A Symposium of Philosophy, Theology, and Scripture

Soon Wee Koe
Classical Music Treasure Hunter

Welcome. This site's genesis lies in a series of posts on Choral Music entitled "Saturday Chorale" that I wrote over a period of several months on another site. The series was well received, it turned out that a lot of people enjoyed listening to and reading about choral music. Then disaster struck — the posts were wiped out during a server migration that went wrong. The site's technical people worked very hard and managed to retrieve the data. But I'd learnt my lesson, the experience of seeing all that work suddenly vanish spurred me to stop procrastinating and finish setting up this site. Fortunately I had kept my own backup copies of what I'd written about what is some very lovely music. So it wasn't a question of starting completely from scratch.
My ambition for "saturdaychorale.com" is that people who love music will be glad they visited and want to come back. The musical performances I write about and link to here range from medieval music to modern hits. The performers range from the "big name" choirs to ones that aren't so well known. All of them in my opinion are worth your while listening to.
I'll be developing the site further over the next few months, adding new music, but also new features and facilities. What I'll never do is have advertisements on the site, or ask you for money.
I love music in general and choral music in particular, and hope that you'll enjoy the performances that I've highlighted here as much or more as I have.
Kind regards,
markfromireland

The purpose of this site is to promote the core Biblical doctrines of the Apostolic faith and Bible study in general. Bible studies will include the major doctrines of:
Godhead
Salvation
Holiness
Gifts of the Spirit
Prophesy
Creation
and many others…

CHRISTIANS GENERALLY KNOW THAT WE ARE IN A SPIRITUAL WAR. HOWEVER, THE CHRISTIAN ARMY HAS SOME PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. WE NEED TO STOP SHINING OUR ARMOR, SHARPENING OUR SWORDS AND KILLING OUR OWN WOUNDED. I WILL NOT PRESUME TO RIGHT THE WRONGS OF FOLLOWERS OF JESUS OR CLAIM TO BE AN EXPERT, BUT I WANT TO RAISE SOME POINTS, MAKE SUGGESTIONS, ASK QUESTIONS AND OCCASIONALLY EXPOSE HERESY.WE ARE AT WAR, AND SOULS ARE BEING LOST. WE NEED TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE OUR FAITH!

Armchair Theology is my outlet for theological thought. What will you find here?
Bible Studies: All my life people have responded positively whenever I led a Bible study and I use this blog to publish Bible study questions and resources related to leading Bible studies.
Biblical Theology: I believe that the Bible is a single story with a climax at the cross. God created the world in order to demonstrate His outrageous love for us – dying on behalf of His enemies. Here you’ll find articles discussing the gospel’s presence throughout Scripture, biblical-theological methodology and related topics.

发现一个美丽的世界

A blog seeking clearly-stated moral foundations for action, and for outcomes informed by falsifiable science

The Roots and Branches of Arts and Culture

I'm a Catholic Priest in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Here I’ve been chronicling various interests including the Catholic faith, photography, south Louisiana, and my everlasting struggles with web design, fitness and the culinary arts; amongst other things.

Blogs by Religious

Blogs by Clergy [Bishops, Priests & Deacons]

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair. CHESTERTON

Marcel LeJeune is a national Catholic speaker, author, and evangelist. His powerful and dynamic presentations have proven to inspire and energize. Marcel's passion for Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church coupled with his wisdom and skill make every event truly special.

Marcel's motto is taken
from St. Paul's letter to the Romans:
-"I am not ashamed of the gospel, it is the power of God for the salvation of all who believe" -Romans 1:16

