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Catholic Heritage Curricula (CHC) is a family-run apostolate that provides orthodox Catholic materials to help families instruct their children from a truly Catholic perspective. Of special note is a section of curricula resources that includes everything from coloring pages to study guides that will help children of all ages live and learn their Catholic Faith. This site is a great resource, not only for Catholic homeschoolers, but all families who want to promote Catholic culture.

This site is devoted to promoting and explaining the Divine Mercy devotion and to providing information on the life and mission of St. Faustina Kowalska, the Apostle of Divine Mercy. It provides some of the most complete explanations of the Divine Mercy devotion on the web.

This is the website of the Sisters of Loretto founded in the Southwest in 1812. It provides information on the community's history, mission and work, committees, news and events, and excerpts from publications. Unfortunately, there is little indication on the site of a spiritual dimension to the Sisters of Loretto. Their focus appears to be primarily on socialist politics and radical dissent.

Trinity University in Washington, D.C. was established by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1897 to provide women with a solid Catholic education. The website provides typical college catalog type information about the campus, course offerings, admission requirements, the faculty, etc. But there are also some troubling areas that indicate the education offered may be more about forming radical feminist women with no concern for the Church's teachings than about forming strong Catholic women. A glance at the bookstore should be enough to convince Catholic parents to run in the opposite direction. The total lack of morality in the titles offered is sad and removes any question about the college's catholicity.

RENEW International (formerly RENEW 2000) is a Catholic organization which "attempts to foster spiritual renewal, evangelization and the transformation of the world through parish-based small Christian communities." The website serves as an introduction to the program and there is little here to be critical of. However, since this site exists primarily to promote the RENEW program, we must advise caution because the program itself raises some serious concerns. While there is much that is good about these materials, there is also much that is highly questionable. For more specifics, please see A Review of Renew 2000 Materials, and Critique of Renew 2000 Leader's Manual, as well as Paulists' RENEW 2000 Is Just a Front For Call To Action.

Holy Spirit Interactive is a Catholic internet apostolate founded by Aneel Aranha, to promote "mutual respect between people, nations, and cultures." The site presents a number of good resources and has a lot of potential to include even more. Of special interest is the youth section, which features many good resources for youth, including an excellent section on the Popes and their words to teens. The kids section also has some great activities that will get children interested in the Bible and the Faith. There is much to recommend about this site, but readers should be aware of charismatic elements which confuse sound Catholic theology with Protestant Biblical understanding.

Catholic Daily offers news and articles from various websites and blogs. Their laudable mission is to provide Catholic inspiration and up to the minute news for those wishing to live their faith. The website is easy to use and aesthetically pleasing. Unfortunately less than Catholic news sites are included as well as Protestant and secular advertising.

Website launched by Ave Maria radio devoted exclusively to the fight against the new HHS mandate that would compel Catholic institutions to subsidize contraception. The StopHHS.com site will provide the latest news on this issue, background, and suggestions for those who want to become actively involved in the struggle.

On leaving the synagogue he entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon's mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her. He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them (Mark 1:30-31).

According to the 1962 Missal of Bl. John XXIII the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, today is the feast of St. Andrew who was born in the fourteenth century in Florence, Italy. He fell into bad company; but soon, touched by the grief of his mother, the young nobleman entered the Carmelite Order. Having served as prior of his convent, he was chosen to fill the vacant bishopric of Fiesole. He continually helped the poor, doing so in secret in the case of those who were ashamed to make known their distress. By showing his people the true nature of Christian peace, Bishop Andrew put an end to a number of troublesome disturbances in the city. He died on the feast of the Epiphany, 1373.

Militant Hindus are charging that a Catholic nun "wounded the religious sentiments of the community" when she disrupted a Hindu religious ceremony organized by a student during class in a ...

"Ireland used to be full of one-eyed nationalists," writes columnist David Quinn in the Irish Independent. "Today, it is full of one-eyed secularists." Quinn points to a Labor Party ...

The head of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) has indicated that the traditionalist group remains at odds with the Vatican on key issues regarding the teachings of Vatican II. In a ...

Francis Beckwith argues that the Obama administration's mandate for contraceptive coverage betrays a radical approach to religious freedom, and one fundamentally at odds with the original ...

A retired US Army general has withdrawn from a commitment to speak at the US Military Academy because of complaints from Islamic groups. Lt. Gen. William Boykin, a decorated veteran of ...

Facing enormous public pressure, the Susan G. Komen Foundation has rescinded a decision to drop funding for Planned Parenthood, and issued a public policy for announcing that decision ...

More than 550 people have filed claims for compensation because of sexual abuse by clerics of the Milwaukee archdiocese. The claims were filed just before a deadline imposed by ...

For those just catching up with the dispute between the Obama administration and the Catholic hierarchy, an AP story accurately sketches the ...

Pope Benedict XVI has called all members of the College of Cardinals to join in a day of reflection on February 17, on the eve of the consistory at which he will create 21 new ...

Celebrating the feast of the Presentation and the Day of Consecrated Life at Vespers in St. Peter's basilica on February 2, Pope Benedict XVI tied the two observances together in his ...