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Saint Meinrad, a School of Theology: http://www.saintmeinrad.edu . The school, only 265 miles north of St. Andrew Catholic Church, offers retreats, youth leadership training, lay degrees and priesthood formation. Use this link for a list of their upcoming retreats: http://www.saintmeinrad.edu/programs_program.aspx?prog=retreats&sub=retreats. For more information, simply browse around the site.

Catholic Pilgrimages: If you are one of the growing number of people desiring to make a Catholic pilgrimage to Rome, Fatima, Lourdes, the Holy Land or another Marian Shrine or place of Pilgrimage, there is a tour company with 25 years experience in taking pilgrims to the Marian Shrines of Europe and Mexico. It is called The Catholic Tour Company, founded by Mr. James G. Adair, and has been dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima. For additional information about their pilgrimages, call (216) 751-8301, toll free 877-Marian Tour (877-627-4268) or visit their website at www.thecatholictour.com.

Cathlolic Web is a very diverse website that offers many different aspects of Catholic life. Go here: http://www.catholicweb.com/welcome_page.cfm?

MapMuse (http://find.mapmuse.com/re1/interest.php?brandID=CATHOLIC_CHURCHES) is a site that allows you to find Catholic Churches virtually anywhere.

St. Bernard Abbey (www.stbernardabbey.com) is a vibrant monastic community of Catholic men who follow the 1500-year Benedictine tradition of worship and work through daily prayer and service in ministries that include education, hospitality, parish ministry and spiritual retreats. They live out the mandate of "work" by ministering to parishes, directing a coeducational college Preparatory School, operating a Retreat and Conference Center, welcoming visitors to the Ave Maria Grotto, Monastery Candle Shop, and offering hospitality to monastery guests for a time of prayer and quiet.

Have you said a prayer today? http://www.sacredspace.ie/ is a very easy web site to use to do just that! Sacred Space pages will guide you through a session of prayer, in six stages, including preparing your body and mind, and culminating in reflection on a scripture passage chosen specially for the day.

http://www.ourcatholicfaith.org/ links you to the Our Catholic Faith web site that contains a massive amount of information. It includes the Mass times of Catholic Churches throughout the world under the "Helpful Links" catagory. Simply use the "Mass Times by City" link and perform a USA "search" for the state you're visiting.

The http://www.justcatholic.com site is a religious goods store that has a fabulous collection of items for every occasion. They also rebate 25% of the profits from each customer's purchase back to their parish. In case our parish ID number hasn't been posted on their site yet, it's ID# 19032.

The www.catholic.com site has an extensive library covering many topics: God and Christ; Scripture and Tradition; Church and Papacy; Salvation and more.

For a general purpose Catholic web site, go to www.catholic.org (simply click the link). This site has an exceptional database of saints. The Saints Index is an expansive list of Saints that contains all known information pertaining to each Saint.

For those who have an interest in theological questions, visit the Contemplative Thought For Living site by clicking on the following link: www.centeringprayer.com/wklyart.htm. The article changes weekly and offers thought-provoking insight to challenging topics.

For a Catholic news site, visit www.catholicexchange.com where you can quickly find articles of interest.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops site at www.nccbuscc.org/index.htm contains not only a database of statements and speeches at www.nccbuscc.org/chronological.htm, but also the complete bible indexed by its "books," daily readings, catechism lessons and lots more.

The Monks of Adoration at www.monksofadoration.org host a site that emphasizes Eucharistic adoration. From their vocational page at www.monksofadoration.org/vocation.html to their Catholic Internet Yellow Pages, the site contains numerous "links" to a variety of topics for educational reading or research.

The Vatican's site in English at http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm is a fountain of information. Subjects range from archieves, museums, and a library to the Roman curia, the Catholic catechism and more. You'll really have to browse around this site to view all of the data available.

EWTN is a global Catholic network site at http://www.ewtn.com/index.htm that is full of good information. With drop down menus such as Faith, Libraries, Gallery, News and more, this site is an expansive source of Catholic data. It even contains daily Mass readings and Sunday homilies.