St. Isidore - Stow Massachusetts

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Bringing Faith Formation Home

Faith Formation involves more than classes. Here are some staff recommendations:

Catholic Media

The Catholic Channel: Not What You’d Expect (Sirius XM channel 129): http://www.siriusxm.com/thecatholicchannel
The archdiocese of New York’s satellite radio station – designed not to be “stained glass” Catholic radio – is surprisingly entertaining.
CatholicTV: http://www.catholictv.com/home.aspx
The archdiocese of Boston’s Catholic TV channel has gone national!

Catholic Blogs

The Deacon’s Bench: Where a Roman Catholic deacon ponders the world: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/deaconsbench/
A Concord Pastor Comments: Fr. Austin Fleming of Holy Family, Concord: http://concordpastor.blogspot.com/
Cardinal Sean’s blog: http://www.cardinalseansblog.org/

Catholic websites

http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm: The Vatican’s website, loaded with information from Rome, including recent beatifications and canonizations, papal encyclicals, and an amazing virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel. Set aside some time to explore the riches of this website!
http://www.patheos.com/Catholic.html: The Patheos website is geared toward conversation on all different faiths; the Catholic channel hosts a variety of writers on many topics.
The Archdiocese of Boston's Web Site: http://www.bostoncatholic.org/
Ample material on Disciples in Mission: http://disciplesinmission.com/
Boston Pilot: http://www.thebostonpilot.com/
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: http://www.usccb.org/
Readings of the day: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/
Understanding the Bible: http://www.usccb.org/bible/understanding-the-bible/
Church and Mass Locator: http://www.masstimes.org/
The Bible, searchable: http://www.biblegateway.com/
The Documents of the Second Vatican Council: http://www.cin.org/vatiidoc.html
The Catechism of the Catholic Church: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc.htm
The Sunday Website of St. Louis U.: http://liturgy.slu.edu/
Catholic News Service: http://www.catholicnews.com/
CyberFaith -Resources for People of Faith: http://www.cyberfaith.com/
American Catholic.org: http://www.americancatholic.org/

Smart Phone apps (There’s an app for that? Yes!)

iMissal is available for Android, iPhones and even the Kindle. Has daily Mass reading, Catholic News, Saint of the Day, and so much more. http://www.imissal.com/

Divine Office simplifies the praying of the Liturgy of the Hours. No more page turning. Also available right on your desktop from any PC or Mac, as well as any Android, iPhone, Kindle. http://divineoffice.org/

This Rosary app for
iPhone (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rosary-miracle-prayer/id373335581?mt=8#) and
Android Phones (https://market.android.com/details?id=maria.rosary)
from the Pauline Sisters is one of the best available. There are other great prayer apps available at http://store.pauline.org/.

Saint of the Day app for iPhones (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/saint-of-the-day/id386807667?mt=8), from St. Anthony Messenger Press, is geared to teens and adults.

Daily Prayer

Creighton U. Daily Reflections http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/daily.html

http://www.sacredspace.ie/
3 minutes of peaceful prayer.

Busted Halo "An online magazine for spiritual seekers"
http://bustedhalo.com/

Resource for Young Adults
http://thejesuitpost.org/site/