The Catholic Women's League of Canada
Alberta Mackenzie Provincial Council
INDEX TO LINKS
| Catholic Education and Schools (Jan'11) | Catholic Health Facilities in Alberta (Jan'11) | Catholic Publications and Media (Jan'11) |
| Catholic Resource Portals (Jan'11) | Catholic Youth Links | Commercial Products (Jan'11) |
| Dioceses' Web Sites (Jan'11) | Media - Other | Events - Other |
| Government (Jan'11) | Organizations - Catholic (Jan'11) | Organizations - Other (Jan'11) |
| Org'z'ns officially supported by the CWL | Pro-Life & Family (Jan'11) | Social & Health Issues (Nov'11) |
Catholic Schools and
Education
Alberta Catholic School Trustees
Association
[Calgary, Canmore and Cochrane]
[Bonnyville, Cold Lake, Plamondon and St. Paul]
[Edmonton, Ft. McMurray, Jasper, Legal, Red Deer, St. Albert and Wainwright]
[Falher, Grande Prairie and Peace River]
[Castor, Halkirk, Provost, Stettler, Vermilion and Wainwright]
[Camrose, Fort Saskatchewan, Sherwood Park and Vegreville]
[Devon, Hinton, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Westlock]
[Beaverlodge, Fairview, Grande Prairie, Sexsmith and Spirit River]
[Legal, Morinville and St. Albert]
[Grimshaw, High Prairie, Manning, McLennan, Peace River and Valleyview]
[Coaldale, Lethbridge, Picture Butte, Pincher Creek and Taber]
[Bonnyville, Cold Lake and Waskatenau]
[Edson, Slave Lake and Whitecourt]
[Bow Island, Dunmore, Medicine Hat and Redcliff]
[Innisfail, Red Deer, Rocky Mountain House and Sylvan Lake]
[Mallaig and St. Paul]
[Beaumont, Drayton Valley, Leduc, Ponoka and Wetaskiwin]
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame (Wilcox SK) - Catholic residential co-ed school, Gr. 8-12
Coady International Institute (Antigonish, NS)
College Mathieu (Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan) - a private French Catholic residential school
Newman Theological College & St. Joseph Seminary
Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy (Barry's Bay, ON)
St. Francis Xavier University (Antigonish, NS)
St. Joseph's College (University of Alberta)
St. Mary's University College (Calgary)
St. Paul University (Ottawa)
St. Peter's Abbey (Muenster, SK)
Catholic Health
Facilities in Alberta
Covenant Health
<www.covenanthealth.ca>
(corporate identity for the Catholic provincial health
organization) Member facilities:
Banff Mineral Springs Hospital
Bonnyville Bonnyville Health Centre
Camrose St. Mary's Hospital
Castor Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital
Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre
Edmonton Grey Nuns Community Hospital
Misericordia Community Hospital
St. Joseph's Auxiliary Hospital
Killam Health Centre
Lethbridge St. Michael's Health Centre
Lethbridge Martha's House
Lethbridge St. Therese Villa
Mundare Mary Immaculate Hospital
St. Albert Youville Home
Trochu St. Mary's Health Care Centre
Vegreville St. Joseph's General Hospital
Caritas Hospital
Foundation supports the following hospitals:
Grey Nuns Community Hospital (est. 1988)
Misericordia Community Hospital (est. 1900)
Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre
(est. as the Edmonton General Hospital in 1895)
Youville Home (est. 1863)
Catholic Publications and Media On the Web
The
Carillon (Newspaper of the R.C. Diocese of Calgary)
Catechism of
the Catholic Church
The
Catholic Dimension (Alberta Catholic School Trustees
Association)
The Catholic Register
Catholic World News - independent
news agency
Code of
Canon Law
National Catholic Reporter -
independent newspaper from Kansas, MO
New American Bible
Prairie Messenger
Western Catholic Reporter
ZENIT A news agency
whose mission it is to provide objective and professional coverage of
events, documents and issues emanating from or concerning the Catholic
Church for a worldwide audience, especially the media.
Catholic Online -
Catholic media, including reviews and ratings of current movies
EWTN Global Catholic Network
Salt + Light Television --
Canadian Catholic TV
Vatican Radio
-- from Vatican City
The Alberta Catholic
Directory is available early each year from
the Western Catholic Reporter.
The gives contact information for all parishes in Alberta, the North
West Territories and northern Saskatchewan. The Directory
includes religious orders, institutions, dioceses, parishes, clergy,
schools, agencies and more!
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Catholic Resource
Portals (sites that provide links to other sites)
American Catholic/St.
