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Church, Faith,
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Jesus: the
origin of his name, historical documents, his life, his character, the
mystery of the incarnation, the resurrection, devotion to the Sacred
Heart, Christology
Catholic
Encyclopedia |
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Catholic
Culture - Liturgical year, documents, site reviews, and more
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Update
Your Faith - Articles on matters of faith from American Catholic. |
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Rite of
Christian Initiation for Adults:
RCIA
- Jim and Vicki Shepherd explain to adults the process of becoming
Catholic |
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San
Francisco Archdiocese - Messages from the Archbishop, information on
local programs, parishes, and schools, online copy of
Catholic
San Francisco
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Papal
Blessings
accepts your request for an Apostolic blessing and creates a parchment
certificate with the picture of the Holy Father, the blessing, and
authentication. |
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Frequently
Asked Questions about the Catholic Faith - from American Catholic |
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Catholic
Studies Institute of the Archdiocese of San Francisco - Adult faith
formation and lay ministry training
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Daily
Catholic Question - Each day American Catholic provides a question and
a response to that question. Examples includes an explanation of the
"Cloud of Unknowing" and advice on dealing with feuding sons. |
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Catholic Answers
Forum -
You can join over 150,000
members from around the world discussing all things Catholic. Membership
is open to all, Catholic and non-Catholic alike, who seek the
Truth with Charity. |
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Once Catholic
- A website of the Franciscans of St. John the Baptist of Cincinnati,
Ohio, for returning Catholics who have been away from the Church for any number
of reasons |
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United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops - An assembly of the Catholic
Church hierarchy who work together to unify, coordinate, promote, and
carry out Catholic activities in the United States |
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Anne Rice -
Author of Christ the Lord Out
of Egypt |
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Bible |
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Mass
Readings - The Readings for the Day on the website of the United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops, are available so that you can read, reflect,
and pray with the Church on a daily basis.
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Bible,
a webpage also provided by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops,
with links organized by chapters.
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Scripture
from Scratch - A Guide to Understanding the Bible provided by American
Catholic
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People and Places of the Bible - A
quick source for the lives of
the people of the Bible and the lands, regions, towns and villages where
they lived.
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Pilgrimages |
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Holy Land Institute -
Connecting Christians with their roots |
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Saints and holiday greetings |
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Catholic
saints are holy people and human people who lived extraordinary lives.
Each saint the Church honors responded to God's invitation to use his or
her unique gifts. God calls each one of us to be a saint.
Saint of the
Day |
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Celebrate
Catholic saints by
sending
e-cards
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Share
your faith by sending a free
e-card
provided by CatholicGreetings.org |
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Sacraments |
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A
Walk-through the Mass: A Step by Step Explanation by Thomas
Richstatter, OFM, appearing in Catholic Update. Each issue carries an
imprimatur from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.
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The
Eucharist: Source and Summit of Spirituality by Mark Brumley; this essay
appears on the pages of Catholic.net
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Eucharist:
Jesus with Us ,on the pages of American Catholic, provides a set of
essays each month on the topic of Jesus and the Eucharist.
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Reconciliation
- Our Catholic Church treasures the sacrament of reconciliation. An essay
by Paul Turner offers suggestions on preparing for the sacrament. |
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Prayer |
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Divine
Office: Liturgy of the Hours - This is the richest prayer source of
the Church and has existed since the earliest times in response to the
Lord's command to pray without ceasing. More information is available on
the
Universalis
website. |
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St.
Anthony's Shrine - Post prayer requests
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Minute
Meditations - American Catholic offers day-by-day topics for
meditation. |
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Marriage and Family |
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San
Francisco Catholic Engaged Encounter - The gateway to a successful
marriage |
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Worldwide
Marriage Encounter - For information on Marriage Encounter Weekends -
Click
here for San Francisco-Santa Rosa Information |
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Retrouvaille
- A lifeline for married couples to help them heal and renew their own
marriage relationship |
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Family
Activities: Activities for each season in Ordinary Time presented by
Catholic Culture |
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Catholic
Mom: Share and learn about parenting and faith issues |
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Youth |
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Youth
Update: newsletters from American Catholic |
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Youth
Apostles Online: Catholic Youth Ministry for the New
Millennium |
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Young Adults |
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Young
Adult Ministry and Campus Ministry of the Archdiocese of San Francisco
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Vocations |
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Vocations
- A website maintained by eCatholic |
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Ministries |
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Beginning
Experience
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purpose of Beginning Experience is to facilitate the grief
resolution process for adults and children who have suffered a loss
through death, divorce or separation, thereby enabling them to again
love themselves, others and God. |
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Society
of St. Vincent de Paul, Bay Area - A Catholic lay
organization providing emergency help to those in need
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Good Shepherd
Gracenter has a residential treatment program for women recovering
from drug and alcohol abuse. |
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Catholic
Charities USA -
One of the nation's largest social service networks, helping people in
need regardless of race, religion, social, or economic backgrounds |
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Communion and Liberation -
Communion and Liberation is an
ecclesial movement whose purpose is the education to Christian maturity
of its adherents and collaboration in the mission of the Church in all
the spheres of contemporary life.
