Vincentian Marian Yourth
(JMV) international site.
(See photos and
biographies of Vincentian Family saints): http://www.secretariadojmv.org/inter/ingles/inicio_en.htm
Brothers of
Charity: http://www.brothersofcharity.org
(St. Vincent de Paul is patron saint for the
Congregation of the Brothers of Charity,
founded by Canon Peter Joseph Triest.)
Vincentian Spirituality, "unofficial"
translations (French to English) by Sr. Mary Wedding, a Sister of Charity of Nazareth,
With
Sr. Elizabeth Charpy, DC of the Paris Province:
http://www.famvin.org/en/charpy/
Vincentian Archives, De Paul University
Library: http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/guides/vinnie.htm
Association of the Miraculous Medal, an
apostolate of the Congregation of the Mission, Midwest Province:
http://www.amm.org/
Vincentian Spiritual Resources on FamVin:
http://www.famvin.org/en/calendar/misc.htm
Vincentian Reference Desk on FamVin:
http://www.famvin.org/en/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3404
The SSVP
Council of Canada
has a web page on advocacy. It is found at: http://www.ssvp.ca/en/prise_position.php
This
site also containsthe following documents: Mass
in Honor of St. Vincent (Sept. 27),
Frederic
Ozanam's Feast Day Mass (Sept. 9) and
the Spiritual Advisor's Handbook.
Catholic Sites
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The Vatican: the Holy See may be found
at http://www.vatican.va/
US Conference of Catholic Bishops: http://www.usccb.org
For a listing of US Bishops
statements: http://www.nccbuscc.org/statements.htm
Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA): www.catholiccharitiesusa.org
Fast Facts on the Catholic Church in United States may be found at http://www.usccb.org/comm/statisti.shtml
Catholic
Campaign for Human Development: www.usccb.org/cchd
Office of
Social Development and World Peace: www.usccb.org/sdwp
National
Council of Bishops, National Catholic Conference: http://www.nccbuscc.org/
National
Association of State Catholic Conference Directors: www.nasccd.org
National
Catholic Educational Association: http://www.ncea.org
National
Catholic Register: http://www.ncregister.com
Catholic Charities USA www.catholiccharitiesusa.org
To link to
ADVOFAX or ADVOALERTS go to
http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/advocacy/index.cfm?cfid=2191274&cftoken=7172000
National Catholic Reporter
Pontifical College Josephinum, resource page.
Congregation
for the Clergy.
Catholics
Online: http://www.catholic.org/
Catholic
Exchange: http://catholicexchange.com/ has a
Catholic Library section.
View an
on-line copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
Eternal Word
Television Network (ETWN) Global Catholic Network News Library: http://www.ewtn.com/index.asp
Catholic Information
Network an information resource which includes a page of Vatican documents
Catholic News Service for headlines, news briefs and stories: http://www.catholicnews.com
Catholic World News: http://cwnews.com
Catholic On Line has a searchable database.
Catholic
Press Association for Catholic newspapers, magazines,
newsletters.
The Church as
Institution contains the code of canon law.
New Advent lists 50 of the top Catholic websites in the world with
links.
It also has a Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org
National
Pastoral Life Center has a public discipleship page -- applying the teachings of
Christ
and of the church in the family, in the community, at work,
and as a citizen.
International News Service: http://www.zenit.org
Catholic Asian News: http://www.ucanews.com contains news related to the Church in Asia.
Catholic News and Information: http://www.catholic.net
Justice, Life
and Peace Report, San Francisco
Archdiocese: http://www.sfjustlife.org/
The Revised
Common Lectionary: http://divinity.library.vanderbilt.edu/lectionary/
A list of
Cardinals in the Catholic Church is found at http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_list.asp
with information on the College of
Cardinals at http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals.asp
Faithful Citizenship, a Catholic
Call to Political Responsibility.
Crowning Mary
Resources: http://www.udayton.edu/mary/meditations/crownmed.html
America, the National Catholic Weekly magazine.
Origins publishes
texts from the Vatican,
Pope, bishops, Congress, Senate, Supreme Court and
church
leaders around the world.
Conference of
the International Catholic Organizations http://www.oic-ico.org/
http://www.votingcatholic.org/ This
website is described as "a resource for faith, politics and
democracy."
National Catholic Reporter. www.natcath.org Provides an
independent voice in the Church through its publications.
