External Links

We believe these web sites provide information of interest to our parishioners, parish ministries and friends. We do not, necessarily, endorse every item, position or issue of every linked site.

Listed below, by category, are some web sites that may be of interest. By clicking on the following links, will be leaving the QLQP website.

Vatican and Diocese Organizations

News organizations

America
Arlington Catholic Herald
Catholic News Service
Commonweal
National Catholic Reporter
Sojourners Articles by Joe Nangle, OFM - Fr. Nangle presides at OLQP’s 1:00 Mass every Sunday.

Social Justice and Social Ministry

Arlington Food Assistance Center
Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing
Bread for the World
Catholic Re lief Services
Christian Foundation for Children and Aging
Fr. John Dear - Homepage of the pastor, activist, retreat leader, and author who spoke at OLQP as part of the Fr. Kelly lecture series
The Hunger Site - Each time visitors to this site click on the Give Free Food button, the site’s sponsors contribute one cup of staple foods to either Mercy Corps or America’s Second Harvest. The site also contains links to five other sites which use the same approach in raising money for free mammograms for women in need, children’s health services, literacy programs, rainforest preservation, and animal rescue.
NETWORK - A national Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Pax Christi USA
Pax Christi NOVA
Social Action Linking Together (SALT)
US Catholic Bishops Conference Department of Social Development and World Peace
US Catholic Bishops Conference Committee on Migration
Virginia Interfaith Center

Haiti

Haiti Action Committee
Haiti and the U.S.A.
Haiti Program (Trinity University) - The Program's Director, Dr. Bob Maguire, spoke at OLQP
Haiti Reborn (Quixote Center)
Haiti Support Group
Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti

Lay Missionary Organizations

Franciscan Mission Service
Donpat.com - Visit this site to keep up with the activities of Don and Pat Clausen, OLQP parishioners serving as Franciscan Missioners in El Salvador.
Ignatian Lay Volunteer Corps
Jesuit Volunteer Corps
Maryknoll Lay Missioners
Each of the following two sites contains an extensive list of lay volunteer programs.
- Catholic Network of Volunteer Service
- St. Vincent Pallotti Center

Contact Your Elected Officials

Catholic Parish Web Sites

Arlington Diocese (for a full list of Northern Virginia parishes)
- St. Anthony of Padua - Falls Church
- St. Charles Borromeo - Arlington
Archdiocese of Washington (for a full list of parishes in Washington DC and local Maryland counties)
- St. Augustine - Washington, DC
- St. Camillus - Silver Spring, MD
- St. Rose of Lima - Gaithersburg, MD
- St. Teresa of Avila – Washington DC
- Holy Trinity - Washington, DC
Archdiocese of Baltimore (for a full list of parishes in the archdiocese)
- St. Bernadette - Severn MD
Excellent Parishes – links to parishes around the United States that share many of OLQP’s qualities.

Black Catholics:

BCIMALL (Black Catholic Information Mall) - From the BCIMALL home page, click on "Catholic" and see links for major Black Catholic organizations.
Eat the Scroll Ministry
In a Word – A Monthly Publication For and About African American Catholics
Institute for Black Catholic Studies- Xavier University of Louisiana
National Black Catholic Congress
National Black Catholic Evangelization Forum
Sister Thea Bowman - News and resources concerning the internationally recognized spiritual leader and speaker.
Solid Ground – a Franciscan Ministry with African American Families

Hispanic Catholics:

Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs - USCCB

Environmental Justice/Stewardship

Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment
Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
Eco-Justice Ministries
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Programs
Pax Christi USA's Global Restoration Priority - Includes links to several Church documents on the Environment and Ecology.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - Environmental Justice - Includes the Climate Change Justice and Health Initiative and the Children's Health and the Environment Initiative.
Virginia Interfatith Power and Light

Adult Education

Busted Halo - Paulist site directed toward young adults.
The Christophers - Their mission is to encourage people of all ages, and from all walks of life, to use their God-given talents to make a positive difference in the world.
Education+Parish+Service – Educating Catholics for Witness, Service and Leadership - Educates lay Catholics for participation in the Church's life and mission through academic and spiritual programs.
Theology Library at Spring Hill College - This site claims over 8,000 links to documents in such areas as the Institutional Church, Revelation, Liturgy, Justice, Theology, Morality, Spirituality, Evangelization, and Other Religions/Belief Systems.
Woodstock Theological Center - Sponsors a series of presentations addressing topics of social and political importance from a religious and ethical viewpoint.

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