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suspectclass) wrote2002-12-06 12:13 am
suspectclass) wrote2002-12-06 12:13 am
Finally
[Note: I tried to post this at 6, but to no avail. Let's see if it works this time.]
So I've finished [knock on wood] my prep for my big meeting tonight. Well, maybe one more look at my notes. Here's my list of progressive/radical Catholic resources, as well as general type info. Feel free to peruse and comment. If anyone has any suggestions, that'd be really really neat-o.
Minilist
WATER-Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual
http://www.his.com/~mhunt/
"WATER, the Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual is a feminist educational center, a network of justice-seeking people that began in 1983 in response to the need for theological, ethical, and liturgical development for and by women. We work locally, nationally and internationally doing programs and projects, publications and workshops, counseling, spiritual direction and liturgical planning which help people actualize feminist religious values. WATER helps develop inclusive religious and social communities, and focuses feminist faith on bringing about social justice."
The Grail - Cornwall-on-Hudson New York
"Is an intercultural intergenerational movement of women with global connections in Africa, Australia, Europe, Latin America, the Philippines, Canada, USA. The Grail has roots in Christian tradition and is open to the participation of women of other traditions in a communal search and work for liberation."
Dignity, USA
www.dignityusa.org/index.html
"Dignity/USA is the largest and most progressive national lay movement of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) Catholics, our families, and our friends. . . . We believe that God created us, Christ died for us, and the Holy Spirit sanctified us in Baptism. As GLBT Catholics, it is our right, our privilege, and our duty to live the sacramental life of the Church. We believe that we can express our sexuality in a loving, life-affirming manner that is in keeping with Christ's teaching."
The Defenders
http://www.dignityusa.org/defenders/index.html
"The Defenders is a club for individuals who value and wish to celebrate both their leather "lifestyle" and their Christian spirituality. Contrary to common belief, the two are not mutually exclusive. The Defenders believe that the leather experience can, when integrated and spiritually informed, actually produce a richer spirituality for us, and for the Church.
We strive to provide a space that leathermen and leatherwomen will find welcoming and familiar, yet unique in its spiritual dimension."
The Paulist Center
http://www.paulist.org/boston/
"The Paulist Center is a worship community of Christians in the Roman Catholic tradition in Boston, Massachusetts. The Paulist Center attracts individuals and families throughout the greater Boston area who are drawn to the Center's ministries of worship, family religious education, and social justice."
The Catholic Worker
http://www.catholicworker.org/
A newspaper and movement started by Dorothy Day in New York in 1933. Any student of radical Catholicism, American pacifism or lay movements should read at least a bit on her.
On that note, Marquette University has a whole Dorothy Day archives.
http://www.mu.edu/library/collections/archives/day.html
Other Catholic Newspapers
Sojourners
http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm
"Sojourners, www.sojo.net, is a Christian ministry whose mission is to proclaim and practice the biblical call to integrate spiritual renewal and social justice.
In response to this call, we offer a vision for faith in public life by:
· publishing Sojourners magazine, SojoMail and other resources that address issues of faith, politics, and culture from a biblical perspective;
· preaching, teaching, organizing, and public witness;
· nurturing community by bringing together people from the various traditions and streams of the church;
· hosting an annual program of voluntary service for education, ministry, and discipleship.
In our lives and in our work, we seek to be guided by the biblical principles of justice, mercy, and humility."
NOTE: Sojourners is not currently available through the chapel, it is, however, available both online at and the Amherst College Library.
Commonweal
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/
"Historian Rodger Van Allen describes Commonweal as 'perhaps the most significant lay enterprise and achievement in the history of American Catholicism.' Every year our peers in the Catholic press affirm that verdict by granting the magazine awards for 'Best Article,' 'Best Review Section,' 'Best Cover,' 'General Excellence,' etc. We do not dispute these judgments."
