Links to other websites
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| "Let the Children Live!" | This is one of the main charities that the Watermead Apostolate help to support. St. Joseph's Parish also have a very active Support Group for this charity. |
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| CAFOD | CAFOD raises funds from the Catholic community in England and Wales, the UK government and the general public so that it can - promote long-term development, respond to emergencies, raise public awareness of the causes of poverty, speak out on behalf of poor communities, promote social justice in witness to Christian faith and gospel values. | |
| CASE Resources Page | Visit the CASE (Catholic Agency to support Evangelisation) website. This link takes you straight to the downloads page - note the links and downloads answering THE DA VINCI CODE - but click on the homepage to find out more about CASE. | |
| Catholic Directory | A directory with many Catholic organisations. Just type and search. | |
| Catholic Liturgy Office | The Liturgy Office of England and Wales has many useful free documents to download - well worth a visit. | |
| Catholic Youth Services | This site is the official site of the Catholic Youth Services, an agency of the Bishops' Conference in England and Wales. Many links for young Catholics in the UK - a new site that will be growing and developing over the coming months. |
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| Catholicmom.com | A site celebrating Catholic Motherhood. Very interesting links and especially useful are the downloadable weekly worksheets for children. Well worth a visit. | |
| CENACOLO | The Cenacolo Community was founded by an Italian nun called Sister Elvira who has a great love for those with addictions. There are 45 communities worldwide who rely purely on providence and prayer for their everyday needs. Unlike a rehabilitation unit there are no psychiatrists, psychotherapists, or medication. Life in the community is simple and centred on work, prayer and spiritual healing. Each community is run by addicts for addicts under the overall direction of Sister elvira. Click for details about CENACOLO and for links and information on other lay communities. |
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| Daily Prayer Online | Daily Prayer Online is from an Australian charitable trust site site offering a service of Church Resources to the country's Catholics. This page gives links to many of those resources. | |
| Declan's Miracle Donations | Declan is a young boy who lives locally. He suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - a live-threatening illness. English Doctors have told his mum, Alex, that they can't save him! However, in Milan, Italy, there is hope with groundbreaking stem cell treatment. Treatment should be ready in two years but it will cost Ł50,000 pounds and the family are raising money to prepare to send Declan. | |
| Download Acrobat Reader Free | This programme is needed to view several of the documents offered on St Joseph's Parish website. Click on the link and download ACROBAT READER free. | |
| Free Java Download for Windows | The ZENIT link on our homepage requires JAVA. This can be downloaded free from this link. Simply click on link and when the JAVA.COM window opens, click on DOWNLOAD and follow the on-screen instructions. You will then be able to read all the news from Rome on our homepage. | |
| Hermitage Hall | Father John gives retreats at Hermitage Hall four times a year. Hermitage Hall is also the home of Collectors' World and the parish spent their first happy day there in August 2004. At popular request we shall be returning each year . . . | |
| Holy Cross Priory Leicester | Times of Mass and Services with a link to Holy Cross Church Website | |
| Holy Cross Priory, Leicester (Dominican Order website) | Click on this link to find out more about the religious order that serves Holy Cross Church in Leicester. There is also opportunity to read papers and sermons written by various of the Dominican preachers. | |
| Holy Family Guest House, Lourdes | A quality Scottish family run guest house and restaurant in the centre of Lourdes. A leisurely five minute walk from the Sanctuaries and Grotto. | |
| InterCare | InterCare collects appropriate surplus medicines and matches them in response to specific requests from partner health units in Africa. Their former administrator, Margaret, is a member of St. Joseph's parish and the charity is one that Watermead likes to support. |
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| Let the Children Live | St. Joseph's Parish have a very active Support Group Let the Children Live!. This is also one of the main charities that the Watermead Apostolate help to support. | |