Office of Social Justice, Diocese of St. Paul/MN. www.osjspm.org
Salt of the Earth. http://salt.claretianpubs.org
Woodstock Business Conference. www.georgetown.edu/centers/woodstock/
National Catholic Rural Life Conference http://www.ncrlc.com/
JustFaith. www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/justfaith
Social
Justice/Social Policy
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Ministering Together http://www.ministeringtogether.org/ (“Sparking increased
collaboration among Catholic ministries.”)
Papal and Encyclical Documents
Related to Catholic Social Justice Teaching. http://www.justpeace.org/docu.htm
Carrie Full-Text
Electronic Library (Vatican
and Other Catholic Documents):
http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/docs_catholic.html
Catholic
Social Teaching, Office of Social Justice, Archdiocese of St.
Paul and Minneapolis:
http://www.osjspm.org/cst
Christian
Social Justice: http://www.sandiego.edu/theo/justice/
NETWORK,
National Catholic Social Justice Lobby: http://www.networklobby.org
Salt of the
Earth Online Resource for Social Justice: http://salt.claretianpubs.org/
State Catholic
Conference Directory: http://www.nasccd.org/StateConferences/Directory.htm
Catholic
Charities USA has a newsletter called ADVOFAX,
which "provides information about current bills, proposals, or
issues being addressed by Congress;
Catholic Charities USA's advocacy efforts; action
alerts; and other information concerning federal legislation."
(http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/members/newsletters/advofax/ ).
The Urban Institute, a nonprofit nonpartisan
policy research and educational organization examines
social, economic,
and governance problems.
Catholic Campaign for
Human Development. www.usccb.org/cchd
National Catholic Social Justice Lobby. www.networklobby.org
Coalition on Human Needs - www.chn.org
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)
works at federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs
that affect low- and
moderate-income families and individuals. http://www.cbpp.org/
Center for Law and Social Policy(CLASP)
focus is on issues affecting low-income and disadvantaged
persons
http://www.clasp.org/
Urban Institute, a nonpartisan economic and
social policy organization http://www.urban.org/
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies conducts research,
analysis, and information dissemination in order to:
improve the socioeconomic status of black Americans and
other minorities http://www.jointcenter.org/
State Policy
Documentation Project (SPDP), a joint project of the Center for Law and Social Policy and
the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has been tracking TANF
and Medicaid in the 50 states and the
District of Columbia between 1998 and 2000. The website presents the information
collected.
http://www.spdp.org/
Office of Public Policy and Social
Concerns, San Francisco
Archdiocese http://www.sflifeandjustice.org/
Provides information about each of the seven
themes of Catholic social teaching and ways people can help.
State/Local
Government
(back)
Firstgov has a page that provides statistics
at the state and local level
State and local
government on the web provides convenient
one-stop access to the websites of thousands of
state agencies and city and county governments. Topics
include: federal resources, multi-state sites,
and national organizations.
The States Inventory
Project is a clearinghouse for tracking state
information.
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/inet/98/proceedings/2x/2x_1.htm
State Capitals
Newsletters Keep track of up-and-coming
legislation in states across the country.
National Governors
Association (NGA)
National Lieutenant
Governors Association (NLGA)
National Conference of
State Legislatures (NCSL) www.ncsl.org
NCSL
is a bipartisan oranization dedicated to improving
quality and effectiveness of state legislatures.
National League of Cities (NLC) http://www.nlc.org/home/
USA City Link
US Conference of Mayors (USCM)
Center
for Policy Alternatives.
Has
a state of the states page. Choose a state and site provides links to economic
data, health, hunger,
and child well being.
Alaska Legislature www.legis.state.ak.us
Arizona Legislature www.azleg.state.az.us
California Legislature www.leginfo.ca.gov
Hawaii Legislature www.capitol.hawaii.gov
Idaho Legislature www.state.id.us
Montana Legislature www.leg.state.mt.us
Nevada Legislature www.leg.state.nv.us
Oregon Legislature www.leg.state.or.us
Utah Legislature www.le.state.ut.us
Washington Legislature www.leg.wa.gov
National Government
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Access is an on-line resource for
information from the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the US
Government.
This
site has links to a wealth of information -- full text versions of all signed
bills, the Code of Federal Regulations,
the Federal Register, the budget of the United States...