Catholic Campus Ministry at Texas A&M

UM SITE DE NOTÍCIAS E ARTIGOS SOBRE A IGREJA E A FÉ CATÓLICA
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Desde 2007, o Professor Felipe Aquino possui este blog dedicado a abordagens de temas ligados à Igreja (teologia, moral, catequese, liturgia, família, espiritualidade, sacramentos, história da Igreja, etc.), e que ao mesmo tempo façam parte do cotidiano da sociedade. É um espaço democrático, no qual os leitores podem participar com seus comentários, críticas construtivas e sugestões.
“Eu penso que é dispensável dizer às pessoas que as opiniões que emito no meu blog e no site são minhas; mas sempre fundamentadas na doutrina da Igreja. A Autoridade é a Igreja. A verdade está na Igreja. São Paulo disse que “Deus quer que todos se salvem e cheguem ao conhecimento da verdade’ (1Tm2,4); e que “a Igreja é a coluna e o fundamento da verdade” (1Tm 3, 15). Logo, sem a Igreja não há a verdade que salva e liberta.
Sempre que alguém me apresentar uma palavra clara e fundamentada da Igreja, em oposição ao que manifesto nos meus artigos, estarei sempre agradecido e pronto a acatar a posição OFICIAL da Igreja, manifesta pelo seu Sagrado Magistério. Neste sentido, é um auxílio me corrigir. Meu compromisso não é comigo, mas com a nossa Mãe Igreja, corpo Místico de Cristo; o “Sacramento universal da Salvação” (LG,4).” – Prof. Felipe Aquino

as of January 27, 2011
(See explanation for this list here: http://ericsammons.com/blog/2011/01/27/updated-most-popular-catholic-blogs/)
(For the original list from June 2010, click here: http://ericsammons.com/topcatholicblogs-jun2010.html)

Days spent tending Our Lady's Garden and finding Splendor in the Ordinary
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Catholic, conservative, homeschooling mother of 4 living the ordinary life and finding it extraordinary.

My name is Jessica. I am a Roman Catholic, Wife, and Home-Educating Mother to our 7 blessings, plus 2 in heaven. I was Home Educated myself, along with my 11 younger siblings. I have a special devotion to St. Therese, through whom I have been given much help and many blessings--the beautiful Shower of Roses that she has sent my way! Here I will share a few of the blessings I treasure, as well as other thoughts about home educating, mothering and just life in general! Please remember that what you see here is just a little glimpse at our lives, so please say a prayer for us, as we continue to strive for holiness.

Some info based on list compiled by Gerard Serafin, RIP

Ciao! I live in the beautiful Carolina's on a peaceful country acreage where I follow my bliss and passion for cooking, gardening, and love of life and beauty . . . thus the name "la bella vita" ~ "the beautiful life". . . because if you look around you, it truly is a beautiful life! After visiting my blog, I hope you feel inspired to welcome more beauty and deliciousness into your life.

Fortified with vitamin BXVI. Not a substitute for regular mass attendance. Side effects may include mackerel snapping.
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I started writing The Crescat in the fall of 2006, shortly after my conversion, with the sole intent of using the format for apologetics to answer my family’s questions regarding my new found faith. It sort of worked with 3 family members reverting back to our ancestral faith but it turns out, my blog had nothing to do with that. I dragged them to mass and gave them rosaries and that seemed to do the trick.
Seeing that there was nothing I could write that would be more influential than actual actions, like prayer and mass attendance, I made The Crescat a Catholic humor blog offering myself up as penance for my obvious arrogance and spiritual pride- as if my blog and writings could take credit for the conversion of sinners.
Since then, my writings have ranged from politics, relationships, parenting, the arts, satire and good old fashioned self depricating humor. In a constant battle against myself and cynicism I am forced to find the humor and beauty in all situations. It was either this or start smoking again.
What is a “Crescat”? It is Latin for “thrive” or “flourish”. I first encountered the word in the stain glass images that dominate Belmont Abbey in North Carolina. It’s the slogan for the Benedictine’s of this monastery. You can find “Crescat” scrolled at the bottom of large oak trees in their glass windows. Since Benedictines take the unique vow of stability the oak tree symbolizes this in their hearty deep roots. Therefore, Crescat becomes a command for them… take root and thrive, flourish in faith!
And it is from that which I drew the name of this blog, and from that in which you are now exposed to my crescatological musings- a schizophrenic hodge-podge about parenting, lip stick, Nathan Fillion, domesticity, Downton Abbey, chickens, girly blather, Catholicism, political rantings, and art all usually composed during fits of insomnia around 2am.

