This page has links to various pastoral resources that may be of assistance to parishioners of The Manoa-Punahou Catholic Community and beyond. Please email comments and suggestions to Fr. Marc Alexander

Most Recent Additions

• Christian Medical & Dental Associations: Hawaii Assisted Suicide Resources (uploaded 1/24/05)
• Physician-Assisted Suicide Debate Begins Again (updated 1/23/05)
• "Red Mass Homily -- Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Ultimate Right or Final Assault?" by Fr. Marc Alexander, S.T.D.
• Physician-assisted Suicide Isn't Needed" by Leonard R. Howard, M.D.
• "Red Mass Mixes Faith, Politics" by Mary Kaye Ritz
• International Task Force on /Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
• Nightingale Alliance: A Web Site Opposing Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
• Physicians for Compassionate Care Educational Foundation (PCCEF)
• Christian Medical & Dental Associations: Physician-Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia
• Check out the RENEW Sunday Faith Sharing Resources page. This will link users directly to faith sharing resources to be used by small groups and individuals (linked 11/10/04)




• View the Do No Harm: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics (includes up-to-date information on stem cell research) (uploaded 9/2/04)
• View the Advertising Campaign Challenging the Pro-Choice Position (uploaded 9/2/04)
• View the Factual Information about the drug RU-486 (uploaded 9/2/04)
• View the Post-Abortion Resources (uploaded 9/2/04)
• View the National Committee for a Human Life Amendment (uploaded 9/2/04)
• Vision: Catholic Vocation Guide (Online Resource for Vocation Discernment)
• Please remember to vote! Primary Election Day is September 18th. General Election Day is November 2nd. The deadline to register for the Primary Elections is August 19th, while the deadline to register for the General Elections is October 4th. For helpful information (including absentee ballot and voter registration forms) check out the Office of Elections webpage.
• View the National Review Board & John Jay Reports (released 2/27/04)
• Message of His Holiness John Paul II for Lent 2004
• National Korean Pastoral Center (in English and Korean)
• After Abortion: Comprehensive Website on the Science of Abortion and Post-Abortion Healing
• All About Catholic Saints

Scripture and Prayer Resources

• Daily Scripture Readings

General Resources and Links

• Vatican Website
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)Website

RENEW

• Renew International (coming to MPCC in Fall 2004)
• Parish Life (Resources for Parishes and Small Christian Communities)

Public Policy in General

• Faithful Citizenship: A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility
• Hawaii Family Forum
• Hawaii State Legislature Website

Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

• USCCB on Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia
• Hawaii's Partnership for Appropriate and Compassionate Care (HPACC)
• International Task Force on /Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
• Nightingale Alliance: A Web Site Opposing Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
• Physicians for Compassionate Care Educational Foundation (PCCEF)
• Christian Medical & Dental Associations: Physician-Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia
• Christian Medical & Dental Associations: Hawaii Assisted Suicide Resources (uploaded 1/24/05)

Homosexuality and Same-Sex "Marriage"

• USCCB's Statement on Same-Sex Unions and Marriage (November 2003)
• Vatican Statement: Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons (released 7/31/03)
• Homosexuality and Hope: Statement of the Catholic Medical Association (2000)

Prolife In General

• USCCB's Pro-Life Activities (November 2003)

Social Justice Issues

• Catholic Campaign for Human Development
• Social Development and World Peace: Domestic Issues
• Social Development and World Peace: International Issues

Recommended Reading by Bro. Loughlan Sofield and other resources

• From Words to Deeds: Continuing Reflections on the Role of Women in the Church
  
• Called and Gifted for the Third Millennium: Reflections of the U.S. Catholic Bishops on the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity and the Fifteenth Anniversary of Called and Gifted
  
• Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us: A Pastoral Plan for Adult Faith Formation in the United States
  
• In All Things Charity: A Pastoral Challenge for the New Millennium