Resources

Please note that this list is neither exhaustive nor formally sanctioned by Benet Academy. It is simply a list of items that some people associated with Benet Academy have found useful.

Topical Help/Study

Prayer

These sites have both prayers and explanations on prayer:

• Catholic Answer’s prayer page
• Awaken to prayer page
• Quotes from St. Therese on prayer

Chastity & Sexuality

• pureloveclub.org
• lovematters.com
• reallove.com
• A.C. Green’s youth site
• Youth Apostles
• Wait 4 Your Mate

Abortion

If you are pregnant and uncomfortable talking with one of us in Campus Ministry or with your counselor, these sites may be helpful:

• Birthright
• Care♥Net
• Pregnancycenters.org
• Standupgirl.com

For information about abortion, this site is worth looking at: Silent No More.

Liturgy

• Daily Readings from the USCCB
• American-Cassinese Congregation Ordo (Home), and 2008
• Diocese of Joliet in Illinois Ordo

Texts

• The Vatican’s Study Library contains well-linked versions of the New American Bible, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Documents of Vatican II, the Code of Canon Law, etc.
• If you can not find an official document on-line at the Vatican, EWTN’s Library might have it.
• The Catholic Answers “Library” contains a variety of resources, often in accurate but less technical language.
• The Knights of Columbus's Catholic Information Service has a variety of down-to-earth resources available.
• The Rule of St. Benedict.

Official Church Organizations

Dioceses (Sees)

• Diocese of Joliet in Illinois (Benet’s Diocese)
• Diocese of Rockford
• Archdiocese of Chicago (Benet’s Metropolitan)
• The Holy See (Vatican)

Other Church Entities

• St. Procopius Abbey (monks who founded and work at Benet)
• The Order of St. Benedict (hosted by St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, MN)
• Catholic Conference of Illinois
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

Media/Entertainment

Radio

• Relevant Radio: Catholic Talk Radio at AM 820 in Chicago and AM 930 in the Western suburbs of Chicago
• Shine.fm – Music for Generation NOW: A Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) station primarily of current, edgy, pop/rock styles though with the occasional talk segment. At FM 89.7 (WONU) it is the radio station of Olivet Nazarene University so that it occasionally programs ONU’s sports events (football, basketball instead of music).
• K-Love – Postive & Encouraging: A national network of CCM stations whose FM 94.3 station (WJKL) is easiest to get in Chicago and its suburbs. This station is more middle of the road Praise & Worship style than Shine.fm.
• WBGL – Family Friendly: A midwest network of Christian stations originating from its station in the Champaign-Urbana, IL area. Much of the programming is CCM similar to K-Love, but WBGL has more talk shows interspersed, particularly near meal times. Their FM 104.7 station (WCFL) covers Chicago and its suburbs.

TV

• EWTN: Mother Angelica's Eternal World Television Network, the far and away most popular and well-known Catholic television network. It is principally on cable and the web.
• BCTV: A local, Catholic station in Boston, MA that also streams on the web.
• TBN: Trinity Broadcasting Network is perhaps the largest general Christian television network. Available in various forms on air, on cable, and on the web. There are a few Catholic voices among their programming.

Print

• Joliet Catholic Explorer: Diocese of Joliet in Illinois Newspaper
• Catholic New World: Archdiocese of Chicago Newspaper