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Catholic News Service Blog

The Catholic News Service Blog is an excellent site for daily updates of news about the Catholic Church from around the world. From this blog you will have access to many blogs and websites of Catholic interest.

St. Oliver's PSR

Jen Truitt, coordinator of religious education at St. Oliver Plunkett Parish in Snellville, GA, has created a very simple, easy to use website for the religious education program.

It's so practical with ideas for parents and catechists. And the "links" page does not overwhelm you with more than you need - just some of the best. Congratulations to Jen, who is one of the authors for eCatechist. Her entries appear in Creative Teaching Tips category. St. Oliver's PSR

The Catholic Courier of the Diocese of Rochester, NY

If you are looking for one source for book reviews, movie reviews, resources for kids and articles for living faith daily, visit the Catholic Courier, the Official Newspaper of the Diocese of Rochester, New York.

This well-designed website for a diocesan paper is one of the best in the United States. And content is excellent and practical.

Faith Alive

Kids' Chronicle

Book Reviews

Movie Reviews

Congratulations to Bishop Matthew Clark and staff of the Catholic Courier for providing an excellent diocesan paper.

Boston College C21

Just this week I visited Boston College’s website, C21. What A surprise. One of the most exciting features is all the online courses for catechists and general adult education. For most courses there are definite beginning and starting dates, a fee, and moderator.

There are a few free courses that will introduce you to online learning and their “web searches” is a very creative way to provide guided reading and study on a specific topic.

Family Education Network

Family Education Network offers Internet's content, resources, and shopping for parents, teachers, and kids. Launched in September, 2000, the company's mission is to be an online consumer network of the world's best learning and information resources, personalized to help parents, teachers, and students of all ages take control of their learning and make it part of their everyday lives.

Family Education

I just discovered Family Education a great web site for parents, teachers and catechists of children from birth through high school. Also excellent ideas for parents. Articles on child development, how children learn, activities and resources.

Catechist's Journey

 Catechist's Journey is the place for conversations about teaching the Catholic faith. Joe Popracki talks about his experiences as a catechist, and together with catechists explores ideas to meet the challenges and rewards of this ministry in which all are privileged to serve.

Eighth Day Books

Eighth Day Books is an independent bookstore in Wichita, Kansas. Since 1988 they have specialized in the Classics - religion, philosophy, history, literature - with a special selection of icons and children's books. Each year they publish a catalog of 170+ pages that describe 1,200 books in the 40,000 collection. Visit the website or call (800.841.2541) to receive a catalog and and offer questions, comments, and special request. www.eighthdaybooks.com.

RSV Bible Search

Search the Bible: Revised Standard Version using http://etext.virginia.edu/rsv.browse.html Search by key word, phrase, theme, etc.

Gratefulness

Gratefulness.org is one of the best-designed and inspirational websites that I have found. Brother David Steindl-Rast, author of many titles including Gratefulness-The Heart of Prayer (Paulist Press), is one of the founders and contributing member of this international community of individuals, committed to the practice of gratefulness here and now. Explore the articles, inspiration resources for living in the gentle power of gratefulness which restores courage, reconciles relationships and heals our earth.

Congreational Resource Guide

Alban Institute
Congregational Resource Guide
Alban.org

The mission of the Alban Institute is to provide resources, books, publications and consulting services for clergy and congregations. Their “congregational resource guide” is one of the most comprehensive websites of resources for church leaders. Sections include leadership, spirituality, worship, congregational resources, etc. I find their recommended reading section very diverse and comprehensive. The “seasonal reading recommendations” offer over 100 spiritual, religious and cultural titles beginning from winter 2002 to the present.

MVParents

 MVParents.com believes that the key to raising responsible kids lies in something called Developmental Assets. Created by Search Institute® and grounded in scientific research, Developmental Assets are the essential building blocks for children and teens.

This website provides an explanation of these 40 developmental assets and their application in the school, parish and home. The “idea bank” is a collection of past articles on a variety of topics that can be copied and distributed to parents and catechists.