Click for USA website.
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Pax
Christi International -
An international, non-profit, non-governmental Catholic peace movement |
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Pax
Christi USA - A
movement that strives to create a world that reflects the peace of Christ |
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Peacemakers - Dialogue
for adults and camp fun for children at Camp Tawonga, Sept. 1-4, 2006,
welcoming involved youth and their parents from the Bay Area, the Middle
East including Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Misgav, Tel Aviv, Sakhnin, Ramallah,
and Jenin.
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Press and Media |
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Everyday
Catholic - More articles from American Catholic
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American
Catholic: See the online magazine and, if you want, subscribe to
the free e-mail newsletter.
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Catholic
Movie Reviews - provided by American Catholic |
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Mass
media and more movie reviews - provided by Catholic.Net |
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Make
a peace pledge - Promise to commit to peacemaking activities close to
home and afar.
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Zenit
News Agency - An international news agency providing coverage of
events and issues emanating from or concerning the Catholic Church |
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Franciscan
Radio on the Web - Link to audio features: Saint of the Day, Sunday
Soundbites, and American Catholic Radio. |
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America
Magazine: The National Catholic Weekly - founded by the Jesuits of the
United States in 1909, a member of the Catholic Free Press Association,
and sponsor of the Catholic Book Club |
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American Catholics in the
Public Square
- Questions being explored in a three-year research project conducted
jointly by the
Commonweal
Foundation and the
Faith and
Reason Institute with the support of the
Pew Charitable Trusts. |
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Catholic.Net
provides information from leading Catholic newspapers, papal encyclicals,
Church documents, and more. |
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Catholic
Online
- News and links to topics, activities, and opportunities of interest to
Catholics |
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National
Catholic Reporter
- Reports, comments, and reflects on the Church and society |
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Catholics
Online:
eCatholic -
Provides information on many Catholic topics plus the opportunity for
interactive participation |
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Art |
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Irrena Studio
Arts -
Sculptures
of St. Thomas More by artist Leo Irrena |
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Housing and Neighborhood Communities |
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Brotherhood Way -
About our neighborhood of faith
and residential communities. We are working with our neighbors to build
harmony and fellowship among the churches, schools, and residences.
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Alma
Via - An Elder Care Alliance Community located next to St. Thomas More
Church
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Parkmerced
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Studios and apartments and
townhomes in the neighborhood |
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Businesses and Shopping |
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Jordan Sax CDs for purchase
Click
to listen to "Angels to the Rescue." |
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Greg
Botto's company,
GNS,
offers information technology services. |
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Claudia
Devaux's
Guli
Institute, offering
web design services as well as educational and cultural programs for students, newcomers,
executives, and religious workers, features Chinese peasant art
t-shirts.
The Guli Institute provides the web development services for STM Church. |
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Red
Dragon Books - One of the business activities of the STM Church
webmaster, Red Dragon Books specializes in signed and first edition of science fiction,
fantasy, and mystery books available for sale online.
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Linsil
Travel - Linda & Fil Silverio specialize in offering in group,
cruise, and vacation packages. Discounted domestic and international fares
are available.
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Baptism Garments
from Bethlehem where Jesus was born.
Made to order by Christians in the Holy Land. |
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H & R Block - If you use
their income tax services in 2009, they will make a contribution to the
Queen of Peace Foundation. You may go to any H & R Block office. Parishioner
Robert Archer's office is at
5109 Mission Street at Geneva,
phone: 415 334 4362 ext. 229.
Click for map &
Click for printable referral form to take to H & R
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Shomali Inc. carries
a wide inventory of about 1500 items of devotion which come from Bethlehem,
Europe and Canada. The company's product line ranges from rosaries, crosses
and crucifixes to prayer cards, bookmarks, keychains, pewter pieces,
pendants, a full Christmas line and more. |
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