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All Forums Topics Posts Last Post Moderator(s)    First Things     Forums with a Star (*) are closed to the Public Whenever you see a * after a Forum name that means that only members can enter the forum and view the topics. Otherwise this BBS is open to the public for viewing. Posting privileges, however, are reserved to members. 1 1 05/13/2007 23:00:22 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      Troubles Logging In? If you are a member of the John Paul II Discussion Board and cannot login to your account, this forum provides help to resolve the problems. 4 4 05/13/2007 23:15:40 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      Protocols and Guildelines PLEASE READ: This forum includes information on the basic guidelines for conduct, protocols on how to post messages, and other guidelines and rules to ensure an orderly experience in our Discussion Group. 4 4 05/13/2007 23:39:05 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      How to Keep our Apostolate Online This forum gives the information about how you can help us to keep our apostolate active and online. This includes prayers, donations, and volunteer service. 3 3 05/13/2007 23:45:07 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      Announcements* This forum will list periodic News and Announcements for our Discussion Group members. 4 4 11/15/2007 14:16:16 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      Suggestion Box* A place to post your ideas on how to improve this Bulletin Board . We need your feedback to ensure a continuing fine-tuning of our Discussion Board. 1 1 05/13/2007 23:59:30 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary       Chew the Rag Cafe     Other BBS Groups and Forums on this Website FYI: this forum lists the other Bulletin Boards and Forums located on St. Michael's Call Catholic Supersite 5 5 08/25/2007 08:22:41 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      Introductions* Welcome to our BBS Community. Please sign-in with a brief introduction so we can get to know ya. 10 35 02/27/2008 16:00:12 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      Signs of the Times This forum points out various "signs of the times" -- observations, reflections, experiences and events that seem to represent the times we are living. 22 76 03/01/2008 10:08:39 by: rebecca      The Pub (General Discussion) This forum is general conversation and fellowship for topics not specific to other forums. 44 251 03/14/2008 14:01:08 by: rebecca      The Catholic Charismatic Renewal This table in the Cafe is reserved for discussion about the pros and cons of the Catholic Charistmatic Renewal. 2 6 02/29/2008 10:25:34 by: Arviki      Touched by an Angel God has graced each of us with a Guardian Angel to be by our side, to guide and to protect us. Many of us have had experiences with our Guardian Angels or with other angels. This Forum is a place to share our angel stories. 3 4 07/23/2007 22:20:59 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      The Comedy Shoppe Humor keeps is sane! This is the forum for the sharing of jokes and other forms of humor. 4 4 06/16/2007 03:46:40 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      Traditional Catholics This booth is reserved for the Traditional Catholics to chew the rag. 1 5 03/07/2008 18:56:53 by: Arviki      Eastern Catholics This booth is reserved for the Eastern Catholics to chew the rag. 0 0        Papal Things     Papal Messages This Forum presents messages from our Holy Father either from original text or as reported by Zenit or the Vatican News Services. 4 6 02/26/2008 14:05:10 by: rebecca       Community Things     The Family Picnic Here is the place to talk about families, share horror stories about our teenagers, and give each other support in our lives with family. 0 0       Singles Corner The singles may gather in this corner to fellowship. 0 0       The Secret Recipe* Shhh! All recipes in this forum are a secret. Don't tell anyone. 5 5 06/20/2007 18:22:06 by: Mwfya      In the News: Village Reporter A forum to report news of interest to Catholics. 5 5 09/18/2007 14:34:07 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary       Things Apologetic     Apologetics in Action This forum is a place for members to discuss Apologetics (the practice of explaining the faith to those not Catholic). 3 11 06/30/2007 17:38:07 by: Monica      St. Michael's Catholic Q&A Our own Catholic Q&A is very popular among Catholics and non-Catholics alike. We have a reputation for telling the truth with no nonsense and answering questions thoroughly. This apologetics ministry is one of the premier offerings of the St. Michael's Call website.     