Adult Faith Formation • Online Resources

Updated 9-19-07

Online/Virtual Distance Learning

• Felician College - http://www.felician.edu
• Notre Dame - http://step.nd.edu
• St. Joseph’s College of Maine – www.sjcme.edu/gps
• University of Dayton - http://vlc.udayton.edu

Publishers

• RCL-Benziger -  www.benziger.glencoe.com
• Center for Learning - www.centerforlearning.org
• Center for Ministry Development - www.cmdnet.org
• Channing Bete Company - www.faithguides.com
• Communication Resources - www.comresources.com
• Generations of Faith - www.generationsoffaith.org
• Good Ground Press - www.goodgroundpress.com
  Lectionary-based faith-sharing materials for teens and adults, youth ministry, and social justice.
• Harcourt - Melissa Engels and www.harcourtreligion.com
• Little Rock Scripture - Susan McCarthy and www.littlerockscripture.org
• Liturgy Help - www.liturgyhelp.com
• Loyola Press - www.loyolapress.org
• Our Sunday Visitor (OSV) - www.osv.com
• Paulist Press Publishers - www.paulistpress.com
• Resources for Christian Living (RCL) - Tony Tamberino and www.rclweb.com and www.faithfirst.com Publisher of Echoes of Faith videos and curriculum
• Sadlier - Daria Jean Driver and ddriver@sadlier.com
• St. Anthony Messenger Press - www.AmericanCatholic.org 
  Offers a magazine, information leaflets & books for Catholics
• St. Mary's Press - www.smp.org   Resources for youth.
• Twenty-Third Publications - www.twentythirdpublications.com

Newspapers and Magazines

• America - www.america@americamagazine.org
• Catechist Magazine - www.catechist.com
• Catholic Update and Youth Update - www.americancatholic.org
• Ministry & Liturgy - www.ministryandliturgy.com
• National Catholic Reporter - www.natcath.com
• Sojourners - www.sojo.net
• Today's Parish - www.twentythirdpublications.com
• U.S. Catholic Magazine - www.uscatholic.org

Organizations

• Catholic Directory of Resources & News - www.catholicweb.com
• Catholic Information Network - www.cin.org
• Catholic News Service - www.catholicnews.com
• Catholic Relief Services - www.catholicrelief.org
  Excellent resources on justice and ecology issues.
• Catholic USA - www.catholic-usa.com
  Find any diocesan, parish, or school website in the U.S.
• Catholic World News - http://cwnews.com
• Disciples Now - http://disciplesnow.com
• International News Agency Covering the Catholic Church - www.zenit.org
• National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers- www.nacflm.org
  Contact Yvonne Pfluger at Church of the Epiphany for more information on local and national events.
• National Association for Lay Ministry - www.nalm.org
• National Catholic Education Association - www.ncea.org
• National Catholic Partnership on Disability - www.ncpd.org
• National Center for Pastoral Leadership - www.ncpl.org
• National Conference of Catechetical Leaders (NCCL) - www.nccl.org
• National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry - www.nfcym.org
• Partnership for Peace and Justice - www.ipj-ppj.org
• U.S. Catholic Conference - www.usccb.org
  Official site of the American Bishops
• North American Forum on the Catechumenate - www.naforum.org

Organizations That Support Small Christian Communities

•  Buena Vista -  www.buenavista.org.
•  National Alliance of Parishes Restructuring into Communities -  naprc.faithweb.com.

Adult Spirituality/Formation/Education

• A Sacred Space @ - www.jesuit.ie/prayer/
  Online Daily Prayer/Meditation
• A Web site about Multiple Intelligence Theory - www.multi-intell.com
• Catholic Resources and Freebies - www.catholicdoors.com
• Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) online - www.universalis.com/
• Magazine of the Catholic Diocese of Lansing - www.faithmag.com
• Online Spirituality Resources - www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/online-spty.html
  (many links to choose from)

Media Literacy and Education

• Center for Media Literacy - http://medialit.org
• Movie and TV Reviews for the USCCB - http://www.usccb.org
• National Institute on Media & Family - http://www.mediafamily.org
• Parent's Television Council - http://www.parentstv.org

Miscellaneous Technology

• Catholic Community - http://community.catholic.org
• Catholic Info on the Net - http://www.catholic.net
• Catholic On-Line - http://www.catholic.org
• Catholic Pages - http://www.catholicpages.com
• Create online games and quizzes (Subscription fee) - www.quia.com
• Create online jigsaw puzzles using your own pictures - www.jigzone.com
• Internet Copyright Law - www.keytlaw.com/Copyrights/copyrightlaw.htm
• Internet Copyright Law - lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
• Resources to improve your parish website - www.parishwebmaster.com
• Resources to improve your parish website - www.yourchurchnews.com
• Some fun links that one can use on a parish website for kids to play games - www.christiananswers.net/kids/clr-indx.html
• Use to put all classes online - www.homeworkhero.com
  keep communication line open

Others

• Catholic Encyclopedia - www.knight.org/advent/cathen/cathen.htm
  A copy of the official Catholic Encyclopedia - handy for research
• Passionist Research Center - www.passionist.org/prc/
  Weekly meditations.  E-ministry and spirituality.
• Vatican Home Page - www.vatican.va/
  A good place to find official Church documents & the Vatican paper.