References for Catholic Women
References for Catholic Women
The Women’s Council would like to provide you with these recommended sources so that you can continue growing your faith in your journey with Christ. With so much information now available, we wanted to provide sources confirmed to adhere to the teachings, values, and beliefs of the Catholic Church.
Father Gould’s Recommended Media Sources:
1. New Advent Blog – current Catholic Blogs, Catholic Encyclopedia www.newadvent.org/
2. The Pillar – current review of life and times of Catholic Church www.pillarcatholic.com/
3. Magister Blog – Italian review on current events in the Church; it will translate to English magister.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/
4. Saint of the Day – feast days of saints throughout the world www.catholic.org/saints/sofd.php
5. Vatican Press Office – daily reports from Vatican, starting at 6:00 AM EST press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino.html
6. Commentaries on Sunday Readings – I use and recommend this resource to all the young priests thesacredpage.com/
7. United States Catholic Conference – American hierarchy projects www.usccb.org/
8. EWTN News – World Catholic News www.ewtn.com/
9. CRUX NEWS – Catholic News and Commentary cruxnow.com/
10. Praying the Daily Liturgy of the Hours – divineoffice.org/
11. Catholic Culture – Catholic News and Commentary www.catholicculture.org/
12. Inside the Vatican – Catholic News and Commentary insidethevatican.com/
13. Arlington Catholic Herald – Diocesan Newspaper www.catholicherald.com/
14. Catholic Dictionary – Hardon Catholic Dictionary www.therealpresence.org/dictionary
15. Magnificat – Prayers and Readings by subscription www.catholiccompany.com/
16. Catholic Medical Association – issues in Medicine www.cathmed.org/
17. National Catholic Bioethics Center – bioethics www.ncbcenter.org/
18. Updates on Medicine/Covid www.youtube.com/c/Campbellteaching
19. Center for Disease Control https://www.cdc.gov/
20. New England Journal of Medicine – medical updates www.nejm.org/
21. Spirit Daily – www.spiritdaily.com/
22. Catholic Loop – catholicloop.com/about-us
Vladimir Rudenko’s Recommendations
Vladimir provides these to his OCIA (Order of Christian Initiation of Adults) class. Recommended books on doctrine:
Ignatius Study Bible (RSV-CE) Navarre Bible (RSV-CE) Catechism of the Catholic Church Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma by Ludwig Ott Handbook of Catholic Apologetics by Peter Kraft (also Handbook of Christian Apologetics for the ecumenical version)
The Fathers Know Best by Jimmy Akin
Recommended books on spirituality:
Story of a Soul: the Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux
Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (really, everything by C.S. Lewis, including Chronicles of Narnia)
Recommended works of fiction:
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Helena by Evelyn Waugh
Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson
Recommended media for Catholic news:
Catholic News Agency – catholicnewsagency.com
Global Church news and views – catholicworldreport.com
Aleteia – aleteia.org
Our Sunday Visitor News – catholicnews.com
Coram Fratribus (read the “The Notebook” blog page) – coramfratribus.com Recommended
Recommended smartphone apps
iBreviary
MassTimes
VerseWise (RSV-CE app, and you can also just use Bible Gateway on your browser)
SFDS (our parish’s app)
Recommended by the Women’s Council and the Parish is FORMED
Go to formed.org to find this Catholic streaming platform. The Parish pays for each parishioner to have access to this service, and you can find many awesome videos, audios, movies, books, etc. for every age. The menu at the top of the website has a sign-in where you will add your email and it will ask for our Parish and then you’ll receive access.