EWTN Catholic Q&A EWTN's Catholic Q&A comes in a close second in quality to our own St. Michael's Catholic Q&A, but between the two of us nearly all questions imaginable are answered.     Catholic Answers Catholic Answers was founded by Karl Keating, the author of Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians". The Catholic Answers Website has many good pamplets in their library explaining the various things Protestants wonder about or accuse the Church about. Pamplets include information on the Crusades, the Inquisition, Praying to Mary, Papal Infallibility, and many more.     Scripture Catholic Scripture Catholic: Providing Scriptural Evidence for the Teaching of the Catholic Faith is another wonderful website listing meny articles to show the Biblical basis for the Catholic Faith. Catholics can learn a great deal about their own faith from this Site and Protestant can discover that the Catholic Church is also a Biblical Church.     Biblical Evidence for Catholicism This is the website of Dave Armstrong. He has many good articles that show the Catholic position from a Biblical point-of-view. This is an important resource to gain information needed to help non-Catholics understand Catholic teaching. This site is also a good one to refer Protestants who are serious about understanding the Catholic Church.      Things Liturgical     Liturgical News This forum is to report and discuss news about liturgical law and legislation from the Holy See and Conferences of Bishops. 5 5 07/07/2007 10:31:47 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      Post-Conciliar Liturgy Discussions about the current Mass Liturgy and how it is holy and reverent, how it can be improved, what the future holds for Liturgical reform. This is NOT a place to complain about abuses. See the Liturgical Abuses Forum for that. 2 4 02/29/2008 09:19:33 by: Lazarus      Tridentine Liturgy Discussions about the Tridentine Mass Liturgy and how it is holy and reverent, its role in the liturgical life of the Church and the Faithful today, and its history. This is NOT a place to complain about abuses. See the Liturgical Abuses Forum for that. 0 0       Liturgical Abuses This forum is not so much a place to complain about liturgical abuses but a place to discuss how to resolve those abuses. 0 0        Things Ecumenical and Missionary     Non-Catholic Christians Forum This forum is designed to discuss the relationship of non-Catholic Christians with the Catholic Church and how we can minister to them in a spirit of genuine ecumenism. 1 2 01/30/2008 11:42:52 by: scottwoodill      Non-Christian Faiths Forum This forum is designed to discuss the relationship of non-Christian Faith groups with the Catholic Church and how we can minister to them and bring them the Gospel of Christ. 1 5 05/21/2007 21:36:56 by: Innocent       Things Historical     Timeline Chart of Church History This simple chart give a brief timeline of the History of the Church from the first century through the splittering of the Church by the Protestants.     Chronology of Church History This is a detailed Chronology of Church History from the time of Christ to the Current day.     Apostolic Age (to A.D. 100) This forum discusses the First Century development of the Catholic Church. 1 2 11/15/2007 08:58:55 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      Patristic Age (A.D. 100 - 590) This forum discusses the Patristic Period of the Early Church. 1 2 11/15/2007 09:10:19 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      Medieval Age (A.D. 590 - 1517) This forum discusses the Medieval Period of the Church. 0 0       Age of Revolt (A.D. 1517-1648) This forum discusses the Protestant revolt against the Church and the response of the Church. 1 1 06/10/2007 20:57:48 by: Innocent      Age of Rationalism (A.D. 1648-1789) This forum discusses the Rationalism Period. 0 0       Age of Liberalism (A.D. 1789-present) This forum discusses the beginnings and current problems of Liberalism. 1 2 06/08/2007 21:32:01 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      The Orthodox Controversy This forum discusses the Orthodox schism. 0 0       The Crusades This forum discusses the particular period of the Crusades, purpose, and disposition. 1 2 08/27/2007 08:48:28 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      The Inquisition This forum discusses the Inquisition and the Protestant misconceptions about it. 1 3 11/18/2007 00:12:28 by: Jbman007       Things Islam     History if Islam This forum discussed the origin, history, and development of Islam. 0 0       Philosophy and Theology of Islam This forum discusses the philosophical presumptions and theological understandings of Islam. 