Catholic Resources

Catholic Worship

• Masstimes.org-Mass Times for Travel
• Find a church wherever you are and go to Mass!

• Today's Scripture Readings
• Scripture readings for the liturgy of the day from the USCCB

• Universalis
• Pray the Divine Office (the Church's formal daily prayer) online

Learn about the Faith (Evangelization and Apologetics)

• Catholic Beliefs and Teachings
• The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop's reference site

• Busted Halo
• A site aimed at young adult spiritual seekers, run by the Paulist order

• Catholic Answers
• Comprehensive site on Catholic teaching; provides answers to common questions about the faith

• The Coming Home Network
• A resource for non-Catholic clergy who are considering the Catholic faith

• EWTN - The Global Catholic Television Network
• Website of one of the largest Catholic media outlets of the planet

The Church Hierarchy

• The Holy See
• English language website for the Vatican, home of the Bishop of Rome (the Pope)

• The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
• The national bishop's conference representing the Catholic bishops of the United States and providing collaborative guidance for the Church in the U.S.

• The Archdiocese of Los Angeles
• My own home diocese, the territory of the Archbishop of Los Angeles, leading a local church of 4.5+ million Roman Catholics in the greater L.A. Area.

• USCCB Diocesan Locator
• Find you local (Arch)diocese!

Catholic Reference Documents

• The Holy Bible (NAB)
• The Catholic English translation of the sacred scriptures for the United States
• "Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ" - St. Jerome

• The Catechism of the Catholic Church
• The Catholic Church's summary of her beliefs and teachings
• "The Catechism of the Catholic Church, lastly, is offered to every individual who asks us to give an account of the hope that is in us (cf. 1 Pet 3:15) and who wants to know what the Catholic Church believes." - Pope John Paul II (Fidei Depositum)

• The Code of Canon Law
• The universal laws of the Latin church, useful for understanding the way the Church governs herself and operates as a human society

• The Documents of Vatican II
• The collected documents of the Church's 21st Ecumenical Council
• Read what the council really said in its call to the Church to adapt herself to ministry in the modern world!

• Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church
• What the Church teaches about human rights and human society
• Where politics meets the Gospel of Jesus Christ

• Official Acts of the Holy See
• For those who want to dig deep into the various proclamations and actions of the popes, the Vatican's archives of the official acts of the Holy See

• The Summa Theologica (St. Thomas Aquinas)
• The most famous work of Catholic systematic theology in the Church's history

• The Writings of the Early Church Fathers
• Hear the great lights of the early Church speak in their own words