Psychological Healing
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Dioceses/Churches

 
General United States

Roman Catholic Dioceses and Parishes within the United States

Listing of Latin Mass Churches and Communities in the USA and Canada —a listing of Tridentine Masses per the 1962 Missal (celebrated under Papal Indult with permission of the local Ordinary).

Mass Times

San Francisco Diocese

Archdiocese of San Francisco

Eastern Catholic Center of San Francisco

Administrative

La Santa Sede (The Vatican)

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Liturgical

Communion-in-the-Hand: An Historical View  —“a concise history as well as a brief look into what has resulted from the institution of this curious practice,” from St. Catherine Review.

Concerts in Church —a declaration of the Congregation for Divine Worship, November 5, 1987.

ECCLESIA DEI  —the Apolotic Letter by John Paul II, July 1988, in which Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre of the Church of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X (SSPX) was excommunicated for disobedience. In this letter, Pope John Paul II also expressed his guarantee of respect for the rightful aspirations of those not in schism with Rome who are dedicated to traditional liturgy; in this regard, see the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, listed below.

ECCLESIA DE EUCHARISTIA (The Eucharist in its Relationship to the Church)  —John Paul II, April 2003

EUCHARISTIAE SACRAMENTUM (Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship)  —Promulgating the editio typica of rites for holy communion and worship of the eucharist outside Mass, 21 June 1973.

GIRM  —The English translation of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani). Third Typical Edition © 2002.

The “Holy Living Sacrifice”  —Norms for the celebration and reception of communion under both kinds in the dioceses of the United States of America.

Posture in Catholic Liturgy  —articles from Adoremus Bulletin.

The Question of Altar Girls Revisited  by K D Whitehead.

The Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Sacrament of the Eucharist  —a document from the USCCB.

The Real Presence Association  website has numerous links to Church documents and articles regarding issues related to the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.

Questions, and Answers from the USCCB, about:

Devotions
    Perpetual exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Environment
    Candles
    Art
Flags
    and their display in US Churches
General
    Weekday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest
    Including Saints or the Blessed in Diocesan Calendars
    Liturgical Calendar and Special Celebration
    Holy Days of Obligation
Mass
    Orans
    Changing Approved Liturgical Texts
    Non-Catholics and Holy Communion
    Posture During the Eucharistic Prayer
    Reservation of the Precious Blood
    Bread for the Mass
    Holy Communion from the Tabernacle
    Altar Servers
    Eucharistic Prayer for Various Needs and Occasions
Penitential Practices for Today’s Catholics

Formation

The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter  “In 1988, Pope John Paul II canonically established the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter as a society of apostolic life and approved its constitutions.” The fraternity seeks “to reunite those who have been alienated by liturgical abuse and theological dissent by offering the sacred liturgy in all of its solemnity according to the Latin liturgical books of 1962, and by offering the faithful sound catechetical teaching within the living Tradition of the Church.”

Psychology

Institute for the Psychological Sciences  offers graduate training in clinical psychology that is grounded in Catholic spiritual values.

CatholicTherapists.com  offers referrals “to professionally qualified psychotherapists who incorporate the truths and teachings of Roman Catholicism into their practice.” Of course, such persons seem to be few and far between. . . . Plus, a listing does not guarantee that a psychotherapist is competent, only that he or she gives intellectual assent to four doctrinal points. As I have seen with my own eyes, there are many persons in the Church who claim to be “devout Catholics” and who still don’t have a clue about the real psychological meaning of total self-sacrifice for the sake of mystic love.

The Story of a Repentant Psychologist  —in an interview with Dr. William Marra, Dr. Coulson, a contrite Catholic psychologist, discusses his role in the destruction of Catholic religious orders, and his subsequent change of mind.

Reference

The New American Bible

Bible: Search for text  —uses the NAB. Configure as needed.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

Catholic Encyclopedia Online

Code of Canon Law  —Codex Iuris Canonici (CIC)

General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours  from The Catholic Liturgical Library.

GIRM  —An English Language Study Translation of the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani (aka GIRM).

Liturgical Calendar: Any Year  can be of help for historical or future purposes.

Liturgical Readings and Psalms  for Mass, any day of the current month, from the New American Bible.

ON THE PHYSICAL DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST —a detailed medical description of Christ’s passion.

The Summa Theologica  by St. Thomas Aquinas, in English.

Thesaurus Precum Latinarum  is a magnificent collection of Latin prayers and Latin hymns with English translations and brief commentaries.

Writings of the Fathers

General Resources

Adoremus Bulletin  seeks to “rediscover and restore the beauty, the holiness, the power of the Church's rich liturgical tradition while remaining faithful to an organic, living process of renewal.”

Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: Main Index  —although the so-called “dialogues” on this site are, in the words of St. Paul, “a morbid disposition for arguments and verbal disputes” (1 Timothy 6:4), and so rarely lead to a productive conclusion, the site offers well-organized links to external readings on many important topics.

Canticle Magazine  —“The Voice of Today’s Catholic Woman.”

Catholic Educator’s Resource Center  provides resources for Catholic Education.

Catholic-Pages.com  provides current liturgical information, Catholic-related news, and thousands of original Catholic articles.

Catholic Teaching on the Angels  

Courage Apostolate  is “an apostolate of the Roman Catholic church whose purpose is to minister to those with same-sex attractions” with a focus on chaste sexual abstinence.

Hail Mary  provides “a quick but thorough reference for Marian information.”

Living His Life Abundantly  “seeks to mend the Christian fabric of today’s culture by proclaiming the abundant life in Jesus Christ through all manner of media and communications.”

Memorare  is a “lay apostolate, loyal to the Pope and the Magisterium,” which seeks to “help Catholics rediscover the great theological, historical and devotional heritage of the Church. For non-Catholics, the site serves as a starting point for understanding the Faith.”

Our Lady’s Warriors  “is aimed specifically at defending the Catholic Faith from the errors of dissenting Catholics.”

Our Lady of Guadalupe  provides comprehensive information about the apparition at Guadalupe.

Patron Saints Index  provides “information on topics with patron saints, and profiles of those saints. Profiles have portraits, biographical information, areas of patronage, prayers, links to related sites, readings, etc.”

Scripture Catholic  provides “over 2,000 Scripture citations from the Old and New Testament that explain and defend the teachings of the Catholic Church.”

Shroud of Turin Website  “allows you to examine ... high quality photographs of the Shroud, review scientific papers and articles, find books and other information, access Shroud resources, obtain Shroud materials and even interact directly with Shroud researchers.”