The World Seen From Rome - ZENIT, an International News Agency whose mission is to provide objective coverage of events, documents and issues emanating from or concerning the Catholic Church. Great archives of papal documents. Source is widely used by worldwide press.Culture claims, you decide: William Park, a Sarah Lawrence prof recommends the best fifty Catholic movies of all time" (including works by practicing Catholics Hitchcock, Capra and Ford). In 2004, the National Catholic Register and Faith & Family magazine gathered online nominations for films that best celebrate Catholic life. These are movies with specific Catholic references, not simply with Catholic themes.More than 1,000 people voted for their favorites. See the results at pro-Catholic movies.Reviewing The Year of St. Paul. Sr. Julia Darrenkamp of the Daughters of St. Paul recommends via videocast the 'best Catholic books for the year of St. Paul'. A couple of news sites (you can also read these and other papers in the Newman Center Library): National Catholic Reporter, online - "the independent news source". Do you read the National Catholic Reporter regularly? Find its Catholic counterpoint, the National Catholic Register. News and more Circle media. Mass, prayer, confession, living guides available for download on their "How to Be a Catholic" page. They also publish Faith & Family Magazine.A couple of sites re: social justice. JustFaith - considering a plan of action around faith and justice? Check it out. Center of Concern a Catholic peace and justice resource site.
See diocesan notices at diocesan religious education page And, there is down-to-earth, solid resources for your marriage at the USCCB initiative website. See Operation Rice BowlOUR NEIGHBORS IN NKANCHI in CAMEROON. The confirmation class fundraised to bring clean water to Africa.(Visit Building Schools for Africa (NFP reg 1127661) and its partner NGO SHUMAS for more information.)"Leaven in the World" -- thinking of voting in Commonwealth of Massachusetts elections or otherwise participating in the political process? Why not visit the Commonwealth's election page. Why not visit prayer and reflection resources offered by the USCCB around the challenge to exercise faithful citizenship. For the USCCB statement on Catholic teaching and political life visit The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.-------------------------------------------------------
Budget Squeezed, Hungry? Help is close at hand. See our "Free Groceries and Meals in Amherst" list on the bulletin board in the main corridor. Or call the Baptist Church, 549.3596, Not Bread Alone, 256.0128, (seniors only call Bangs Center 259.3060), and the Amherst Survival Center, 549.3968. The Amherst Survival Center is close by, on the bus line at 120 No. Pleasant St, 413.549.3968. See the ASC website,. See schedule for food pantry, meals served, free store (warm clothes, yes!) Tough times? Get in touch with a local human service agency like the ASC to put in motion the kind of you need. Serve New England: Good Food, Little Money. SNE is a non-need-based, service-based food collective. Check out the Amherst Chapter of Serve New England, hosted by the Newman Center, UMass. Info/order at the Newman Center on scheduled Saturdays. Phone 413.256.2621 or visit Serve New England online.
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