My name is Rachel Balducci. Welcome to my world!
I am married to a dashing immigration attorney slash basketball coach slash amateur front-room wrestler. Together, we have produced five lively sons and one daughter. Life is an adventure and I am up for the challenge nearly every single day.
I am a writer and a newspaper columnist. My first book, How Do You Tuck In a Superhero, debuted in April 2010.
I also blog over at Faith & Family Live!
My boys are passionate about Chuck Norris and Legos, but are moving into a fervent love of professional sports and food. I am passionate about a great many things, but find myself compelled to say “laundry” and “keeping my baseboards clean.” Lame.
We live in the South and we are Catholic — a rare combination but not as rare as it once was.
I hope your visit to my little corner of the Internet will bring you a smile and some inspiration — and you go away feeling that you are not alone and you are definitely not crazy.
Thanks for stopping by and blessings to you!

Follow my family through the seasons of the year! I am Dawn ~ wife to Bill, and mom to 3 boys and 2 cats. Here we talk about lots of things - mostly ourselves, nature, food, faith, crafts, planning and home education. We hope you enjoy your visit! :)
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I'm a Catholic home-educating wife and mother of three boys ~ managing every day's most quiet (and not so quiet) needs and loving every blessed minute of it!
Interests: My interests include my family, my faith, home education, nature study, reading, journaling, Celtic heritage, baking, crafts ... and coffee!

Catholic Cuisine was founded by Jessica from Shower of Roses, in 2008, after noticing the need for an online source for finding and sharing "Recipes for Celebrating the Feasts and Seasons of the Liturgical Year."
Mealtime provides the perfect opportunity for observing these different seasons and feasts of the Catholic Church in our homes, the "Domestic Church." We are all, especially us moms, cooking and baking every day, why not sanctify these mealtimes and teach our children even more about our beautiful faith at the same time?
Jessica has asked a number of other inspiring Catholic mothers and bloggers to contribute here, and welcomes readers to submit recipes as well, ultimately creating this wonderful collection of "Catholic Cuisine."

Damian Thompson is Editor of Telegraph Blogs and a columnist for the Daily Telegraph. He was once described by The Church Times as a "blood-crazed ferret". He is on Twitter as HolySmoke.

Este es un blog creado con la finalidad de colaborar en la tarea evangelizadora profundizando en la apologética. Estamos consientes de la necesidad de conocer a fondo la propia fe para poder dar razón de ella a hermanos de otras confesiones religiosas, y por eso hemos querido en este sitio publicar estudios bíblicos patrísticos e históricos sobre apologética y ecumenismo, para todo el pueblo católico (y para quien nos quiera leer).
Pensamos que la apologética y el ecumenismo deben ir de la mano, y por eso encontrará en este sitio Web no solo material de apologética, sino también sobre ecumenismo. Tenemos la certeza que la verdadera unidad es la que exige el evangelio es una unidad en mentalidad y juicio (1 Corintios 1,10), y de allí que se hace indispensable un profundo conocimiento de la fe católica para quienes desean trabajar en el diálogo ecuménico e inter-religioso.
Esperamos que sea de gran provecho espiritual este sitio para usted y que podamos compartir conocimientos y experiencias que nos ayudan a crecer espiritualmente cada día más.
Al contrario, dad culto al Señor, Cristo, en vuestros corazones, siempre dispuestos a dar respuesta a todo el que os pida razón de vuestra esperanza. 1 Pedro 3,15

PARROQUIA MADRE DE CRISTO... Nuestro propósito es la propagación y la formación en la fe y espiritualidad católica.

InfoCatólica.com es un portal de información y opinión socio-religiosa cuyo fin y misión es la difusión de información, formación y opinión basada en la doctrina católica, en todas las cuestiones y debates de interés que se presentan en la opinión pública.
InfoCatólica ofrece la agilidad e interactividad propia de un portal de internet, así como la dedicación de su equipo humano, formado por personas con vocación de servicio eclesial, competencia y experiencia en herramientas multimedia, con seria preparación doctrinal, adhesión al Papa y al Magisterio y relaciones con muy diversos ámbitos sociales y eclesiales de España e Hispanoamérica.
InfoCatólica nació el 29 de abril de 2009, fiesta de Santa Catalina de Siena. A partir del 12 de octubre de 2009, fiesta de la Virgen del Pilar y de la Hispanidad, se edita por la Fundación InfoCatólica.