US Government Printing
Office (GPO) and the Federal Register (daily publications on rules,
proposed rules and
notices of federal
agencies and organizations). www.access.gpo.gov
Firstgov, official web
portal of the US
government.
US Congress legislative
information on the Internet is called THOMAS and is at http://thomas.loc.gov/
Find out the status of bills by number and/or by word
search. Get the schedule of the US
House and US
Senate.
The
U.S. House of Representatives Website
of the U.S.
House of Representatives. www.house.gov
Office
of the Clerk U.S. House of Representatives.
Obtain
copies of House documents, including public disclosure forms, historical
information about the House of
Representatives and information about its Members and Committees.
The
U.S. Senate Website
of the United States
Senate. www.senate.gov
U.S.
Supreme Court Website of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The
White House
Official website of The White House. www.whitehouse.gov
My Government Guide: http://mygov.governmentguide.com/mygov/index.html
Contacting
Congress in English and Spanish http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/index.html
Virtual Tour of the U.S.
Capitol Take a virtual tour of
the U.S.
Capitol on line!
Capitol Home Page Learn about the history and architecture
of the U.S.
Capitol.
Map of the Capitol
Grounds
Current Issues in
Congress, US Conference of
Catholic Bishops Office of Governmental Legislation monitors issues
before Congress that
are of importance to the Catholic Church.
US Government founding principles:
n
Declaration of Independence. Adopted by the
Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
n
US Constitution. Signed September 17, 1787, this document established
the government of the United
States.
n
Bill of Rights. In 1791 ten amendments were ratified and became the
Bill of Rights that defined citizens rights in
relation to the government under the constitution.
National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA).
This
organization oversees the management of all federal records in including the
Federal Register,
records of Congress and the Presidential libraries.
Library of Congress contains a wealth of on line collections and an
"Ask the Librarian" page.
Federal Agencies with statistics
programs along with contact information is found at
Fedstats: http://www.fedstats.gov/agencies/index.html
A listing of Catholic members of
Congress is found at http://www.yourcatholicvoice.org/index.php?id=congress
Children
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Childstats, Federal
Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, includes population and
family characteristics,
economic
security, health, behavior and social environment, and education. Check
out the "American Children:
Key National Indicators
of Well-Being" located on this site.
Families and Living
Arrangements/Households
and Families in the United
States, US Census Bureau.
Anne E. Casey Foundation (Kids
Count), has a report, "The Growing Number of Kids in Distressed Neighborhoods:
Evidence
From the 2000 Census" and well as "The High Cost of Being Poor."
There is an online
"Kids Count 2003
Data Book" with the opportunity to generate custom graphs, maps, ranked
lists,
and
state-by-state profiles.
National Center for
Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University.
The
Research Center on Children, Families and the New
Federalism website is designed to provide information
related
to welfare and income security, child/family, and community/neighborhood
issues.
This site is operated by
the National Center for Children in
Poverty http://www.researchforum.org/
Childrens Health Matters outreach
and advocacy program for facilitation of enrollment in Medicaid and the
State Health Insurance Program.
The
Urban Institute (www.urban.org ),
Children in Low-Income
Families Are Less Likely to Be in Center-Based Child Care,
Nearly 3 Out of 4 Young
Children with Employed Mothers Are Regularly in Child Care, Summer Child Care
Arrangements Fact Sheet
Catholic
Coalition for Children and a Safe Environment (CASE), an initiative part of USCCB's Environmental Justice Program:
www.usccb.org/case
C-Snap:
Children's Nutrition Sentinel Program provides research on child hunger and
health at
http://dcc2.bumc.bu.edu/CsnapPublic/links2.htm
Docs for Tots, advocates for young
children http://www.docsfortots.org/
Voices
for America's
Children, national organization committed to working at state and local levels
to improve the
well-being
of children http://www.childadvocacy.org/
Connect
for Kids (CFK) provides internet tools and information to improve the lives of
children, youth and families
http://www.connectforkids.org/
Child Policy Research
Center http://www.chsc-chmc.uc.edu/
Kids Growth Child Health™ http://kidsgrowth.com/index2.cfm
Education
(back)
National Center for
Education Statistics has fast facts, tables and figures.