Anthony Messenger award-winning web site
Catholic Canada Directory
(Great site!!)
Catholic Information Centre on
Internet (lists many Catholic web sites)
"Home to popular free Catholic Chat Rooms, Email
Discussion Groups, hundreds of keyword-searchable links,
and free Catholic audio
tapes and books. Worth a visit."
Catholic Online - Liturgical Calendar, Feast Days of Saints, Holy Days -- calendar and descriptions
Catholic-pages.com - Catholic directory, forum, books, facts, jokes, e-cards
CatholiCity (links to Catholic information sites)
I am the Bread of Life Catholic Apologetics Webring - links to numerous Catholic web pages
RCNet (lists Catholic sites on the Web)
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Commercial Products
(purchasing with a social conscience)
Alberta Council for Global Cooperation
- what and where to buy "fair trade" in Alberta
Alberta
TransFair - independent certification organization for fair trade
coffee, tea, cocoa and sugar with a list of Alberta outlets, from the
TransFair Canada web site
Bridgehead Coffee, Tea & Cocoa
- Canadian distributor (Ottawa-based) ; organic, shade-grown coffees
from small-scale farmers' co-operatives
Central Perc
Coffee - TransFair Canada Licencee in Prince George, BC
Fair Trade Quilts & Crafts
- support craft and weaving cooperatives in Guatemala and Mexico
Global Exchange - all
kinds of sweatshop and "fair trade" info
Resources
on Fair Trade and Coffee - lots of good info links, including
Canadian campaigns
Just Us! Coffee Roasters <www.justuscoffee.com>
- fair trade coffee & other products suppliers - delivery wherever
you wish - home, office, church, community
Minkha Sweaters - Bolivian
women's co-operative knitting group sells beautiful alpaca sweaters in
North America. All profits are returned to the Bolivian women.
Wild Bird General Store
- the first retailer in Alberta to sell Shade-Grown "Bird Friendly"
organic Fair Trade Coffee from the Creemore Coffee Company (located
north of Toronto)
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Dioceses' Web Sites
Calgary, AB -- Roman
Catholic Diocese of Calgary
Edmonton, AB -- Archdiocese of Edmonton
-- new URL Apr'09; original web site lauched Nov27/01
Pastoral Scene - weekly
e-mail news of events in the Archdiocese
Archdiocese of
Edmonton - contact info listing on CCCB web site -
- For Parish information,
see Edmonton Diocesan Council Zones &
Councils page
Archdiocese of
Grouard-McLennan - web site link
Diocese
of St. Paul - web site link
Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith
- web site link
Vatican -- The Holy See
Geographical plan of the Church in Canada --
CCCB site
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Media - Other
Advertising Standards Canada
Canadian Broadcast Standards
Council (Complaint form to protest inappropriate speech and
actions on television or radio)
Canadian Radio-Television and
Telecommunications Council (CRTC)
www.medicare.ca is a web
site that monitors the Canadian health care system - Canadian Health
Coalition
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Events - Other
Campaign 2000 - promote and
secure implementation of
the Nov. 24/89 Declaration to End Child
Poverty
- Campaign against Child
Poverty
Jesus
Through the Centuries -- virtual exhibit at the Provincial Museum
of Alberta (PMA)
World Day of Prayer
International Committee (First Friday in March - check with your
church for locations near you) Canada -
Women's Interchurch Council
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Government
Canada | Northwest
Territories | Alberta
Calgary | Edmonton
The Holy See (Vatican)
United Nations
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Organizations -
Catholic
Catholic Biblical Association of Canada
-- great bible and bible study resources; beautiful web
Canadian Catholic Organization for
Development & Peace (Development & Peace / CCODP)
Catholic Civil Rights League --
dedicated to the faithful expression of the Magisterium of the Catholic
Church in public affairs for the renewal of Canada, and the benefit of
the common good (added
Catholic Communication Network
-- Catholic media, including reviews and ratings of current
movies
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
(site re-designed March 2003)
Catholic Health Alliance of Canada
(CHAC)
Catholic Missions In Canada (CMIC)
Catholic Organization for Life and Family
(COLF) (Canada) -- affiliated with CCCB
& Knights of Columbus -web URL
Child Care International
-- a Catholic sponsorship program
Chalice - sharing Christ with those
in need
Flying
Fathers - the internationally famous Canadian hockey team of
priests
Knights of Columbus
-- Knights
of Columbus Alberta Northwest
Territories State Council
Regnum Christi's - Youth and Family
Encounter (YFE)
Save a Family Plan - < http://www.safp.org>
- 100% of your donation goes to the families
Scarboro Foreign Mission
Society -- Canadian Catholic community of priests and lay women and
men witnessing to the Gospel overseas and in Canada
