, and furthermore provides stupendously legible typesetting without a single page turn.

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CatholicMil.org is an "online" homeport for all Catholic families that have a loved one serving in the United States Armed Forces. The site's goal is to help with both the practical and the spiritual, including determining whether the next duty station has an assigned Catholic Chaplain, expressing concerns over the current conflict or conflicts past, offering spiritual prayer support, and more.

This site does justice to those Catholics serving in the Armed Forces. It is extremely well done and covers the issues and concerns of those in the military in a clear and aesthetically pleasing way.

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On January 8th of this year, the Church militant lost Fr. Richard John Neuhaus. His life was filled with engagement in the public square through the exercise of his faith which manifested itself in his marching with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and being an advisor to presidents. His own spiritual journey took him from his formation as a Lutheran to being ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. In 1990, he founded the Institute on Religion and Public Life. The journal of the Institute is First Things.

This is the home page of First Things, a monthly journal published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life, an interreligious, nonpartisan research and education institute whose purpose is to advance a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society.

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This is the site of the official Vatican channel on the largest internet video community in the world. 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 Televisio Vaticano (CTV), texts by Vatican Radio (RV) and CTV. Links give access to the full and official texts of cited documents.

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Students, teachers, and all those who seek a better knowledge of the social doctrine of the Church will find on the Social Agenda a collection of the central statements of the Roman Pontiffs from a range of texts, including papal encyclicals, apostolic letters, and Conciliar documents, on matters relating to politics, economics, and culture.

The selections are arranged thematically according to the significant subject areas of Catholic social doctrine. Under each subject heading, the quotations appear in pedagogical—as opposed to chronological or magisterial—order, with each subject area opening with a quotation that explains the issue at hand.

The website is an online version of The Social Agenda: A Collection of Magisterial Texts and is a publication of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. The book may be printed, downloaded as a PDF or purchased. The site is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian and Polish.

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The Acton Institute says of itself, "The Mission of the Acton Institute is to promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles."

This site offers a wonderfully wide-range wealth of resources on applying Catholic and Christian concerns and heritage to practical problems and issues, with an emphasis on liberty and free enterprise. It provides a desperately needed antidote to the many liberal political sites that promote themselves as Catholic and involving "social justice."

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National Catholic Bioethics Center

The National Catholic Bioethics Center engages in research and reflection, within the Catholic tradition, on moral issues arising in health care and the life sciences. It makes the results of this research available through this website and various offline educational and publishing activities, workshops and seminars. The site itself provides general information on the Center and its work, a topical index and selected articles from Ethics and Medics, the Center's journal, and an opportunity for an online consultation.

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The Catholic-Hierarchy web site provides basic information about current and historical bishops which form the Catholic Hierarchy. The site currently covers North, Central and South America, Oceania, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

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The month of January is dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus.

The Confraternity of the Most Holy Names of God and Jesus (Holy Name Society) promotes "reverence for the Sacred Names of God and Jesus Christ, obedience and loyalty to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, and the personal sanctification and holiness of its members." Members are called to contribute to the evangelization mission of the Church and to make perpetual acts of reverence and love for our Lord and Savior. The website serves as an introduction to the Society and provides membership information and obligations, news and events, and a small database of prayers and devotional information.

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The Crossroads Initiative, a ministry of Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio, is a Catholic apostolate of renewal and evangelization. Dr. D'Ambrosio is an author for the weekly Our Sunday Visitor column "This Liturgy of Ours", and he has done a series for EWTN on the Early Church Fathers.

The site itself features a wide range of resources, including a library of documents, a section on the Eucharist, and a database of articles. The subjects covered are extensive, from the year of the Eucharist to the Theology of the Body, from prayer to how to deal with daily trials, from marriage and sexuality to parenting and Christian family life.

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Late in October 1973, grassroots prolife leaders became concerned that January 22, 1974, might come and go without properly memorializing the Supreme Court's infamous abortion decisions and without petitioning Congress for redress.

No established right-to-life organization was prepared to undertake the planning, financial and operational responsibilities for a high impact prolife March on the U.S. Capitol. But, grassroots prolifers wanted to march! About thirty prolife veterans resolved themselves into a committee and began making plans for the first March for Life.

