Primary Sources: Catholic Studies

Vatican The Vatican City State, a sovereign European country, and the Holy See, the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. Official documents of the Church and other informatiion can be found here. Some documents only exist in selected languages. See also Vatican Digital Library Provides free access to the Vatican Library’s digitized collections of manuscripts and incunabula.

Diocese of Rockville Centre The diocese comprising Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

Archdiocese of New York Largest diocese in the metropolitan New York area. Historicially important for New York and for Catholicism in the United States.

LCWR Leadership Conference of Women Religious. Largest association of the leaders of women religious (nuns) in the United States.

SNAP Survivors Network of those abused by Priests. Advocacy and support group for victims of priest abuse.

Catholic Worker Movement Formed in the Great Depression. Organization devoted to non-violence, social change, and work among the poor.

Society of St. Pius X International traditioinalist organization formed by French archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1970. Not in full communion with the Holy See.

RomanCatholicWomenpriests An organization which seeks to prepare and ordain women within the Catholic tradition.

Dignity USA An organization advocating for the full inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people within the Catholic Church.

Directory of Catholic Newspapers Online  Maintained by the Catholic Research Resources Alliance. Over 200 newspapers, including diocesan newspapers and student newspapers.

Monastic Matrix Not all are primary sources but contains primary sources on women's religious communities from 400s to 1600s C.E.