Here are links to some of our favorite websites:
1. EWTN – The Eternal Word Television Network (founded by Mother Angelica, whose birth name was Rita Rizzo): http://www.ewtn.com/
2. Relevant Radio – Catholic station that you can listen to online. We highly recommend The Drew Mariani Show, which can be heard Mon-Fri between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. CST: http://www.relevantradio.com/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=3407&srcid=534
3. Catholics Answers – One of the country’s largest lay-run apostolates of Catholic apologetics and evangelization. You can visit their website at http://www.catholic.com/.
4. Teresa Tomeo is an award-winning news reporter and anchor woman who hosts a morning show on Ave Maria Radio. You can check out her website and find a link to listen to her show at http://www.teresatomeo.com/. We ran a story on Teresa in August at http://www.italiancatholiconline.com/Tomeo.html.
5. The cause for the canonization of Father Vincent Capodanno, a Staten Island native who ministered in the mountains of Taiwan before becoming a chaplain in the United States Marine Corps, was opened in 2006. You can visit the official site for Father Vincent at http://www.vincentcapodanno.org/. Judy McCloskey, who is the postulator for Father Vincent’s cause, also founded Catholic Mil, an organization that serves members of the United States Armed Forces who are interested in learning more about the Catholic faith. You can visit Catholic Mil’s site at http://www.catholicmil.org/. You can also take a look at a story we ran on Father Vincent at http://www.italiancatholiconline.com/capodanno.html.
6. Nyumbani was the first home for HIV-positive orphans in Kenya. It was founded by the late Father Angelo D’Agostino, a native of Providence, RI. We featured a story on Fr. D’Agostino in August at http://www.italiancatholiconline.com/Dagostino.html. You can visit the website of the orphanage at http://www.nyumbani.org/.
7. Frank Tenaglia is a Philadelphia tenor who was healed of hydrocephalus and loss of hearing as a small boy through the prayers of Padre Pio after his father made a visit to the stigmatic saint in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. You can visit Frank’s website at http://www.franktenaglia.com/. You can also read an article we ran on Frank at http://www.italiancatholiconline.com/Tenaglia.html.
8. The St. Rocco Society of Potenza is approaching the 120th anniversary of its first feast on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. You can learn more about this society at http://www.stroccosociety.com/. We ran a story on St. Rocco and the Society’s president, Stephen LaRocca, in August at http://www.italiancatholiconline.com/StRoccoNYC.html.
9. The St. Gianna Beretta-Molla Society and its president, Joseph Cunningham, promote “holiness in the family and respect for the sanctity of all human life by spreading devotion to St. Gianna”. You can visit their site at http://www.saintgianna.org/main.htm and read an article that we ran on this beautiful saint at http://www.italiancatholiconline.com/StGianna.html.
10. The Salesian Boys’ & Girls’ Club of San Francisco was founded by Fr. Oreste Trincheri in 1918 to counter the high rate of delinquency among the teenage sons of Italian immigrants. You can visit their site at http://www.salesianclub.org/. You can also read an interview that was given to us by Russ Gumina, the Club’s executive director, at http://www.italiancatholiconline.com/Gumina.html.
11. Sister Margherita Marchione has been with the Religious Teachers Filippini since 1935. She has authored many books, several of which have been in defense of Pope Pius XII. You can visit her website at http://www.sistermargherita.com/. You can also read an article she submitted to us on the 50th anniversary of Pius XII’s death at http://www.italiancatholiconline.com/PiusXIIMarchione.html.
12. Life Choices is a pregnancy center in Phillipsburg, NJ founded by Joan Fasanello, which has played a role in the birth of over 4,000 children who may otherwise have been aborted. You can visit their site at http://www.lifechoicesonline.org/. You can also read an interview that Joan Fasanello gave us at http://www.italiancatholiconline.com/Fasanello.html.
13. Radio Maria is a Catholic station that began in Milan, Italy in 1983. Our good friend Francesca Franchina hosts two shows weekly on the station. You can visit the station’s website at http://www.radiomaria.us/. You can also read an article submitted by Francesca at http://www.italiancatholiconline.com/Franchina.html.
14. CatholicHistory.net is a resource for students, teachers, researchers, and anyone interested in the history of Catholicism in the United States. You can visit the site at http://catholichistory.net/index.htm.
15. Jim Volpe is an entrepreneur from King of Prussia, PA who has been a teacher of natural family planning. You can visit his blog at http://naturalfamilylife.blogspot.com/.
We will be adding more links in the near future.
