LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

This section of the website lists links to other websites which provide infomation of interest to RCIA team members. The first category is links that deal specifically with RCIA themes, and the second is links to websites of general Catholic interest.

RCIA THEMES

There are two organizations which operate institutes for the training of RCIA team members, and which provide various materials and information of assistance to teams. They are the North American Forum on the Catechumenate which is liberal in orientation, and the Association of Catechumenal Ministry which is conservative.

Chris Sloan of Southwark England has established a website rcia.co.nr which provides many useful documents and presentations in Word and Power Point of interest to RCIA team members and other Catholics. There are several additional sites devoted largely or exclusively to the RCIA process: Good News, RCIA Graphics, e-Catholic, Religious Education and Catechesis, and Resources for Catholic Education. The Catherine of Siena Institute lists 29 websites under the category ”Becoming a Catholic.” A number of dioceses and parishes have websites devoted exclusively (or partially) to RCIA, and Catholiclinks tabulates 132 of them. The sidebar lists several such sites, as well as several Scripture and Catholic News websites.

GENERAL CATHOLIC THEMES

The website Catholic Theology lists sites for Academic Centers, Advocacy Organizations, Ecumenism, Gender Issues, Liturgy, Marian Apparitions, Modernism, Scripture, and Social Justice. The Catherine of Siena Institute provides links to many Catholic sites. New Advent tabulates links for the top 25 Catholic websites ranked in the order of popularity, as well as making available the 1913 edition of the Catholic Encyclopaedia and various Church Documents. Catholic Pages and Catholic Culture contain many important articles and documents.

Of particular interest and importance are the Vatican website, Catholic Answers, EWTN, OriginsOnline, USCCB, and ZENIT. Other general interest sites are Adoremus, Catholic Community Forum, Catholic Educator, Converting to Catholicism, Defense of the Church, Franciscan University at Steubenville, Internet Padre, Monks of Adoration, Mass of the Ages, and Spirit Daily.

A number of Catholic organizations sponsor websites, such as the Benedictines, the Carmelites, the Dominicans, the Franciscans, the Jesuits, Legion of Mary, Opus Dei, and Regnum Christi.

OTHER PERSONAL WEBSITES

I have two other websites in addition to the present RCIA one.  The first  www.consideringpiusx.com established June 2005 tells the story of the Society of Pius X (SSPX) which was founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, and which went into schism with the Catholic Church in 1988.  The Latin Mass is discussed here.  We are all praying hard for the members of this Society, and we look forward to their eventual return to Holy Mother Church.  My second additional website  www.faithseekingunderstanding.com established August 2006 provides draft chapters of a book that I am writing with the tentative title "Reflections of a Scientist on his Christian Heritage."  This website examines a range of topics including Theology, Science, and the interactions between them.