Noticias y análisis en la red

The Apologetics page, is to discuss those apsects of the Catholic Faith not understood by non-Catholics, in an informative and non-confrontational atmosphere. Copyright © 2005-2011 Steve Smith. All rights reserved.

This blog by Elena Maria Vidal, author of the novels Trianon and Madame Royale, features "reflections on politics, history, art, music, books, morals, manners, and matters of faith," all from a solidly Catholic perspective.

Made up of six distinct yet unified ministries (see below), New Evangelizers provides free tools and resources to help Catholics know their faith, live their faith, and share their faith more effectively to empower them to take leading roles in the New Evangelization and encourage others to do the same.

American Papist, by Thomas Peters, is hosted at CatholicVote.org. Peters, the son of a canon lawyer, focuses largely on the intersection between Catholicism and politics, and the American Papist is always a good place to turn to for breaking news.

The idea behind Catholic Icing is that it’s just the “fun extras” of our Catholic faith. Catholic Icing is devoted to creating and sharing free resources such as crafts, music, games, educational resources, and printable downloads. The internet has become the go-to place for people looking for information, and Catholic mothers and educators are online every day looking for fun ideas that can reach children at their own level. One mom wrote to me “This is a great site for moms with no clue. Now I am a hero to my children.” My goal is to instill a love for God and the Catholic church in children, and I plan to reach them with my site through their mothers and teachers. I want Catholic Icing to be the easy, go-to resource place for Catechists everywhere! Once you have a solid foundation for your faith, why not add some icing?
Sometimes I feature cool Catholic crafts and such that I find on other blogs, but mostly I post original craft ideas that my children and I have completed together.  In order to help moms and teachers making plans, I try to run seasonal ideas at least a week before the actual feast day (or what-have-you) happens.
To start finding all the Catholic ideas this site has just waiting for you to discover, try searching the different categories in my navigation bar at the top of this site.  You can also check out my project gallery of completed crafts below- just click the picture and it will take you to directions on completing the craft.
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Catholic Icing, by Lacy, a 25-year-old wife and mother of three, is "a place to find Catholic Arts and Crafts, Cute Food Ideas, Feast Day Celebration ideas, and much, much more! Once you have a solid foundation for your Catholic Cake, why not add some icing?"

Cale’s two most amazing discoveries in life have been that Jesus would forgive him, and that Patricia would marry him. In 2004, Cale returned to the Catholic Church, which was founded by Jesus Christ, after spending ten years in Evangelical Protestantism, with much of that time spent in pastoral ministry.
Cale is now the director of The Faith Explained Seminars, equipping Catholics with the tools they need to explain and defend their faith. He is a frequent speaker at retreats and conferences, including such noted events as the Humanae Vitae conferences in Toronto, Ottawa, and Kingston, and addressing the Toronto chapter of Legatus. His latest venture is the creation of The New Mass app, the iPhone app for understanding the new English translation of the Mass.
Cale has been interviewed on EWTN’s The Journey Home program, and on CBC News’ The National. A frequent guest on Salt & Light TV, he is a popular columnist for Catholic Insight magazine, and his writing has also appeared on Headline Bistro.

The Best Catholic People, Products, and Organizations in Ten Categories

Father Jay Finelli is a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence in the state of Rhode Island. He began building web pages in 1995 and started podcasting in September of 2005. This is a great new means of evangelization. Pope John Paul II said that we are in need of a new evangelization. Podcasting is a small part of this new work of evangelization. All of us need to do our part in spreading the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Recorded by the ever-popular Fr. Jay Finelli, the iPadre Catholic Podcast offers "All things Catholic and then some. Interviews, stories, news, music, and we'll see what comes along."

