Have you ever tried to answer questions from non-Catholic friends, but found yourself floundering for the right words? If you’re like most Catholics, you yourself may wonder why we believe what we say we believe and why we do what we do. Call on the Holy Spirit to help you!
You can find your answers in a number of places without embarrassing yourselves. Our Catholic Women’s Bible Study participants offer only a few ways to search the internet for information and answers. Enjoy!
Websites
Just click on the name to go to the various websites. Also, you can type your question or a keyword into your favorite search engine to learn lots more!
- Cataholic Culture https://www.catholicculture.org/
- EWTN (Eternal Word Network)
- Ascension Press
- Catholic Answers
- Knights of Columbus Catholic Information Service
- The Vatican for documents and more about our Church
- Dynamic Catholic
- Word on Fire
- 40 Days for Life
- Take 5 for Faith -- featured in our parish bulletin
Videos
- The Chosen, on YouTube -- About the life of Jesus, really brings the Bible to life! Introduces various persons from the Bible, helping answer our questions of who he was and what role he played in Jesus’ life.
- Fr. Chris Alar from the Marians of the Immaculate Conception, https://www.marian.org, presents a new talk every Saturday at 11 AM. You can find it on FaceBook live and soon thereafter on YouTube for viewing. Some topics have included: sacramentals, why we bow and kneel, the use of statues and crucifixes, apologetics and more.
- How to Pray Like Mary, by Sonja Corbitt -- a short, 6-lesson study w/ videos, very profound & practical! (You can buy it on Ascension Press, $20 plus shipping, or create your own profile/account and select from any of Ascension’s offerings)
- Whisper (Finding God in the Everyday), by Danielle Bean -- This young woman writes so well, gives wonderful examples from her own life that offer great challenges (Ascension Press, $16 plus shipping)
- Why we need to go to Mass -- Fr. Mike at Ascension explains in a welcoming, conversational video podcast.
- Lots more videos and podcasts at Ascension https://media.ascensionpress.com
Podcasts
Podcatchers allow you to listen to a podcast whenever you want. You can find them in your app store, some are free, some are standard on your smartphone. Below are the logos of a few podcatchers to give you an idea of what to look for.
Below are a few podcasts we like and would recommend.
- 40 Days for Life pro-life movies -- the 40 Days for Life website invites you to learn all about the pro-life movement through videos, podcasts, movies and more.
- The Broken Catholic Show https://www.josephwarren.net/brokencatholic On this Top 100 Christian radio show, the host interviews top Christian influencers about their spiritual journeys - you will find relationship coaching, clarity coaching, life coaching, Christian counseling, spiritual direction, inspiring interviews, and much more.
- Choose from several on EWTN https://www.ewtn.com/radio/podcasts, get the app to find your favorites quickly!
- Ascension offers several podcasts, playable on various players; or create your personal profile on the Thinkific dashboard to access via Ascension website https://media.ascensionpress.com
- Ask Father Josh is the podcast where he listens to audience questions, prays with them and hopefully responds in such a way that is helpful for one’s walk towards eternity and becoming a saint! https://media.ascensionpress.com/category/ascension-podcasts/askfrjosh/
- The Catholic Talk Show featuring Ryan DellaCrosse, Ryan Scheel, and Fr. Rich Pagano, is faithful, hilarious, entertaining, and informative! https://catholictalkshow.com
- Connect with Girlfriends. Know your worth. Find your joy. https://media.ascensionpress.com/category/ascension-podcasts/girlfriends/
- Why we need to go to Mass -- Fr. Mike at Ascension explains in a welcoming, conversational video podcast.
- Lots more videos and podcasts at Ascension https://media.ascensionpress.com
- Catholics Across the Aisle -- The podcast of the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholics Across the Aisle: Commentary on Public Policy and Civic Life, brings a non-partisan, moral voice to public dialogue on key policy issues of the day and assists listeners to become educated and active participants in civic life. https://flaccb.org/catholics-across-the-aisle
Radio
Just be willing to look for the answers you seek -- from the list our CWBS friends provided above, or from a trusted Catholic friend, from a priest, on a Catholic publisher’s website, even on the radio. You’ll be so glad you did!