Be warned! These links are an group of links. Many are handy as indexes of documents and Roman Catholic Sites. Others again are important sites in their own right. Others again are here just for the sheer  of it!
 

Vatican Website

No Catholic page can be without this one. A great deal of development and thought has gone into this website. The Vatican library, under its previous prefect, Dominican Fr. Leonard Boyle, started making available copies of all public documents in the Vatican Library. Even in the elctronic world this is an undertaking which will span decades. Images of signifcant works in the Vatican Museums are also being made available.
 

Archdiocese of Halifax

The parishes of Amherst fall within the Diocese of Halifax. Information about the structure and work of the diocese and message from the Archbishop. Other parishes of the diocese which are online are also listed here.
 

Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

This site gives an insight into the working of the Catholic Hierarchy in Canada and the issues facing the church in Canada.
 

Where we are when we are not in cyberspace! A guide to the town and activities of Amherst.

A very handy reference for travel and virtual tourism. Find your way around cities throughout the world, see what to do, where to stay, play and pray!

Guide to Early Church Documents

This hypertext document contains pointers to Internet-accessible files relating to the early church, including canonical documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and other historical texts relavant to church history.
 

Catholic Documents by Subject

This page is the start of an attempt to group various Church documents by their subject.

Current topics are: Abortion and Human Life Issues - Africa - America - Art and Music (Sacred) -Asia - Bible and Scriptural Studies - Bishops - The Church - Communication - Communism and Socialism - Deacons - Eastern Churches - Education and Evangelization - Errors and Heresy - The Eucharist - Europe - Jesus Christ and Christology - Lay People - Liturgy - Marriage and Family Issues - Mary - Masonic Groups - Moral Teachings - Other Religions and Traditions - Philosophy and Theology - Priests - Religious Life - Sexuality - Social Justice - Women - Not Yet Classified

Documents of the Roman Catholic Church

A number of documents are available here which are by and/or about the Roman Catholic Church. They include:

                      The Documents of the Council of Trent
                      The Documents of the Second Vatican Council
                      Encyclicals and Other Papal Documents
                      Vatican Statements
                      United States Bishop Statements
                      The new Catechism of the Catholic Church
                      (British Edition)
                      Writings of the Church Fathers/Doctors/Saints
 

Encyclicals and Other Papal Documents

Encyclicals (a letter circulated by a bishop to all of the churches in his care) and other letters and documents from recent popes are available here. The popes are:

     Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
     Paul III (1534-1549)
     Benedict XIV (1740-1758)
     Gregory XVI (1831-1846)
     Pius IX (1846-1878)
     Leo XIII (1878-1903)
     Pius X (1903-1914)
     Benedict XV (1914-1922)
     Pius XI (1922-1939)
     Pius XII (1939-1958)
     John XXIII (1958-1963)
     Paul VI (1963-1978)
     John Paul II (1978- )

The Order of Preachers (Dominicans)

Founded by Saint Dominic Guzman in the 13th century. The Order's first purpose is to bring the Gospel to places and peoples hostile to the Church. The mission of the Order has thus always included work in academic institutions and in situations of militant opposition to Christianity. Dominican priests, brothers, nuns, sisters and laity are to be found in all walks of life, from scholars to artists and musicians (covering every genre from chant to rock) preaching not only by words but also in every endevour of human culture. These pages give further insight into the diversity of the Order and its mottoes of  Veritas (Truth) and Praedicare, Laudare, Benedicere (Preach, Praise, Bless).
 

Radical Catholic Page

All you ever wanted to know about the contentious issues of Catholic and Christian faith in our time! From the introduction to the page:
 
Roman Catholicism is not a religion of hierarchy, oppression, and male power. Both those who attack Catholicism and conservative Catholics seek to demonstrate the opposite: both unite in portraying the Catholic Church as primarily an organized power structure obsessed with controlling its members' bodies. But the Catholicism of one fifth of the world's people has little to do with this monster. Rather it is a religion which at its very fundamental level is life-affirming, earth-affirming, and love-affirming. Catholics believe that Jesus of Nazareth revealed the nature of God to human beings. God it turns out is not some stern "father"
always looking to punish, but a parent so in love with the world that he became, for a time, part of the world. For Catholics the universe is not a cold meaningless place, but a Cosmos beating to the drum of Divine Grace. This "grace" - God's self-giving, comes to us through spirit and matter. For a Catholic the world is always an opportunity to experience grace - through other human beings, through art, through saints, and through the religious methods of the Church known as sacraments.
 

National Catholic Reporter

The USA Catholic paper known for making waves!

 

The Tablet

The British Catholic paper with a great deal of insightful comment. It does not shrink from the disputed issues of the life of faith, yet always approaches the subject with balance and good manners.
 

Catholic Mobile

A comprehensive survey of Catholic sites arranged by subject. Excellent Catholic links resource.
 

Christus Rex

Also excellent for its links. Among its many features are links displaying photographs of the Holy Land, other places of Catholic interest and great works of art.
 

AlaPadre Catholic Corner

Also a place for making links. There is a comprehensive list of catholic parishes and institutions on the web.
 

Catholic Worker

The Catholic Worker Movement founded by Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day in 1933 is grounded in a firm belief in the God-given dignity of every human person. Today over 125 Catholic Worker communities remain committed to nonviolence, voluntary poverty, and hospitality for the homeless, exiled, hungry, and foresaken. Catholic Workers continue to protest injustice, war, racism, and violence of all forms.
 

Catholic Ministry Network Online

The goal of Catholic Ministry Network is to promote and develop Catholic ministry by electronically    connecting the people that make it happen. Unlike a parish library, CMN Online is a dynamic, up-to-date,     and interactive way to resource your ministry. Members have access to unlimited files, graphics, news and even computer programs.
 

Catholic Online

Is also a Catholic ISP for the USA and Canada. Their pages contain a variety of material and links. This site is graphics and Java intense in some places. From the mission statement:
 
The Mission of Catholic Online is to Serve as a Center for the Exchange of Information for Catholics and All People of God, to Help them Deepen their understanding of Our Catholic Faith.

Catholic Online is here to Help Guide All People of God back to the Community of Christ. For it is God's will to bring all human beings into one people, united in Christ, overcoming all that now divides Mankind.

Catholic Online is here to Serve the World Wide Catholic Community.

 

Mass in Transit ^TM

A virtual heavenly bus company that connects you with Catholic Parishes in the US. A commercial site as part of the the Catholic Catalogue Company.