St. Blog’s is not an actual Roman Catholic Parish and there is no Saint Blog – most of you will know this instinctively but the question is asked so we’ll take care of that right up front.
So if it isn’t a real Parish then what is it? Well, we’re a loosely knit group of Catholics who maintain personal “blogs” (short for “web logs”)(Thus we are called “bloggers”). Most of us chronicle our daily lives mixing in commentary on the world around us as it affects us and is affected by our Catholic Faith. Some are professional Catholics – Clergy, religious, apologists, writers, journalists, teachers etc., but mostly we’re just ordinary Catholics in the ordinary world.

The daily musings of a witty Dominican priest, Fr. Powell delights and surprises on a regular basis. Not to be missed are his "coffee bowl browsings."

They met at the University of Notre Dame. Now these "Catholic Nerds" share their thoughts on Catholic culture, spiritual life and other musings (or "moosings" as the case may be) with the rest of the world.

Mike Aquilina is author or editor of more than thirty books on Catholic history, doctrine, and devotion.
He is co-host, with Scott Hahn, of eight series that air on EWTN. For many years he also appeared as a regular panelist on “The Weekly Roman Observer,” broadcast by Catholic Familyland Network. He is a frequent guest on Catholic radio.
Mike’s career in publishing spans almost three decades, and hundreds of his articles have appeared in periodicals and journals in the United States and abroad.
In 2011 he was a featured presenter of the U.S. Bishops’ Diocesan Educational/Catechetical Leadership Institute, an online formation program co-sponsored with the National Catholic Education Association and the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership. He also wrote the USCCB’s theological reflection for Catechetical Sunday in 2011.
He has co-led pilgrimages to the Holy Land and Italy and has keynoted major events, such as the Conference on Catholic Social Thought in Nassau, Long Island, the Aquinas Forum at Aquinas College in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Society of St. John Chrysostom’s celebration of the 1,600th anniversary of their patron’s passing to heaven.
Mike is a also poet and song lyricist. His poems have been translated into Polish and Spanish and have appeared in First Things, Plains Poetry Journal, Catholic Digest, and elsewhere. His songs have been recorded by Grammy Award-winner Dion DiMucci.

About the Cure of Souls

Living, loving, and learning together in the Heart of My Home
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...that their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in love, to have all the riches of assured understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures or wisdom and knowledge. ~Col 2:2

An International Traditional Catholic Weblog

A Fordham University freshman theology major and athlete provides analysis (glosses on florigelia) and harmony/synthesis/consensus of the teachings of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, with a special focus on refuting Eastern Orthodox doctrines that are contrary to those of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.

I was raised Pentecostal, then became Reformed (Presbyterian) just after finishing my bachelor's degree. I received an M.Div. from Covenant Theological Seminary (PCA). In 2003 I became Anglican. On October 8, 2006, my wife and two daughters and I were received into full communion with the Catholic Church. When not blogging, I am pursuing a PhD in philosophy.

Do you feel like an “old-school confessionally reformed high-church calvinist presbyterian” in a world where the “low-church-biblicist-revivalist-Evangelical-pietist-enthusiast-sentimentalist-experientialist- liberal-fundamentalist-transformationalist” household just keeps winning the day?
You are in the Outhouse my friend, and you are not alone.
First, what the Outhouse, in this contributor’s mind, is not. Contrary to the assumptions of wider religious blogdom, it is not a place for forms of evangelism or apologetics or admonishment or accusation or impunity or anything else one might find in t he proper confines of the Church. Neither is it a place to build community or nurture relationships or perpetuate the public square, etc. So if you take yourself so seriously that you either feel compelled to thump someone’s chest or whimper because you think yours was, the Outhouse may not be good for you. This is neither community nor the courts of the Church. While as prone as anyone to falling below the threshold of maintaining a sense of self-transcendence, the Outhouse desires to be painfully realistic about the fact that nothing is getting eternally solved or temporally created here. In other words, it doesn’t take itself very seriously.
I rather conceive of the Outhouse to be a place of rumination and reflection amongst nearly like-minded people where certain assumptions are in place. By like-minded I mean those who have been persuaded in confessional Reformed orthodoxy and take certain things for granted. The Outhouse is less interested in debating the finer points of confessional Reformed orthodoxy, like Calvinism (or popular contemporary controversies), and more interested in reflecting upon the broader implications of it in our day over against the implications of the larger Household (a concept explained below). Another forum might be better suitable for those who wish to join the cacophony of cracker-jack apologists, evangelists, theologians and social critics.

