St. Thomas More Catholic Newman Center
@ the University of Arizona

The Vatican

Web Sites dealing with the Catholic Church's response to the terrorist actions of September 11:

• National Federation of Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM)
• St. Mary's Press (for teenagers)
• Sesame Street
• US Bishops Conference
• National Council of Catholic Bishops
• Catholic Action
• Commondreams
• Center of Concern
• Sojourners

US Catholic Campus Ministry

• National Catholic Student Coalition
• Ex Corde Ecclesiae: Apostolic Constitution on Catholic Higher Education
• U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Ex Corde Ecclesiae: document on Catholic Universities applied to the US
• CCMA (Catholic Campus Ministry Association) publishes a bimonthly newsletter (Crossroads), coordinates a variety of programs and serves as a resource for Catholic campus ministry in this country.
• NCSC (National Catholic Student Coalition) is student-directed and embraces the six facets of campus ministry identified in Empowered by the Spirit. Its goals include representing U.S. Catholic students in national and international forums, providing opportunities for spiritual growth, nurturing leadership and facilitating career and faith integration.
• Links to 256 centers in the United States, 14 in Canada and 60 more in the rest of the world. Some campus ministries have their own Web sites; others are part of the site for the academic institution where they operate.
• The complete text of Empowered by the Spirit: Campus Ministry Faces the Future
• A listing of other materials from the USCCB's Division of Catholic Higher Education and Campus Ministry

US Catholic Campus Ministry --> New to College?

• bustedhalo.com A great site for young adults featuring 'everyday faith for everyday people'.
• Millenials Rising (on the next great generation just entering college)
• Chronicle of Higher Education Freshmen Survey

Young Adult Resources

• Crossroads Center - Young Adult Ministry
• bustedhalo.com A great site for young adults featuring 'everyday faith for everyday people'.
• International Dominican Youth Movement

eZines

• Religion and Ethics Newsweekly

Diocese of Tucson, Arizona

• The Diocese of Tucson
• The Diocese of Tucson Vocation Information

Dominican

• Order of Preachers(Dominicans)
• Western Dominican Province
• Western Dominican Province vocations
• International Dominican Youth Movement
• Dominicans at the United Nations
• Dominican Laity in at the Newman Center
• The Mission San Jose Dominican Sisters

Catholic Laity

• US Catholic Bishops' page on lay ministry opportunities
• St. Catherine of Siena Institute (Lay formation)
• John Henry Cardinal Newman (On Consulting the Laity in Matters of Doctrine-1859)

African-American Catholics

• The National Black Catholic Evangelization Forum

Spiritual Resources

• Sacred Space guides you through a 5-10 minute prayer session, in six steps (things like 'Coming into the Presence of God' and preparatory exercises) and centers on a short scripture passage chosen for the day (different every day). The Irish Jesuits have produced it to help computer users to get into a habit of daily prayer.
• American Catholic (St. Anthony Messenger Press - spirituality resources)
• www.catholic-forum.com - a general Catholic link
• Brief biographies of the saints
• www.re.net/focolare - an ecumenical movement promoting a spirituality of unity, a way to go to God together, founded in Italy and approved by John XXIII in 1962

University of Arizona @ .edu

• U of A homepage

Western Dominican Campus Ministry Sites

• Arizona State
• Southern Oregon University
• Stanford University
• University of California - Riverside
• University of California - San Diego
• University of Nevada - Las Vegas
• University of Oregon
• University of Washington
• University of Utah

Contemporary Moral Issues

Politics and Communion

Iraq

• US Catholic Bishops response to threats of war

Death Penalty

• Statements by the Holy Father on the Death Penalty
• Oregon Catholic Bishops on the Death Penalty
• deathpenaltyinfo.org

Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration

• A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice

Other issues

• General Catholic Pro-Life Information
• Cloning and Embryo Research
• www.osjspm.org/cst/ - a Catholic social teaching link

Catholic News Service

• www.catholicnews.com

Social Justice

• Church teaching on issues of justice and peace
• US bishops' resources for Social Development and Peace
• Church's social teaching for children
• University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
• International Justice Mission an ecumenical outreach of Christian lawyers, criminal investigators, and government relations experts who document human rights abuses around the world and intervene to help victims where local law enforcement cannot or will not do so.
• Habitat for Humanity
• Peacemaker Ministries acquire new skills in managing conflict and peace-making from a Christian perspective
• Catholic Relief Services the Catholic Church's worldwide aid service
• Christian Solidarity Worldwide works to ensure the religious liberty of persecuted Christians, including the redeeming and freeing of thousands of mostly Christian and animist slaves in the Sudan
• Global Arch campaign against child labor
• IAbolish the anti-slavery portal
• Dominicans at the United Nations
• simpleliving.org A non-profit organization that equips people of faith to challenge consumerism and live justly, with informative statistics concerning global economies, hunger, environmentalism, and minimum wage issues.
• networklobby.org A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby - for 30 years, a prophetic and persistent voice for economic justice on Capitol Hill
• www.paxchristiusa.org - the national Catholic peace movement
• www.coc.org/ej - Education for Justice at the Center of Concern website

Clergy Sexual Misconduct / Pedophilia

• Resources from Saint Mary's Press
• The Five Principles to Follow in Dealing with Accusations of Sexual Abuse
• Statement of Bishop Wilton D. Gregory the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, on February 19, 2002, about the sexual abuse of minors by priests.
• Walk in the Light: A Pastoral Response to Child Sexual Abuse A lengthy statement by the Bishops’ Committees on Women in Society and in the Church and Marriage and Family (also available in Spanish). Printed booklets of the statement are also available.
• Letter of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Priests for Holy Thursday 2002. You’ll want to pay particular attention to paragraph 11.
• Restoring Trust: A Response to Sexual Abuse
• Interview with Bishop Gregory Aymond, Diocese of Austin, Texas
• Catholic Church's Real Challenge
• The Pope Steps In: Can He Save the American Catholic Church From the Sex Abuse Scandal?
• Transcript from "Meet the Press" Panel: Ray Flynn, Former U.S. Ambassador to Vatican; Father Richard McBrien, Univ. of Notre Dame; Father John McCloskey, Catholic Information Center; Father Donald Cozzens, Former Vicar of Priests, Cleveland, OH; Father Thomas Doyle, Former Canon Lawyer.

Catholic Apologetics

• www.catholic.com
• www.envoymagazine.com