| Mother of Peace Community, Zimbabwe | The Mother of Peace Community - caring for orphaned and destitute children. This is a new website that will be available shortly, as will more information of a parish fundraising link. | |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel, Leicester | Our Lady's is the first of our neighbouring Catholic churches along the A563 Outer Ring Road. It is also the diocesan home of Devotion to the Divine Mercy and regular weekly devotion is available. Visit this site to find out more. | |
| Society of St. Gregory | The SSG is the national society for liturgy and music in the Roman Catholic Church in the British Isles. It was founded in 1929, continues to flourish and is delighted to welcome Christians of any denomination who seek to achieve similar aims through liturgy, music and the arts. | |
| St Joseph's local website | St. Joseph's is registered with the Beehive Community. Have a look at our pages and also other local communities and churches in the Leicestershire area. | |
| St Mary's Parish, South Wigston | St. Mary's is one of our local deanery parishes. | |
| St Paul's School | Many of the children of the parish attend St Paul's School, an 11-18 Comprehensive since 1977. The catchment area is truly comprehensive covering southeast Leicester and the surrounding county area and serves the Catholic population of nine parishes. | |
| St. Barnabas Cathedral, Nottingham | St. Barnabas Cathedral is the central church of our diocese. | |
| St. Joseph's Primary School | A link to our parish's Catholic primary school. | |
| St. Thomas More Parish | St. Thomas More, Stoneygate, Leicester, is in the same deanery as our own parish. | |
| Survive Miva | A Roman Catholic Lay Association, founded in Liverpool UK in 1974, with one fundamental aim - to provide mobility for those who share their lives with the poor of the non-industrialised world. Funds are converted into grants for all types of transport; bicycle, a moped, a trail bike, a 4wd ambulance, a pickup, an outboard motor, what best suits their terrain. |
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| The Briars Youth Centre | Set in the Derbyshire Dales, The Briars is the residential youth centre for the Roman Catholic diocese of Nottingham. | |
| The Catholic Church in England and Wales | A very useful site to keep up-to-date with what is happening in the Catholic Church in this country. | |
| The Nottingham Diocese | For information about Bishop Malcolm and our own diocesan parishes, schools and convents. | |
| The Nottingham Pilgrims Community | A community centred on Christ for the new evangelisation - and difficult to summarise - look at the site for full details. | |
| The Taize Community | An international, ecumenical community founded in 1940, in Taizé, France, by Brother Roger. Since the late 1950s, many thousands of young adults from many countries have found their way to Taizé to take part in weekly meetings of prayer and reflection. | |
| The Vatican | Vatican City is the smallest State in the world, home of the Pope and the city from where our Church is governed. | |
| Vatican Radio | The original 105 Live site was replaced in 2006 by this link. We do not know whether 105Live will continue again in its original format - but linking to this site will keep us up-to-date. | |
| Watermead Shop | This link will take you to the Shinglers of Sutton website where Watermead Apostolate items can be purchased online. | |
| World Youth Day | The next World Youth Day takes place in Australia in 2008. Keep up-to-date with the preparations - and, maybe, become involved - through this link. | |
| www.charityjob.co.uk | A website dedicated to advertising job vacancies in the charity field. | |
| www.ik.com | The suppliers of our website. They are the web's premier supplier of quality build your own websites for all sizes of business, plus additional services. Not forgetting of course the FREE services to education organisations. | |
| Youth 2000 | Youth 2000 is an autonomous international initiative of young people working in cooperation with clergy, religious and older lay people, founded above all on adoration of the Eucharist, active evangelisation, and the organisation of retreats and spiritual events throughout Europe and other parts of the world. | |
| Youth SVP | Youth SVP is a voluntary Christian organisation. When you join a Youth SVP group, you volunteer to offer one-to-one help and support to people in need in the local community. It was founded in 1833 in Paris by a 19 year old student called Frederic Ozanam and his university friends. Youth SVP is the largest youth organisation in the Catholic Church of England & Wales. Since 1999, over 8000 young people have put their faith in to action by becoming a member of Youth SVP. |
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