These are all excellent resources for Catholic Families. For the best all-round site for Catholic Families, I really enjoy Home Faith*. It’s attractive, informative, fun, and down-to-earth. I’d love to get your recommendations and suggestions for other sites, as well as comments on these sites.
Ginny
(vrbrockman@localaccess.com)
Catechism Quizzes (How well do you know your religion? This resource features quizzes on every part of the Catholic Catechism, located at the United States Council of Catholic Bishops’ site.) http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/quizzes/
Catholic Calendar (A daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly calendar for Catholic Liturgy.) http://www.easterbrooks.com/personal/calendar/index.html
Catholic Community Forum (Reflections, games, quizzes, patron Saints locator, and daily E-pistle.) http://www.catholic-forum.com/
Catholic Glossary and Almanac (The ultimate Catholic look-up tool to find the answers to questions about Catholicism and to find the meanings of Catholic vocabulary.) http://www.osvpublishing.com/catholicalmanac/04a.htm
Catholic Mom (A message board, parenting articles, lots of links, prayer resources and even a Book Club for Catholic Moms. If you feel cut off from other Catholic mothers, here’s a great solution.) http://www.catholicmom.com/index.htm
Catholic Trivia and Games (I used this resource for some of our Christmas party games last December—all ages.) http://www.funtrivia.com/cgi-bin/quizlist.cgi?type=cat&cat=4372&brief=yes
Catholic Youth Organization (Our Archdiocesan resource for Catholic Youth Organization Camps and Activities.)
Center for Ministry Development (Excellent free family resources. The CMD Online Family Calendar includes an inspirational quote, readings for each day, and a story about the Saint of the day. Some parts are still under construction, but worth waiting for.) http://www.cmdnet.org/index.cfm
*Home Faith (A delightful source of information, support, articles, resources, and ideas for Catholic Families. User-friendly, cheerful, upbeat, and practical.) http://www.homefaith.com/
Lives of the Saints (A fairly detailed alphabetical list of Saints and their biographies.) http://users.erols.com/saintpat/ss/0704.htm#will
Movie and Video Reviews (Reviews of current and older movies and videos, and recommendations for family movies by the US Conference of National Bishops.) http://www.usccb.org/movies/weekly.htm
Movie and Video Reviews (A more detailed and user-friendly source of movie and video reviews than the site above.) http://www.catholicfilmreview.com/reviews.html