National Catholic Reporter
http://www.natcath.com/ncr_onli.htm
"The NCR was founded in 1964, in the exuberance following the Second Vatican Council. . . . In the beginning (before 1964) was the void, a journalistic wasteland through which parched souls staggered in search of the right Catholic stuff. And the Lord said, 'Let us create the National Catholic Reporter -- NCR for short.' Out of sweat and tears he made it, but also out of jocularity and verve. 'Looks good,' the Lord said. And so it was done.
The Lord, having launched his own independent Catholic newsweekly, rested. Everyone then dropped the biblical argot and lapsed back into basic English -- as in, 'Hey, move your butt and finish that article.'"
Origins CNS [Catholic News Service] documentary service
http://www.catholicnews.com/originsplus/about1.htm
"The documentation you find in Origins ranges from encyclicals, speeches and other papal messages to pastoral letters by the bishops; from diocesan policy statements to current research to speeches in the news on public policy, liturgy, social justice, the parish, the family, ministries and much more."
The Tablet
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/
Literary British Catholic periodical
"The Tablet is a Catholic weekly with a difference. From the start, it has been concerned with the world as much as with the Church. While we offer unrivalled coverage of international church affairs, we believe - in the Christian humanism of the Second Vatican Council . . . This is a paper which is loyal but at the same time independent of the Church. All its permanent editorial staff, and all the members of its board of management, are lay people."
America
www.americamagazine.com
American Catholic weekly, Jesuit publication
America Press, Inc., publishes America, a weekly magazine founded by Jesuits of the United States in 1909. It also sponsors the Catholic Book Club, a Catholic "book of the month" club. The board of directors of America are the ten Jesuit provincials and the president of the Jesuit Conference in the United States. America Press, Inc., is a nonprofit, tax exempt corporation. America is a member of the Catholic Press Association.
Catholic Peace Voice
Published by PaxChristiUSA, National Section of the International Catholic Peace Movement
http://www.paxchristiusa.org/
Catholic Documents and articles on just about everything
http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/
Official Church documents
http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/docs.htm
[This list is not complete, not even close. It's just a fraction of the resources available. All publications listed are available through the chapel, excepting sojourners. If you know of anything else that should be on here, please feel free to contact Sarah Newby at 585-4871 or snewby@email.smith.edu]
So I've finished [knock on wood] my prep for my big meeting tonight. Well, maybe one more look at my notes. Here's my list of progressive/radical Catholic resources, as well as general type info. Feel free to peruse and comment. If anyone has any suggestions, that'd be really really neat-o.
Minilist
WATER-Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual
http://www.his.com/~mhunt/
"WATER, the Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual is a feminist educational center, a network of justice-seeking people that began in 1983 in response to the need for theological, ethical, and liturgical development for and by women. We work locally, nationally and internationally doing programs and projects, publications and workshops, counseling, spiritual direction and liturgical planning which help people actualize feminist religious values. WATER helps develop inclusive religious and social communities, and focuses feminist faith on bringing about social justice."
The Grail - Cornwall-on-Hudson New York
"Is an intercultural intergenerational movement of women with global connections in Africa, Australia, Europe, Latin America, the Philippines, Canada, USA. The Grail has roots in Christian tradition and is open to the participation of women of other traditions in a communal search and work for liberation."
Dignity, USA
www.dignityusa.org/index.html
"Dignity/USA is the largest and most progressive national lay movement of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) Catholics, our families, and our friends. . . . We believe that God created us, Christ died for us, and the Holy Spirit sanctified us in Baptism. As GLBT Catholics, it is our right, our privilege, and our duty to live the sacramental life of the Church. We believe that we can express our sexuality in a loving, life-affirming manner that is in keeping with Christ's teaching."
The Defenders
http://www.dignityusa.org/defenders/index.html
"The Defenders is a club for individuals who value and wish to celebrate both their leather "lifestyle" and their Christian spirituality. Contrary to common belief, the two are not mutually exclusive. The Defenders believe that the leather experience can, when integrated and spiritually informed, actually produce a richer spirituality for us, and for the Church.
We strive to provide a space that leathermen and leatherwomen will find welcoming and familiar, yet unique in its spiritual dimension."
