Links
Thankfully
many among the faithful have heard a higher call to
build on the web a virtual temple of knowledge to the
Triune
God and our most exemplary
model and beloved mother, Mary,
Queen of Heaven.
These
links are but a small sampling of useful pages to expand
our knowledge of the faith:
- In the last few years the Vatican
site has grown exponentially in its sophistication,
level of information, and official documents provided.
A breathtaking experience is the high quality of the
images on the online
tour of the various treasures contained in the
Vatican Museums. Another highly recommended service
is the free subscription to daily e-mail dispatches
by the Vatican
Information Service.
- An invaluable resource, the US
Conference of Catholic Bishops site, contains
numerous links to issues of interest to American Catholics
today, as well as links to all the books of the Bible
and the complete Catechism
of the Catholic Church.
- The Miami
Archdiocese has extensive pages listing numerous
ministries, commissions, charters, guidelines, parishes,
services, and publications.
- Our neighbor up the road in Big Pine Key, the Saint
Peter Church page features the many activities,
plans and efforts of our sister parish in tropical
paradise.
- Ever tried to remember the right prayer for the
right occasion? The Catholic
prayers site has done a great job of cataloging
tens of prayers by subject matter.
- The Catholic
Online website is a large clearing house for numerous
Catholic interests, from news and articles to indexes
on Saints and Angels, to services and public forums.
- The Catholic
Encyclopedia is a gargantuan effort begun in 1917
and today available on the net. It is a page from
the larger www.newadvent.org
site that includes more than 11,000 articles on Catholic
topics, the theological masterpiece of St. Thomas
Aquinas, the letters, speeches and books from the
earliest Christians, and an extensive index of Catholic
links and articles.
- The Catholic
Information Network contain a wealth of information
on Catholic issues, particularly useful are its pages
on liturgy,
prayer
intentions, and Marian
devotion among its many links.
- The American
Catholic site is home to the online editions of
St. Anthony Messenger, Catholic Update, Millennium
Monthly, Youth Update, Scripture From Scratch and
other Catholic features. Particular refreshing are
its Update
your Faith and Minute
Meditations pages.
- There are several Rosary
sites on the web, the Vatican rosary page is highly
recommended, as well as the Holy
Rosary site of the Rosary Confraternity of the
Dominican Fathers which is noteworthy for its clarity
and the scope of the information provided on how
to pray the Rosary.
- The Mary's
Heart site, originating in town, contains messages
that are in the process of obtaining the "Nihil
Obstat / Imprimatur Status" and have been reviewed
and cleared for public reading as "Private Revelations."
- The national-level Knights
of Columbus site features outstanding information
on the goals and efforts of this noble organization
committed to promote charity, unity, fraternity, patriotism,
and defend the priesthood. The State
Council lists Florida officials, councils and
programs of interest.
- And finally, the website of the Basilica of the
National
Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception in Washington, particularly its virtual
tour of the building and its numerous chapels.
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