Links

[This page does not aim to provide a comprehensive list of links to all the sites of interest to Catholics. That is better left to those who are already undertaking such efforts. Instead, this page links to a number of the central indices and core documents that may be of interest to people visiting our site.]

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The official WWW site of the Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Archeparchy of Pittsburgh.

The official WWW site of the Eparchy of Passaic.

A special icon of Christ has been created in order to commemorate Jubilee 2000 - please follow this link for more details.

The Apostolic Christian Churches provides charts, historical explanations, bibliographies and links concerning the Eastern Christian Churches and their relationship to the West.

The Byzantine Catholic Church in America is a wonderful unofficial resource for things Byzantine Catholic.

The Byzantine and Medieval Links index is part of the Internet History Sourcebooks Project at Fordham University.

Byzantines.net is a another lovely site run by laity whose mission is to create an online resource for Byzantine Catholics, Orthodox, Roman Catholics, and others who are interested in Eastern Christianity and its traditions.

Byzantine Peace Offering is an inspiring and uplifting - though seemingly anonymous - site of particular (though certainly not exclusive) interest to Byzantine Catholics as well as women who need support during an unplanned pregnancy.

The Catholic Index at alapadre.net is a comprehensive index of links to Catholic sites on the World Wide Web.

The pages of The Carpathian Connection are devoted to the history and genealogies of the Carpatho-Rusyn peoples.

Carpatho-Rusyn Spirituality is part of the Carpatho-Rusyn Knowledge Base.

The Catholic Information Network is a vast clearinghouse of information about Catholicism. Of particular interest may be an Introduction to the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church.

Catholic-USA is Father Maurice Voity's ambitious effort to provide a centralized list of sites that are officially Catholic, i.e. operating "under the endorsement of competent Church authority and are loyal to the Magisterium".

Eastern Catholics in the United States of America (1999) is a publication by the Committee on the Relationship between Eastern and Latin Catholic Churches of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference that explores the similarities and differences between the Roman and Eastern Churches.

The Eastern Christian Churches (6th ed.) by Ronald G. Roberson, CSP and published by the University Press of the Pontifical Oriental Institute ofers a clear overview of four distinct and separate Eastern Christian communions. This book can also be found online at the Catholic Near East Welfare Association's website by following this link.

The Ecole Initiative is a hypertext encyclopedia Church history on the WWW.

The Eternal Word Television Network's site offers the Instruction for Applying the Liturgical Prescriptions of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches issued on January 6, 1996, by the Congregation for the Eastern Churches.

Get into the habit of daily prayer as you sit at your computer. For details visit Sacred Space, produced by the Irish Jesuits.

H-Catholic is a member of H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine that is devoted to promoting the discussion and study of the history and culture of Catholicism.

For the first time in the Western Hemisphere, Catholic and Orthodox leaders from around the world met July 9-19, 2000 for talks at Mount Saint Mary’s College and Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland at the Eighth Plenary Session of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. You can find out more here.

Just who were the early Church Fathers anyway? What did they have to say about the Scriptures? Find out by following this link.

The Mission Society of the Mother of God of Boronyavo prays for vocations to our Church and provides assistance to our brothers and sisters in Europe.

New Advent is a general directory of Catholic resources on the WWW.

Orientale Lumen of 2 May 1995 is Pope John Paul II's apostolic letter marking the centenary of Orientalium Dignitas, Pope Leo XIII's statement on the importance of the rich traditions of the Eastern Catholic Churches for the entire Catholic Church.

The Orthodox Christian Page in America marshals various resources of interest to Eastern Christians.

St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church's site contains internal and external links of interest to Eastern Catholics.

The 350th Anniversary of the Union of Uzhorod is an apostolic letter commemorating the reception into full communion with the See of Peter of 63 Byzantine-rite priests of the Eparchy of Mukacheve, led by the Basilian monk Parthenius Petrovyc and in the presence of the Bishop of Eger, George Jakusics, on 24 April 1646 in the church of the Castle of Uzhorod.

"St. Thomas the Apostle Byzantine Catholic Church, Rahway, and Byzantine Catholic Awareness Day" is an article published in the Spring 1999 issue of the New Jersey Catholic Records Newsletter, a publication of the New Jersey Catholic Historical Records Commission at Seton Hall University.

St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary site includes information about theological education in the Eastern Orthodox tradition as well as access to its bookstore.

The Winter Pascha describes the customs, calendars, seasonal observances and historical development of the Pre- and Post- Christmas Season in Byzantine Christian culture, with an emphasis on the observance of these customs in modern-day North America.

"Unity in Diversity" by Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, from The Catholic Advocate, 17 August 1988

See what Yahoo has to offer about the traditional language of the Byzantine-Ruthenian Liturgy, Church Slavonic.

Visit the home of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the U.S.A.'s site here. The site has well-done sections on liturgical music, religious education and other items.

Saint Elias' Church of the Eparchy of Toronto has an excellent parish website. Please make sure to visit their "Survival Tips to Byzantine Church Life"!

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Pro Life Issues

The Bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities has published a new flyer about the June 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision Stenberg v. Carhart. Read it here. Also read Life Insight, the newsletter of the Bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities.

Byzantine Peace Offering is an inspiring and uplifting - though seemingly anonymous - site of particular interest to women who need support during an unplanned pregnancy.

Read the text of Roe v. Wade.

Read the text of Stenberg v. Carhart.

You can read the Bishop's Statement on Partial Birth Abortion here.

Hope After Abortion

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