Conservative Heritage Times is a multiuser E-Zine on politics, conservatism, paleoconservatism, right-wing traditions and history. Previously titled Conservative Times, the name was changed to Conservative Heritage Times in June of 2007.

Welcome to Pray Tell, a blog that gives practical wisdom about prayer, sacraments, and the community of the faithful – in short, worship. Created especially for pastors, liturgists, musicians, and scholars, Pray Tell is informal, conversational, even humorous, but also – we hope – always well-informed and intellectually grounded.

We are sociologists as well as Christians. Here we share our observations and research and reflect on its meaning for Christian faith and practice.

My name is Halden Doerge.
I am a teacher and theologian at the church and intentional community named Church of the Servant King in Portland, Oregon.
I blog about theology, the Bible, the church, and culture.

Serving the joyful cultivation of the theological craft for the life of the church: inquiring honestly, deliberating wisely, acting faithfully

Not always happy but always happy to be Catholic.

THE MAGAZINE AND DAILY BLOG OF CATHOLIC LIVING
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At Faith & Family Magazine and Faith & Family Live! our goal is to be a source of support for Catholic women seeking information, inspiration, resources, and encouragement as they embrace their vocations to marriage and motherhood. Our aim is to share personal struggles and triumphs, challenges and joys, and also the lighter side of Catholic living.
Family life is hard work, and those of us who strive to live Catholic family lives can face unique challenges. As we help each other along the way, we hope that our magazine and blog will affirm something that is already written on every mother’s heart: That motherhood is a privilege. That family life is a joy. And that though being a wife and mother is likely to be the single most challenging thing any of us ever do, it is also likely to be the single most important thing any of us ever do as well.
We invite you to pray, laugh, cry, and share the good and the bad right along with us. We hope that you will join us as we work toward building a Christ-centered community where we can encourage and support one another in the joyful, challenging, important work of Catholic living.

ABOUT OSV DAILY TAKE
OSV Daily Take gives you news and views with a Catholic perspective from the OSV Newsweekly team, including editor John Norton, Monsignor Owen Campion, and publisher Greg Erlandson, and contributors Mary DeTurris Poust and Russell Shaw. Email John Norton with questions or comments. Also visit osv.com for more news, articles, books, and other Catholic resources.

ABOUT OUR SUNDAY VISITOR
Our Sunday Visitor is a Catholic not-for-profit publishing and offering envelope company that began with the vision of Father (later Archbishop) John Francis Noll in Huntington, Indiana, in the early part of the 20th century. His legacy continues today, as Our Sunday Visitor publishes OSV Newsweekly, as well as six other periodicals, including The Catholic Answer,My Daily Visitor, Grace In Action, and Take Out: Family Faith on the Go. We are also publishers of Catholic books, pamphlets, parish programs (including aCatholic vacation Bible school program), and more. We are the nation's largest supplier of offering envelopes. Our mission is "to serve the Church."

Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is editor-in-chief of Catholic Digest and Faith & Family.
She is also author of My Cup of Tea: Musings of a Catholic Mom (Pauline 2005), Mom to Mom, Day to Day: Advice and Support for Catholic Living (Pauline 2007), and (with Elizabeth Foss) Small Steps for Catholic Moms: Think. Pray. Act. Every Day.
Danielle is available as a speaker on a variety of subjects related to Catholic family life, homeschooling, marriage, and motherhood. It is in her primary vocation to marriage and motherhood that Danielle finds the inspiration for all of her work.

This blog is written by a Christian living in the Middle East. My desire is to discuss Islam and Christianity in ways that will be helpful for people of the other religion.

This site presents content and reflections from my new book: The Crucified Rabbi: Judaism and the Origins of Catholic Christianity (Fall, 2009). Please enjoy the articles and listen to the recorded podcasts (coming soon) either directly in the site or via iTunes.

