The Catholic Women's League of Canada
Alberta Mackenzie Provincial Council
INDEX TO LINKS
| Catholic Education and Schools (Apr'12) | 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 (Mar'13) | 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
ACSTA Member Boards
Calgary
RCSSD No. 1[Airdrie, Calgary, Chestermere, Cochrane and
Municipal District of Rockyview]
[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
Roman Catholic
Diocese of Calgary
Archdiocese of Edmonton
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
+ Parliament of Canada
(legislation)
+ List of Members of
Parliament (MPs)
| Northwest Territories |
Alberta + AB Legislative Assembly
(MLAs & legislation)
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
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:
(Complete the National
Voluntary Fund form and mail with cheque to National
Office.)
Catholic
Missions In Canada (CMIC) - voluntary fund established
at CWL National Convention 2001)
Coady International Institute
(Antigonish, NS)
Development & Peace
Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
(to Dec2020)
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 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
(The Wilberforce Project)
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 Empowerment & Support
Services (formerly Youth Emergency Shelter Society,
Edmonton) - providing a short-term safe place for young people
at risk
Universal
Stone Inc - an Edmonton, Alberta company
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