W.I.N.G.S. of Providence
- Women in Need Growing Stronger second stage housing for women and
children recovering from abusive domestic situations
WUCWO is the World Union of Catholic
Women’s Organisations
Catholic
Women's League of Canada
National Council of Catholic Women of
the United States of America
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- Advertising Standards Canada
- Alberta Federation of Women United for Families (AFWUF) < http://www.afwuf.org/ >
- Bissell Centre - "Making a Difference in Edmonton's Inner City"
- Bosco Homes - a charitable, non-profit society dedicated to serving children, adolescents and families who struggle with emotional and/or psychiatric disorders
- Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (Complaint form to protest inappropriate speech and actions on television or radio)
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Council (CRTC)
Church Council on Justice and Corrections (CCJC)
Focus on the Family Canada - Christian family ministry; infomation and resources
Habitat for Humanity Canada
hisword.com - a complete, one stop shop for everything local, national and international for all denominations; Liturgical material, readings and commentaries, prayers
Medicins sans frontier / Doctors Without Borders - independent, international humanitarian aid organisation that provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger
Monastery of Christ in the Desert
Parkland Institute (University of Alberta)
Project Ploughshares - a national peace and justice organization promoting disarmament and peaceful resolution of conflict
Women's Inter-Church Council of Canada (WICC)
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Organizations officially supported by The Catholic Women's League
Nationally:
(All cheques for these funds made payable to "CWL Diocesan Council" may
be sent to the Diocesan Treasurer.)
Catholic Missions In Canada
(CMIC) - voluntary Catechesis fund established at CWL National
Convention 2001
Coady International Institute
(Antigonish, NS)
Development & Peace
MaterCare International
(1997-2009)
plus, at the Provincial level:
CWL ABMK's Nickels
for the North project - funds help CWL councils in the
Northwest Territories
(Donations for Nickels for the North, payable to CWL Alberta Mackenzie
Provincial Council,
may be sent to the ABMK Provincial Treasurer.)
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Pro-Life &
Family
Alberta
Alberta Family Life Committee
- producers of a Voter's Guide for Alberta provincial elections
Alberta Life Issues Educational Society
(ALIES) - educating Albertans on human development, human
experimentation, reproductive technologies, adoption, abortion,
chastity, euthanasia, and similar issues affecting human life;
providing counselling and referral services to the public with respect
to unforeseen pregnancies and post abortion trauma.
Alberta Pro-Life
Calgary Billings Centre
Edmonton ProLife <www.edmontonprolife.org>
Roman Catholic Diocese of
Calgary's web site (click on the Pastoral Centre button, then on
Family Resource Centre) for Engaged Encounter, Marriage Encounter,
AfterAbortion, Project Rachel and other life-oriented web sites
Other organizations & sites
Association of Interchurch Families
-- interchurch marriage& family support (added Jan. 13/01)
- includes a page and
articles about the Canadian
Association of Interchurch Families
Baby
Samuel reaches for Life!
Birthright
Canadian Physicians for Life
Catholic Organization for Life and Family
(COLF)(Canada) -- affiliated with CCCB
& Knights of Columbus
Center for Bio-Ethical Reform
(U.S.) -- new campaign launched June 25/01 -- poster trucks on freeways
abortion
links - info about abortion issues
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
Lifesite (Campaign Life
Coalition)
Registered Nurse (U.S.) "The
Euthanasia Debate"
<www.registerednurse.org/resources/the-euthanasia-debate/> (added
Dec30/10)
Serena Natural Family Planning
(Canada)
Stand to Reason (U.S.) -- trains
Christians to think more clearly about their faith and to make an
even-handed, incisive,
yet gracious defense for
classical Christianity and classical Christian values in the public
square.
TruthTV.org -- prolife site based
in Ireland
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Social & Health
Issues
Bosco Homes - treatment,
education and housing for children and adolescents / Bosco Foundation
The Church Council on Justice and Corrections www.ccjc.ca
Citizens for Public Justice
- an ecumenical social advocacy organization
Campaign 2000 - promote and
secure implementation of the Nov. 24/89 Declaration to end Child
Poverty
Campaign against Child Poverty
Canadian Broadcast Standards
Council (Complaint form to protest inappropriate speech and
actions on television or radio)
Coalition on
Abortion/Breast Cancer link
Development & Peace
Youth Emergency Shelter Society
(Edmonton) - providing a short-term safe place for young people at risk
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