{"id":2510,"date":"2006-04-29T00:32:03","date_gmt":"2006-04-29T00:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/help-the-cerc.html"},"modified":"2006-04-29T00:32:03","modified_gmt":"2006-04-29T00:32:03","slug":"help-the-cerc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/help-the-cerc.html","title":{"rendered":"Help the CERC!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many great Catholic resources on the Internets, and one of the best is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholiceducation.org\/\">Catholic Educator&#8217;s Resource Center. <\/a>Note: It&#8217;s <em>not <\/em>just for educators! (Unless you&#8217;re of the mind that all of us are, at some level, educators). Sure, it&#8217;s got resources that are specifically helpful to catechists of all ages, but what makes the site quite useful for all of us is the massive collection of articles J. Fraser Field collects and categorizes. It&#8217;s always very current, and it&#8217;s always the best. So, the latest updates include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholiceducation.org\/links\/jump.cgi?ID=4778\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #6633cc\">Does Prayer Work?<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <span style=\"color: #333333\"><span class=\"descript\">&#8211; <strong>Mark Earley<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The headlines seemed almost triumphal in tone. \u201cPrayer Doesn\u2019t Aid Recovery, Study Finds.\u201d That was the <em>Washington Post<\/em>. \u201cLong-Awaited Medical Study Questions the Power of Prayer.\u201d That was the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #6633cc;font-size: 0.8em\"><a href=\"\/\/catholiceducation.org\/directory\/birdcast.cgi?ID=4778','recommend','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600,height=400')\">Email This Article<\/a><\/span> <\/li>\n<li><a class=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholiceducation.org\/links\/jump.cgi?ID=4776\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #6633cc\">The plight of Iraq Christians<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <span style=\"color: #333333\"><span class=\"descript\">&#8211; <strong>Lawrence F. Kaplan<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Fadi has had it with Iraq. At his family\u2019s home in Baghdad, the Christian university student (whose last name has been withheld to protect his family) elaborates in fluent English. \u201cThere is no future for Christians here,\u201d he says.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #6633cc;font-size: 0.8em\"><a href=\"\/\/catholiceducation.org\/directory\/birdcast.cgi?ID=4776','recommend','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600,height=400')\">Email This Article<\/a><\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholiceducation.org\/links\/jump.cgi?ID=4777\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #6633cc\">Character-Centered Families and Schools<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <span style=\"color: #333333\"><span class=\"descript\">&#8211; <strong>Tom Lickona<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The goal of Catholic character education is to form children in the character of Christ, says developmental psychologist, Tom Lickona.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #6633cc;font-size: 0.8em\"><a href=\"\/\/catholiceducation.org\/directory\/birdcast.cgi?ID=4777','recommend','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600,height=400')\">Email This Article<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.catholiceducation.org\/links\/jump.cgi?ID=4774\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #6633cc\">Tastes Like Home<\/span><\/strong><\/a> <span style=\"color: #333333\"><span class=\"descript\">&#8211; <strong>Lucette Lagnado<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">A Passover delicacy reminds me of my own exodus from Egypt.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #6633cc;font-size: 0.8em\"><a href=\"\/\/catholiceducation.org\/directory\/birdcast.cgi?ID=4774','recommend','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600,height=400')\">Email This Article<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The CERC is in need of financial help &#8211; aside from the usual expenses of running such an extensive site, they were hit with an unexpected tax bill recently, and have not quite recovered. So <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.vision-works-media.com\/catholiceducation\/center\/donate_info.html\">go check out the whole site, and see if you can help them.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many great Catholic resources on the Internets, and one of the best is the Catholic Educator&#8217;s Resource Center. Note: It&#8217;s not just for educators! (Unless you&#8217;re of the mind that all of us are, at some level, educators). 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