TAYLOR'S MARSHALL'S NEXT BOOK & PODCAST
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This site is an outgrowth of my book The Catholic Perspective on Paul. It is based on the conviction that the Pauline epistles contain the primitive and pristine doctrines of the Catholic Faith. In the Pauline corpus we discover a Paul who is Catholic, a theologian who is sacramental, a churchman who is hierarchical, a mystic who is orthodox. Please enjoy the articles and listen to the talks ("PaulCasts") either directly in the site or via iTunes.

Who are the members of Called to Communion?
We are Christians who love Jesus the Messiah, love the faith, love the Scriptures and love the Catholic Church. We are Catholics, but none of us was born or raised in the Catholic Church. We arrived in the Catholic Church in diverse ways but through a similar path involving spiritual formation within the Reformed tradition of confessional Protestantism. We are grateful for all that we learned about the Christian faith in the Reformed tradition. We are also grateful for the piety that we found within the Reformed congregations to which we belonged, and for the love for truth that is a significant aspect of the Reformed tradition. We do not view ourselves as having left our Reformed faith behind, but rather as having found its fullness in the Catholic Church.

What is the Purpose of Called to Communion?
We believe that Christ is calling His Church to be one, as He and the Father are one. This is the prayer and the desire of our Savior’s heart and therefore it is also our desire. Our aim is to effect reconciliation and reunion between Catholics and Protestants, particularly those of the Reformed tradition. We hope to accomplish this by removing obstacles founded upon misunderstandings as well as by engaging in charitable discussion of genuine disagreements, in a context of continual prayer for each other and for the unity of all God’s people. We believe that genuine unity comes through truth and never by forsaking or compromising the truth.

Dr. Taylor Marshall was an Episcopal priest in Fort Worth, Texas before being received with his wife into the Catholic Church by Bishop Kevin Vann of Fort Worth on May 23, 2006.
Dr. Marshall has appeared on EWTN's The Journey Home with Marcus Grodi, Catholic Answers Live, Al Kresta in the Afternoon, and a number of radio shows.vHe is the author of The Crucified Rabbi - Judaism and the Origins of Catholic Christianity (October, 2009) and The Catholic Perspective on Paul (Fall 2010).
He was also formerly the Assistant Director of the Catholic Information Center (http://cicdc.org/) in Washington, D.C., where he lectured regularly.
Taylor received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Dallas with his dissertation: "Thomas Aquinas on Natural Law and the Twofold Beatitude of Humanity." He is a graduate of Texas A&M University (BA, Philosophy) Westminster Theological Seminary (MAR, Systematic Theology), Nashotah Theological House (Certificate in Anglican Studies), and the University of Dallas (MA, Philosophy).
Taylor and his wife live in Dallas, Texas with their six children. He blogs at: http://www.taylormarshall.com.
Read a brief account of Taylor's conversion from the Episcopal priesthood to the Catholic Church (http://cantuar.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-canterbury-trail-to-rome.html).
Please also visit Taylor's new site: The Catholic Perspective on Paul (http://pauliscatholic.com/).
Taylor is also a contributor for the Protestant/Catholic dialogue blog: Called to Communion (http://calledtocommunion.com/).

Tom has been a full-time freelance writer and editor since 1991, publishing 3 books and more than 1,500 features, articles, and reviews in consumer, specialty, and academic publications.
Although he writes about literature, history, and religion, much of his career has been spent as a technology journalist, covering both interactive entertainment and emerging technology for dozens of magazines and newspapers. He has been a columnist for Computer Gaming World, T3: Tomorrow’s Technology Today, Game Players PC Entertainment, Cemetery Dance Magazine, PC Ace, and Computer Life. He’s written the Game Theory column for Maximum PC for 14 years, and is currently Editor-at-Large of Games Magazine. His work has appeared in The Star-Ledger, PC Magazine, Faith & Family, Atlantic City, Mercator’s World, The Thomas Wolfe Review, Fortean Times, Shaman’s Drum, BookPage, AudioFile, Mystery Scene, Armchair Detective, and many other newspapers, anthologies, magazines, and journals, as well as on websites like Gamespot, CNet, IGN, DVDReview, and many others.

Mission
To “make the name of Jesus Christ known and loved” through the use of technology and social media.