On January 22, 1974, the first March for Life was held on the West Steps of the Capitol. An estimated 20,000 committed prolife Americans rallied that day on behalf of our preborn brothers and sisters.

In 1974, the March for Life was incorporated as a non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian organization.

Our numbers have gradually risen through the years despite reduced numbers from the snow in 2000 and the terrible 9/11 attacks just months before the March 2002. These growing numbers give testimony to the increasing ranks of prolife Americans and to the importance of the March's work.

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Human Life International (HLI) is the largest international, pro-life, pro-family, pro-woman organization in the world. They not only fight the evils of abortion, contraception, sex education and family breakdown, but also bring the good news of the Gospel of Life to the whole world. In many countries, HLI is the pro-life movement. This site is an excellent online pro-life resource from one of the greatest pro-life organizations in the world.

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The feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is on December 12th..

Our Lady of Guadalupe: Patroness of the Americas provides a tremendous amount of information on Our Lady's apparitions to St. Juan Diego. The information includes details on St. Juan Diego, a timeline of historical events, and some scientific examinations of the tilma. In addition, the Web site provides many aids to devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe including prayers, pictures, and music. The Web site is presented in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.

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The feast of St. Nicholas falls every year in Advent on December 6th.

The St. Nicholas Center's mission is "to educate people of faith, and the wider public, about the true St. Nicholas, and why he is important in today's world, to encourage families, churches, and schools to observe St. Nicholas Day (December 6th), and to provide resources for education and celebration."

The site offers a wealth of stories, activities, recipes and other ideas for celebrating the real Santa Claus. It is well designed and easy to use. In short, this is the best resource on St. Nicholas we have seen to date.

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RealCatholic TV was formed in early 2008 by lay Catholics faithful to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church with extensive experience in commercial broadcast television.

RealCatholic TV offers solid Catholic programming including, daily news, daily political commentary, daily features on saints and history as well as regular episodes on morality, movie reviews, entertainment, apologetics, and much more.

The site provides content through a video player that allows users to view, send, and download content regardless of their computing platform with no plug-ins required. All viewers have free access to home page content – daily news and commentary (current events and politics) from the Catholic perspective, messages directly from Catholic bishops to the faithful, program previews, and more.

RealCatholicTV.com has the support of various bishops in the U.S. including Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput of Denver, CO, Bishop David R. Choby of Nashville, TN, and Bishop Robert Francis Vasa of Baker, OR, as well as Bishops around the world such as Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Karaganda, Kazakhstan, all who are all making appearances on Real Catholic TV this month.

RealCatholic TV aims to provide everyone with means to increase their personal holiness through catechesis and evangelization about the truth of the Christian faith. Their aim is to convert non-Catholics to the faith, and strengthen the faith of existing Catholics.

The site provides a good deal of material for free, but the $10.00 a month membership charge is well worth it for the extra programming that is available.

From Catholic Culture.

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In March of 1915, Father Joseph Skelly, C.M. established the Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. The purpose of The Central Association was to propagate and increase devotion to Mary Immaculate by encouraging devotion to Mary under her title of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. Today, The Central Association of the Miraculous Medal has four purposes: To render honor to Mary Immaculate and to encourage the use of her Miraculous Medal with prayers and devotions to her under the title of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. To support the education and formation of men for the priesthood and brotherhood in the seminaries of the Congregation of the Mission. To support the aged and infirm Vincentians of the Eastern Province of the Congregation, the parent body of The Central Association of the Miraculous Medal. To support the apostolic works of the Eastern Province on behalf of the poor. From the Web site.

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One More Soul (OMS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to spreading the truth about the blessings of children and the harms of contraception. Their website is a large part of their efforts to disseminate information and thus contains many resources. Of special note is their directory of NFP only, pro-life doctors. Also, their database of online publications includes English pamphlets, Spanish resources, booklets, and PowerPoint presentations, all available to view and download. This is an excellent pro-life resource well worth an extended visit. From Catholic Culture.

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