US Department
of Education: http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml and budget
http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/index.html?src=ov
The Education
Resources Information
Center's (ERIC) database
is the world's largest source of education information
containing more than 1 million abstracts of
education-related documents and journal articles: http://eric.ed.gov/
Energy (back)
Low income
Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/liheap/
This
federally-funded program helps eligible low income households meet their home
heating and/or cooling needs.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, US
Dept. of Energy (DOE), consumer page http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/
Weatherization
Assistance Program (DOE) helps eligible low income make homes energy-efficient
at
http://www.eere.energy.gov/weatherization/ (click on
"State Contacts")
American
Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy provides information on energy saving
products, tax incentives and rebates
along
with a page on energy policy and the Council's legislative alerts. http://www.aceee.org
Residential Energy Service Network. http://www.natresnet.org
AARP's
"State-By-State Guide to Energy- and Weatherization-Assistance
Programs"
http://www.aarp.org/bulletin/yourmoney/a2004-11-03-energy_guide.html
Environment
(back)
Local Government Environmental Assistance Network (LGEA) environmental management, planning, funding,
regulatory
information for local government elected and appointed
officials, managers and staff.
Action!Network is described as an "online environmental activism
community."
The Worldwatch Institute works on global
environmental issues www.worldwatch.org
US Environmental Protection Agency has topics
ranging from acid rain, to the clean water act, to radon, recycling and wastes.
Co-op America
provides economic strategies, organizing power and tools to address social and
environmental problems.
www.coopamerica.org
Earth Charter
works to building a sustainable world. www.earthcharter.org
Earth Ministry. www.earthministry.org
Environmental Defense. www.environmentaldefense.org
Religious Taskforce on Central America and Mexico. www.rtfcam.org
School of the Americas
Watch. www.soaw.org
Voices in the Wilderness.
www.vitw.org
The Miniature
Earth presentation from the
Sustainable
Village is found at:
www.sustainablevillage.com
Food/Agriculture
(back)
Agriculture Network
Information Center (AgNIC) http://www.agnic.org/
Links to Agriculture Sites from the National Agriculture Library http://www.nal.usda.gov/ref/index.html#links
Virtual
Library (VL) for Agriculture http://vlib.org/Agriculture.html
Agricola
-- index to agricultural literature
by the National Agricultural Library http://www.nalusda.gov/ag98/
Index of Journals in
AGRICOLA http://www.nal.usda.gov/indexing/jia.html
United
Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization http://www.fao.org/
GrayLIT Network (information on federally funded
research) http://www.osti.gov/graylit/
2005
Dietary Guidelines http://www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidelines/index.html
and news release http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2005pres/20050112.html
Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations www.fao.org
Food research
and Action Center www.frac.org
Economic
Research Service, USDA, State Fact Sheets, http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/
http://www.ams.usda.gov/statesummaries/ USDA website with
marketing profiles for all 50 states
including demographic and food
consumption statistics for the major metropolitan areas in each state.
Hunger
Action Network of New York http://www.hungeractionnys.org
United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Home Page http://www.usda.gov/
ERS/USDA Agriculture Outlook, statistical indicators.
Amber Waves, ERS/USDA publication on "The Economics of Food, Farming,
Natural Resources and Rural America."
ERS/USDA Briefing Room, food consumption.
ERS/USDA
Briefing Room, diet
and health,
"food consumption and nutrient intake tables."
US Food & Drug Administration provides access to the
Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register.
Income Eligibility
Guidelines for free and reduced-price meals and free milk programs (USDA) July 1, 2004 to June
30, 2005.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cga/Federal-Register/2004/032904-a.pdf
FRAC State Contacts for
Federal Food Programs for adults
and children
FRAC State Contacts
for Anti-Hunger Organizations http://frac.org/html/federal_food_programs/programs/homeless/homeless_antihunger.html
FRAC State Contacts
for Food Banks http://frac.org/html/federal_food_programs/programs/homeless/homeless_foodbanklist.html
FRAC State Contacts
for the Emergency Food Assistance Program http://frac.org/html/federal_food_programs/programs/homeless/homeless_tefaplist.html
The Urban
Institute, Many Working Families
with Children Rely on Food Pantries
USDA Agency Reports Schedule
and Calendar and the USDA newsroom
The
Economic Research Service (ERS-USDA) has an interactive resource called, Profiles of America: new
demographic data tool.