0 0       A Christian Critique of Islam This forum offers critique from a Christian perspective on Islam as a religion and as a socio-religious movement. 3 4 08/31/2007 15:37:23 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary       Things Theological     Mariology Discussions about the Mary and the Marian Doctrines are discussed here. 1 1 05/21/2007 21:59:42 by: Innocent      Hermeneutics & the Bible Hermeneutics is the study and methodology of interpreting the Bible. This forum discusses various interpretations of the Bible in light of Magisterial insight. 0 0       Eschatology A branch of theology that is concerned with the "End Times." 3 25 03/11/2008 22:58:18 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      Ecclesiology Ecclesiology is a branch of theology that is concerned with the nature, constitution, and functions of the Church. Issues such as the nature of the Church, the existence of a Pope and Magisterium, the structure of Magisterial authority and hierarchy, the role and authority of Bishops in their diocese, and Magisterial infallibility are the sorts of topics here. 1 2 10/20/2007 21:34:23 by: Lorirose       Things Philosophical     Faith and Reason This forum seeks to understand the philosophical, ontological, and intellectual relationships between Faith and Reason and how this relates to our Catholic lives. 2 6 01/22/2008 09:04:57 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      Peter Kreeft Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., professor of philosophy at Boston College, is one of the premier Catholic philosophers of our time. This Forum is a place to discussion the works and thoughts of Peter Kreeft. 3 4 06/08/2007 12:05:34 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary      Existentialism This forum seeks to understand the historical intellectual movement of existentialism. Our goal is to propose a resolution to its despair born of nihilism and to answer its themes of "dread, boredom, alienation, the absurd, and nothingness" with the hope of Christian Existentialism founded upon Christ and his Gospel. 0 0        Things Cultural     The Bookshelf This forum is a place to talk about books in general or to discuss a particular book that everyone is reading. 7 14 03/01/2008 12:52:06 by: Therese      Creative Writing A forum for members to share their poetry and prose. 0 0        Town Square     The Flea Market* This is where all the fleas go to buy and sell stuff. 0 0       The Village Directory This forum is a directory of "favorite" websites and resources. 2 2 05/14/2007 17:47:11 by: Bro. Ignatius Mary       Things Prayerful     Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Prayer Chapel Our Prayer Chapel is a place where students and staff may post their Prayer Intentions and discuss circumstances surrounding those Intentions. 0 0       St. Gabriel Answered Prayer Forum We spend a lot of time praying to God for our intentions and needs. We also need to thank God for answered prayers -- even when the answer is "no". This forum is designed to announce the answered prayers in our life. 3 4 02/28/2008 01:00:09 by: Pasqualina      Contemplation Chapels There are times what we just need to "be still and know that I am God" as the Lord tells us. These chapels are places to be quiet and still, to contemplate the wonder of God. The Contemplation Chapels have great angelic music to listen to as you meditate. There are several Chapels dedicated to different themes. One of the Chapels is an Adoration Chapel with a live Webcam of the Tabernacle at the Monk of Adoration Monastary. This is not a place to miss. You will find yourself coming back again and again. It is one of the more popular places on our website.     My Angel's Lap There are times when life seems a burden. Indeed, when fighting the good fight in Spiritual Warfare we sometimes need to rest in the lap of our Guardian Angel. Several years ago, after a long and hard period of stress and strain in spiritual warfare, I had an experience with my Guardian Angel. I share this story with you in hopes that it will inspire all to be open to the rest and comfort your Guardian Angel can bring you.      St. Isidore Technical Center     Reporting Technical Problems* Please use this forum to report any problems you are having with our Website or Bulletin Board system. 3 7 03/12/2008 11:01:42 by: Therese      Computer and BBS Terminology This forum will list various computer terminology as it applies to interactive technologies such as this BBS. 0 0       Statistics   25 of 49 Members have made 527 posts in 54 forums, with the last post on 03/14/2008 14:01:08 by: rebecca. 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