The Paulist Center
http://www.paulist.org/boston/
"The Paulist Center is a worship community of Christians in the Roman Catholic tradition in Boston, Massachusetts. The Paulist Center attracts individuals and families throughout the greater Boston area who are drawn to the Center's ministries of worship, family religious education, and social justice."
The Catholic Worker
http://www.catholicworker.org/
A newspaper and movement started by Dorothy Day in New York in 1933. Any student of radical Catholicism, American pacifism or lay movements should read at least a bit on her.
On that note, Marquette University has a whole Dorothy Day archives.
http://www.mu.edu/library/collections/archives/day.html
Other Catholic Newspapers
Sojourners
http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm
"Sojourners, www.sojo.net, is a Christian ministry whose mission is to proclaim and practice the biblical call to integrate spiritual renewal and social justice.
In response to this call, we offer a vision for faith in public life by:
· publishing Sojourners magazine, SojoMail and other resources that address issues of faith, politics, and culture from a biblical perspective;
· preaching, teaching, organizing, and public witness;
· nurturing community by bringing together people from the various traditions and streams of the church;
· hosting an annual program of voluntary service for education, ministry, and discipleship.
In our lives and in our work, we seek to be guided by the biblical principles of justice, mercy, and humility."
NOTE: Sojourners is not currently available through the chapel, it is, however, available both online at and the Amherst College Library.
Commonweal
http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/
"Historian Rodger Van Allen describes Commonweal as 'perhaps the most significant lay enterprise and achievement in the history of American Catholicism.' Every year our peers in the Catholic press affirm that verdict by granting the magazine awards for 'Best Article,' 'Best Review Section,' 'Best Cover,' 'General Excellence,' etc. We do not dispute these judgments."
National Catholic Reporter
http://www.natcath.com/ncr_onli.htm
"The NCR was founded in 1964, in the exuberance following the Second Vatican Council. . . . In the beginning (before 1964) was the void, a journalistic wasteland through which parched souls staggered in search of the right Catholic stuff. And the Lord said, 'Let us create the National Catholic Reporter -- NCR for short.' Out of sweat and tears he made it, but also out of jocularity and verve. 'Looks good,' the Lord said. And so it was done.
The Lord, having launched his own independent Catholic newsweekly, rested. Everyone then dropped the biblical argot and lapsed back into basic English -- as in, 'Hey, move your butt and finish that article.'"
Origins CNS [Catholic News Service] documentary service
http://www.catholicnews.com/originsplus/about1.htm
"The documentation you find in Origins ranges from encyclicals, speeches and other papal messages to pastoral letters by the bishops; from diocesan policy statements to current research to speeches in the news on public policy, liturgy, social justice, the parish, the family, ministries and much more."
The Tablet
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/
Literary British Catholic periodical
"The Tablet is a Catholic weekly with a difference. From the start, it has been concerned with the world as much as with the Church. While we offer unrivalled coverage of international church affairs, we believe - in the Christian humanism of the Second Vatican Council . . . This is a paper which is loyal but at the same time independent of the Church. All its permanent editorial staff, and all the members of its board of management, are lay people."
America
www.americamagazine.com
American Catholic weekly, Jesuit publication
America Press, Inc., publishes America, a weekly magazine founded by Jesuits of the United States in 1909. It also sponsors the Catholic Book Club, a Catholic "book of the month" club. The board of directors of America are the ten Jesuit provincials and the president of the Jesuit Conference in the United States. America Press, Inc., is a nonprofit, tax exempt corporation. America is a member of the Catholic Press Association.
Catholic Peace Voice
Published by PaxChristiUSA, National Section of the International Catholic Peace Movement
http://www.paxchristiusa.org/
Catholic Documents and articles on just about everything
http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/
Official Church documents
http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/docs.htm
[This list is not complete, not even close. It's just a fraction of the resources available. All publications listed are available through the chapel, excepting sojourners. If you know of anything else that should be on here, please feel free to contact Sarah Newby at 585-4871 or snewby@email.smith.edu]