It can be
used to create and manipulate maps, tables, and
charts that display demographic trends and other indicators of
economic well-being of rural
and urban communities.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/ProfilesOfAmerica/
Centre for
Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, University of Manitoba, has links to industry,
research associations, nutrition and
health, government http://www.umanitoba.ca/research/rcffn/links.html
Food Policy
Institute, Rutgers University http://www.foodpolicyinstitute.org/
USDA-ERS
food consumption data http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/foodconsumption/
National
Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness (NSCAHH) http://www.studentsagainsthunger.org/
A report
(Feb. 2005) titled, "Communities in Crisis A Survey of Hunger and
Homelessness in America"
is found at
http://www.studentsagainsthunger.org/communities_in_crisis.pdf
Food
Insecurity in California,
UCLA study indicates 2.9 million,
http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/files/Food_Insecure_PB_060105.pdf or http://www.news-medical.net/?id=10589 or
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=10589
CGIAR - Consultative Group on
International Agricultural Research http://www.cgiar.org/
IUFoST - International Union of Food Science
& Technology http://www.iufost.org/index.cfm
WRI:
World Resources Institute - Sustainable Agriculture http://www.wri.org/sustag/index.html
Share
Our Strength, national nonprofit that "inspires and organizes individuals
and businesses to share their strengths in
ways to help end hunger." http://www.strength.org/
Food Stamps and
Obesity, Amber Waves article, USDA. http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/February06/Features/feature4.htm
Bread for the World http://www.bread.org
Health
(back)
Catholic Health
Initiatives is a national, not-for-profit health care organization formed to
advance and strengthen health
ministry in
the 21st century. www.catholichealthinit.org
HealthWeb http://healthweb.org/
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en/ World Health
Report 2005: http://www.who.int/whr/2005/en/index.html
According
to the report 10.6 million children die before they reach the age of 5 in low
and middle income countries.
UCSF Selected Resources http://www.library.ucsf.edu/
Sites on the
subject of malaria: www.malaria.org www.malariavaccine.org www.mara.org.za www.paho.org
http://www.famvin.org/malaria/
Center for
Disease Control www.cdc.gov
"Spotlight: Malaria in Africa"
page is found at:
http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/africa_malaria_day.htm
National Center for Health Statistics has trends,
top 10 links, micro-data access, tabulated state data, etc.
This site is operated by
the US
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
State Health Facts online from Kaiser
Family Foundation has 50 state comparisons and individual state profiles.
"Ethical
and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, Fourth
Edition" may be found at
http://www.nccbuscc.org/bishops/directives.htm
Catholic
Health Association of the United
States (CHAUSA) has an
"e-Advocacy" section.
Catholic Medical Association is an
association of Catholic physicians.
National Catholic Aids Network helping the Catholic Church respond with understanding and compassion to the
pain
and challenge of HIV/AIDS.
National Catholic Bioethics Center promoting and safeguarding the dignity of the human person through research,
education,
consultation, and publishing in the health and life sciences.
Childrens Health Matters outreach and
advocacy program for facilitation of enrollment in Medicaid and the
State Health Insurance Program.
The Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare research
effort of faculty of the Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth
Medical School. According to the site, "Using very large health
care claims databases (including Medicare, Blue Cross
organizations, and other sources of data) makes it
possible to answer some fundamental questions about health care
"system" in the United States - including the
question of whether we really have a system at all."
A web portal
to health information of the US
government is found at www.health.gov.
Medline Plus,service of
the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, health news, health
topics, a medical encyclopedia, and more.
RxAssist includes
information for patients who can’t afford the medications they need.
There is a listing of
drug assistance programs by state.
Healthfinder, developed by the US
Department of Health and Human Services.
Website of the Office of the US
Surgeon General.
International Demographic and Health Surveys information on populations, health and nutrition. The site has an HIV
stat
compiler.
Information on
free prescription medicines may be found at http://www.helpingpatients.org/
US Food & Drug Administration provides
access to the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register.
Comprehensive Health Education Foundation has
information on prevention and health education.
Kaiser Family Foundation includes a searchable database of Medicaid
benefits for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US
territories. The database
gives information on benefits covered, for what populatio
Catholic Conferences Catholic Sites Children
Domestic Violence Economics Education
Employment Energy
Environment Food/Agriculture
Health Housing
Immigration IRS and
Political Activity Restorative
Justice (Jail Ministry) Migration/Demographics
National Government Peace/Nonviolence Poverty Predatory Lending Senior Issues Social
Justice State/Local
Government SVDP Sites Vincentian Family
Sites Other Sites