This page provides Catholic Internet resources for study and research. The Bishop O’Rourke Library does not maintain these sites, nor are we responsible for their content. We do, however, encourage you to notify the librarian of broken or outdated links at library@sjcnc.org.
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Apologetics
Catholic Answers
Concise yet thorough tracts offer explanation and defense of various aspects of the Catholic faith. Organized by subject at http://catholic.com/library/faith_tracts.asp
Catholics United for the Faith “Faith Facts”
Articles on a variety of aspects of the Catholic faith, covering a broad range of topics. Includes a category of specifically apologetic articles as well as several categories of valuable informative articles. http://www.laywitness.com/Faithfacts/index.asp
The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church
Current and historical information about its bishops and dioceses. The site currently covers North, Central and South America, Oceania, Africa, Asia, and Europe. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Alphabetical Listing of Statements & Speeches http://www.usccb.org/statements.shtml
Catholic Conference of Illinois
Catholic perspective from the Illinois bishops on issues affecting the state, especially proposed legislature and government initiatives. http://www.catholicconferenceofillinois.org/
Biographies and selected writings of the Church Fathers
On the New Advent website. http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/
Extensive Collection of the Writings of the Church Fathers
Online version of 3 multi-volume series of the Church Fathers' writings: Ante-Nicene Fathers, and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series I and series II. Searchable or browse by volume, part of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. http://www.ccel.org/fathers.html
Fathers Know Best
Apologectical tracts by Catholic Answers showing aspects of the faith present in the writings of the Church fathers by topic. http://www.catholic.com/library/fathers_know_best.asp
Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas
Complete English text on the New Advent website. http://www.newadvent.org/summa/
E-books and Encyclicals
From Our Lady of His Mercy Apostolate. http://www.hismercy.ca/
Favorite Catholic Classics
From Catholicfirst.com. http://www.catholicfirst.com/catholicclassics.cfm
Collection of ebooks from Catholictreasury.info
http://www.catholictreasury.info/library.php
Readings for Philosophers and Catholics
A collection of online books and texts relevant to Catholic philosophy. Maintained by the Jacques Maritain Center of the University of Notre Dame. http://www.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/aristotl.htm
Newman Reader: Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman
A large collection of Newman's books and other writings online. http://www.newmanreader.org/
G. K. Chesterton's Works on the Web
Etexts of a wide variety of Chesterton's non-fiction, fiction, essays, and poems available online. http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~mward/gkc/books/index.html
Capsule Summaries of Each of the Ecumenical Councils
From New Advent. http://www.newadvent.org/almanac/14388a.htm
Index to Ecumenical Councils Materials in EWTN’s Document Library
Includes documents and canons from a variety of councils and a downloadable zip file of the 16 documents of Vatican II. http://www.ewtn.com/library/indexes/COUNCILS.htm
Documents of the Second Vatican Council
On the Vatican website. http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/index.htm
Catechism of the Catholic Church on the Vatican website
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM
Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) on the New Advent website
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
EWTN Library
Extensive online collection of Papal Documents, Works by the Church Fathers, texts from Ecumenical councils. Also includes recent articles by Catholic authors on various topics. Search or browse by topic.
http://www.ewtn.com/vlibrary/search.asp
Also, find archived audio programs (including appearances by current and former SJCNC staff such as Dr. Howell and Msgr. Swetland) through their audio library at http://www.ewtn.com/vondemand/audio/intro.asp
American Life League
Includes articles explaining pro-life issues, commentary and response to life issues in the news, and ways to become actively involved in the pro-life movement. http://www.all.org/index.php
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Pro-Life Activities
Includes statements, articles, and fact sheets on a wide variety of pro-life topics (click "Issues" on the left side of the screen for a list of topics). http://www.usccb.org/prolife/
Do No Harm: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics
Variety of materials on stem cell research, including fact sheets and recent articles. http://www.stemcellresearch.org/
Elliot Institute
Collection of research and articles on post-abortion issues and healing. See especially the links on the left side of the page to Research, Articles, and Politics. http://www.afterabortion.info/
Church Music Association of America Online Resources
Sacred music resources, including articles, church documents and full-text pdfs of early 20th century chant, sacred music, and liturgy texts. http://www.musicasacra.com/communio/
The Catholic Liturgical Library
Collection of documents and resources on the Catholic liturgy. http://www.catholicliturgy.com/
The Real Presence Association
Collection of resources on all aspects of the Eucharist. http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/a.html
Columbia
Publication of the Knights of Columbus
http://www.kofc.org/un/publications/columbia/index.cfm
Envoy
Catholic apologetics and evangelization magazine geared toward young adults. Print publication is suspended, but full back issues are available at: http://www.envoymagazine.com/browse.htm
Laywitness
The flagship publication of Catholics United for the Faith
http://www.cuf.org/Laywitness/LWindex.asp
This Rock
Catholic Answers' apologetics and evangelization magazine
http://www.catholic.com/magazines/thisrock.asp
Zenit Catholic News Service
International Catholic News Service. http://www.zenit.org
National Catholic Register weekly newspaper
The Catholic Post
Newspaper of the Diocese of Peoria. http://www.thecatholicpost.com
Catholic New World
Newspaper of the Diocese of Chicago. http://www.catholicnewworld.com
St. Louis Review
Weekly Newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. http://www.stlouisreview.com/
The Tablet
International Catholic Weekly (British). Selected current and archived articles freely available. http://www.thetablet.co.uk
The Vatican Webpage on Pope Benedict XVI
Includes significant speeches and writings of his pontificate. http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/index.htm
Information on Pope John Paul II
Including a biography, annotated list of his major writings, and Canonizations and Beatifications during his pontificate provided by the USCCB. http://www.usccb.org/pope/index.htm
Encyclicals of John Paul II
Read online or download from the Vatican website. http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/index.htm
Links to the Writings of the Recent Popes
(Since Leo XIII, 1878) on the Vatican website. http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/index.htm
Links to Papal Encyclicals and Bulls
From 1226 to present at Papal Encyclicals Online. http://www.papalencyclicals.net/all.htm
Douay-Rheims Bible Online (Searchable)
http://www.drbo.org/
Latin Vulgate Bible (Searchable)
http://www.drbo.org/lvb/
New American Bible on the Vatican website
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0839/_INDEX.HTM
Bible Geocoding
Google Earth with an overlay of every identifiable place in the Bible. Searchable by book of the Bible, but does not include the Deutero-canonical books.
http://www.openbible.info/geo/
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Online (1919)
Contains a wide range of entries explaining the people, places, customs of the Bible.
http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/
Catholic Social Teaching, Office for Social Justice of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Major social justice documents online
http://www.osjspm.org/social_teaching_documents.aspx
The Catholic Worker Movement
Includes an extensive searchable library of writings by Dorothy Day
http://www.catholicworker.org/index.cfm
Broken or Outdated Link?
Please contact the librarian at library@sjcnc.org
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