Who
CatholicTechTalk.com is a group blog of Catholic technology enthusiasts. It is managed and edited by Joe Luedtke, who in his day job serves as the Vice President of Interactive Media for Liturgical Publications. CatholicTechTalk.com was founded by Craig Berry, a convert to the Catholic Faith. After spending 10+ years working in Information Technology as a network administrator, he began building websites for Catholic organizations in 2008.

What
CatholicTechTalk.com is an online community for Catholics passionate about technology and social media. This includes; Priests, laity, bloggers, writers, technologists, website developers, graphic designers, and anyone else who wishes to use technology more effectively in their ministry and personal life.

Why
The Web is the dominant form of communication in our age, and technology continues to evolve at a blinding pace. Catholics need to unite, share knowledge, and put technology to use in communicating the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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慕道中心简介
旨在弘扬主旨，传播福音的南堂“慕道中心”于2010年7月3日正式成立了。
慕道中心下设三个服务团体：
对外福传组：每天热情地接待来南堂参观和朝圣的教内、外朋友。他们除了陪伴有需要的朋友参观外还耐心的和询问的人讲解福音；
洗前慕道组：为仰慕天主道路的朋友提供服务包括：平日慕道班（每周四晚6:00-8:30）；周末慕道班（每周六下午2:30-5：00）；网络慕道班（紧跟慕道班课程，为学员提供预习和复习的资料并通报近期课程调整情况）；
洗后再慕道组：为新领洗的朋友提供在慕道讲座、培训，通过丰富多彩的活动，提高新领洗朋友的灵修。对有特殊需要的朋友给予灵修关怀等。
以上三个团体分工合作，在慕道中心主任（孙宇辉神父）的指导下，希望可以共同用爱去传播福音。
慕道中心开放时间：
周六、周日全天开放：上午9:30-下午18:30
周一至周五请电话联系：
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天主教北京西直门教堂（西堂），又名为圣母圣衣堂，奉加尔默罗圣母圣衣为主保，是一座独立钟塔的哥特式教堂。教堂由遣使会意大利籍神父德理格在1723年兴建，初称圣母七苦堂，在1811年至1900年间历经三次焚毁。1912年由仁爱会修女博朗西耶氏筹资恢复原貌，改名为圣母圣衣堂。1949年后，这里还先后被用做工厂，仓库，期间钟楼被烧毁，直到1994年才重新开放，恢复其正常宗教活动。今天的西堂是经过2008年再次修葺后的成果，它还是北京西城区的重点文物保护单位。
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天主教西堂鲍思高青年营成立于2009年6月7日天主圣三主日，奉十九世纪的圣若望·鲍思高神父为主保，鲍思高青年营是西直门教堂唯一一个青年基督徒团契组织。目前，青年营主要服务于西堂的兄弟姐妹。
鲍斯高青年营的主要任务是参与西堂的福传工作和组织青年教友的主内团契活动。
另外，青年营还从2009年开始组织飞信短信福传活动，通过手机短信给教友每日发送福音。
我们愿通过这个小小的青年团体，光荣在天之父和我们的主耶稣基督。

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OCN Ministry Overview
Orthodox Christian Network (OCN), an agency of SCOBA, has been established to create a national, sustainable and effective media witness for the Orthodox Christian Church in North America. OCN produces high-quality programs and media tools for local parishes that reach people for Christ 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Our Mission
To strengthen the Orthodox communities of North America and to share the timeless faith of Orthodoxy with the contemporary world by using modern media: radio, the Internet, podcasts, DVDs, television and more.

Our Vision
To inspire the faithful everywhere; raise up our children; call back the wayward; and reach out to our cities and towns with the joyful, Christ-centered message of the Orthodox Christian Church.

IgnatianSpirituality.com is a service of Loyola Press, a ministry of the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). It offers information on and experiences of Ignatian spirituality from Jesuit and Ignatian sources around the world. IgnatianSpirituality.com serves all audiences—the curious, the knowledgeable, and the expert.
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Ignatian spirituality is a way to pray, an approach to making decisions, a point of view about God, and a practical guide to everyday life. Ignatian spirituality sees God as actively involved in the world and intimately involved with us in every moment and place.