Catholic Organizations

Knights of Columbus
http://kofc.org

The Knights of Columbus is an organization for Catholic men devoted to service. This is the official site of the Knights, and it is full of information--the Knights' history, how to join, the service and spirituality of the Knights, and an online version of Columbia, the magazine of the Knights.

Catholic Extension
http://www.catholic-extension.org/

Magazine of Missionary Work in America

Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute
http://www.c-fam.org/

Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) opened in the summer of 1997 as the only full-time pro-life and pro-family office at UN headquarters in New York City. In that capacity, C-FAM takes the pro-life and pro-family message to the UN bureacrats and UN diplomats. C-FAM has lobbied at all important UN conferences in recent years and is at the center of an international coalition of governments and of other pro-family non-government organizations.

The Catholic Health Association of the U.S.
http://www.chausa.org/

The Catholic Health Association of the United States represents the combined strength of its members, more than 2,000 Catholic healthcare sponsors, systems, facilities, and related organizations. Founded in 1915, CHA unites members to advance selected strategic issues that are best addressed together rather than as individual organizations. It strengthens the Church’s healing ministry in the United States by advocating for a just healthcare system, convening leaders to share ideas and foster collaboration, and uniting the ministry voice on critical issues.

CATHOLIC LEAGUE
http://www.catholicleague.org/

The Catholic League is the nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization. Founded in 1973 by the late Father Virgil C. Blum, S.J., the Catholic League defends the right of Catholics – lay and clergy alike – to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination. Motivated by the letter and the spirit of the First Amendment, the Catholic League works to safeguard both the religious freedom rights and the free speech rights of Catholics whenever and wherever they are threatened.

Focolare Movement
http://www.rc.net/focolare/

From its humble beginnings in the Italian city of Trent, the Focolare has become a worldwide movement, and now numbers over 87,000 members and about two million friends and adherents in over 180 nations. There are many ways to belong to the Movement, ranging from a more committed lifestyle in small communities to collaboration in its various activities. The Movement is made up of persons of all ages, races and walks of life. It is ecumenical. Members of the world's religions as well as persons of no religious affiliation also participate in the life of the Movement in varying degrees.

Pax Christi USA
http://www.nonviolence.org/pcusa/

Pax Christi USA strives to create a world that reflects the Peace of Christ by exploring, articulating, and witnessing to the call of Christian nonviolence. This work begins in personal life and extends to communities of reflection and action to transform structures of society. Pax Christi USA rejects war, preparations for war, and every form of violence and domination. It advocates primacy of conscience, economic and social justice, and respect for creation.Pax Christi is a section of Pax Christi International, the Catholic peace movement

Schoenstatt
http://www.schoenstatt.org

Schoenstatt is a profoundly Marian movement which sprang from the Church and is at her service. The Schoenstatt Movement has diverse types of communities for its members, according to the form and degree of their apostolic, community, and self-formation commitments.

The Catholic Worker Movement
http://www.catholicworker.org

The Catholic Worker Movement, founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933, is grounded in a firm belief in the God-given dignity of every human person. Today over 140 Catholic Worker communities remain committed to nonviolence, voluntary poverty, prayer, and hospitality for the homeless, exiled, hungry, and foresaken. Catholic Workers continue to protest injustice, war, racism, and violence of all forms.

Houston Catholic Worker
http://www.cjd.org/

Casa Juan Diego was founded in 1980, following the Catholic Worker model of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, to serve immigrants and refugees. >From one small house it has grown to fifteen houses. Casa Juan Diego publishes a newspaper, the Houston Catholic Worker, to share the stories of the immigrants and refugees and the values of the Catholic Worker movement.

Serraminneapolis
http://www.serraminneapolis.org

Serra is a catholic organization estanlished in 1935. The Minneapolis Serra was founded in 1942 and is the six oldest in the USA.There are currently 768 Serra Clubs with 23,578 members in 36 countries. Our charter is to foster Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious life and Deaconate and a dedicated laity to a call to service in various ministries.

Christian Foundation for Children and Aging
http://www.cfcausa.org/

CFCA is a lay Catholic organization creating relationships between sponsors in the United States and children and elderly people in 25 developing nations around the world. When you become a CFCA sponsor, your monthly contribution provides life-changing benefits like education, nutrition, clothing, and medical care to your sponsored friend.

Serra Minneapolis
http://serraminneapolis.org

Serra International was founded in 1935 to help foster and support priests, religious and deacons in the Priesthood and religious life. It encourages the laity to become involved and deepen their faith.

National Federation of Priests' Councils
http://www.nfpc.org

The National Federation of Priests' Councils (NFPC) is a membership organization representing one hundred sixteen councils of diocesan and religious clergy, totaling appx. twenty-six thousand Roman Catholic priests. The National Board of the NFPC includes representatives from 30 ecclesiastical provinces of the United States, the Conference of the Major Superiors of Men and the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus. The House of Delegates of the NFPC is a policy-setting body comprised of representatives of the member councils. The Delegates meet annually.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter
http://www.wwme.org/

Worldwide Marriage Encounter offers a weekend experience designed to give married couples the opportunity to learn a technique of loving communication that they can use for the rest of their lives. It's a chance to look deeply into their relationship with each other and with God. It's a time to share their feelings, hopes and dreams with each other.

KEPHA
http://www.kepharocks.org

KEPHA is a growing brotherhood of Catholic fathers and sons in five states. Faithful to the Holy Father, we promote the Culture of Life through monthly retreats and shared daily prayers and provoke each other to Heaven according to our motto, "Dynamic Orthodoxy, Infectious Joy." Ours is a high-octane Catholicism rejecting spiritual laziness and moral compromise. We are under the patronage of our "BIG 3": St. John Bosco, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati. KEPHA's anchors are our 5 commitments: apologetics, brotherhood, charity, mortification, and prayer. Join us and LIVE AND DIE CATHOLIC TO THE CORE!

Faith Movement
http://www.faith.org.uk

The Faith movement is a group of priests, religious and lay Catholics with a shared vision of Christ as "Lord of the cosmos and of history", uniting orthodox Catholicism with modern scientific knowledge.

Pax Christi Summit
http://www.paxsummit.blogspot.com

Pax Christi Summit works to bring about non-violent social change through prayer, study and action. An affiliated group of Pax Christi USA, representing the Catholic Peace Movement in the United States. This blog is a diary of our actions our thoughts and our opinions which we hope will encourage other to become more aware.

Legatus
http://www.legatus.org

A membership organization for Catholic executives with a mission to study, live and spread the Faith.

Fish Eaters: The Whys and Hows of Traditional Catholicism
http://www.fisheaters.com

A complete resource for Catholics who worship in the traditional way per the 1962 Missal, according to the allowances of Ecclesia Dei. Instructions for almost every facet of traditional Catholic practice.