Spiritual Formation Programs and Organizations
Online Resources
Hallow is an app that allows one to participate in a variety of prayers, including a variety of audible rosaries, Bible in a Year with Father Mike Schmidt, and loads of other forms of spiritual activities and exercises.
Word on Fire, founded by Bishop of Robert Barron, is a nonprofit global media apostolate that strives to provide illuminating educational programs on a variety of topics meant to draw all people into the beauty of the Catholic faith.
Public Messages and Homilies of Bishop Burbidge https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/bishop/public-messages/
Walk Humbly Podcast with Bishop Burbidge https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/bishop/on-the-air/
Office of Marriage, Family and Respect Life https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/office-of-marriage,-family-and-respect-life/
Do you want to grow spiritually, but have difficulty making time? Try the Diocese of Arlington’s: 2minutes2virtue challenge.
Additional Formation Resources:
The National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) has wonderful resources for members. Membership is $50 annually. For more information, please visit their website at: https://www.nccw.org/
The Catholic Women's Forum is an outreach of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C.’s premier institute dedicated to applying the Judeo-Christian moral tradition to critical issues of public policy. The Catholic Women’s Forum helps shape conversations in the Church and in the culture—about marriage and family, gender and sexuality, the role of women, religious liberty, and the dignity of human life—through expert commentary, presentations, scholarly articles, and in national and international conferences.
Walking with Purpose is a Catholic women’s Bible study that aims to bring women to a deeper personal relationship with Jesus Christ by offering personal study and small group discussion that link our everyday challenges and struggles with the solutions given to us through the teachings of Christ and the Roman Catholic Church.
Endow is a study-guide based program designed to help women grow in knowledge, experience and encounter who they are, discover their purpose and share with each other so they might go forth, presenting themselves renewed, full of life and hope, to the people around them.
Dynamic Catholic provides internet-based resources as well as access to personal interactive resources that can help individuals begin a spiritual journey.
Family Support and Enrichment:
Witness to Love, now being used in 70 dioceses across four countries is a marriage program developed by Mary Rose Verret and her husband, Ryan. To learn more about Witness to Love, click here.
Another beautiful witness to family life comes from the recent USCCB “Made for Love” Podcast, by host Sara Perla in which she highlights the abounding “Love in Adoption,” with guest Deborah Savage.
Useful Websites for Catholics:
EWTN refers to the Eternal Word Television Network, a multi-media resource for people who want to learn more about the Catholic faith, its prayers, liturgies, and teachings.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church conveys the essential and fundamental content of Catholic faith and morals in a complete and summary way.
The official website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops provides abundant information and resources related to the Catholic Church nationally.
Countless resources can also be found on the Vatican website.
If you are interested in formally studying the Catholic faith, Catholic Distance University may be a valuable resource.