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1997 Catholic Internet Directory
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Monthly updates posted since April, 1995 at The Catholic Internet Directory Site
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"With the advent of computer telecommunications and what are known as computer participation systems, the Church is offered further means for fulfilling her mission. Methods of facilitating communication and dialogue among her own members can strengthen the bonds of unity between them. Immediate access to information makes it possible for her to deepen her dialogue with the contemporary world."
-- Pope John Paul II, World Communications Day, May 27, 1989
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CATHOLIC ON-LINE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.
CATHOLIC CONNECT!
Catholic online and news service--news releases, resources, contacts/conferencing.
Diocese of Rockford, IL:
1245 n. Court St., Rockford, IL, 61103 (815) 963-3471
Fax (815) 968-2808 E-Mail: phelps@cathconnect.org
CATHOLIC ELECTRONIC INFORMATION CENTRE:
Member Site of the Global Entrepreneurs Network.
Links to Catholic Communications and other
resources around the globe. Still in development at time of writing.
CATHOLIC INFORMATION NETWORK-CIN
Free Service, Joined to FIDONET system.
30+ nodes nationwide.
Mike and Sharon Mollerus, System Operators
(619) 258-0610, Dataline:
(619) 449-6030 E-mail: sysop@catinfo.cts.com
SEE BELOW FOR CIN NODELIST
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE (via AMERICA ONLINE)
Once logged on to America Online, use keyword: CNS
Thomas N. Lorsung, director and editor in chief, Jim Lackey, general news editor
Catholic News Service 3211 Fourth St. N.E. Washington, DC 20017 Phone: (202) 541-3250 E-mail:
CNSinfo@aol.com JLackeyCNS@aol.com
CATHOLIC ONLINE (Compuserve) Web: http://www.catholic.org
Compuserve Forum, recently expanded to provide full access to Web users at: http://www.catholic.org (On CompuServe, type "GO CATHOLIC")
Mr. Michael Galloway, President: 70007.4674@compuserve.com
Mailing Address:
Box 40188 Bakersfield, CA 93384
Phone: (805) 833-9061
CHRISTIANITY ONLINE (Hosts Several Large Catholic Forum Libraries)
Via AMERICA ONLINE Christianity Online Address:
465 Gunderson Dr. Carol Stream, IL 60188
1-800-413-9747, ext. #114519
For list of other Christian BBS's, contact Christian Computing, Inc. E-mail: ccmaged@aol.com http://www. website.net/~ccmag
ECUNET
An Ecumenical Umbrella Network linking together fifteen denominational networks. Hosts 3,700 separate conferences.
Voicephone: (404) 682-8888 or 1-800-733-2863
Data line: (502) 569-8501 to connect to service
E-mail: helper@ecunet.org
ECUNET SUBNETWORKS:
ABNET:
American Baptist Churches
NAESNET:
Ecumenical Staff
BRSNET:
Black Religious Studies
NCC LINK:
National Council of Churches
CIRCUITRIDER NETWORK:
United Methodist
PRESBYNET:
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
COBWEB:
Church of the Brethren
QUAKERNET:
Church of Friends
DISCIPLENET:
Christian Church (Disciples)
QUEST INTERNATIONAL:
Anglican/Episcopalian
FISHNET:
Catholics
UCCCHRISTNET:
United Church of Christ
LUTHERLINK:
Evangelical Lutheran Church
UCHUG:
United Church of Canada
MENNOLINK:
Mennonites
EWTN ONLINE SERVICES, FORMERLY THE CATHOLIC RESOURCE NETWORK (CRNET )
At the time this directory was compiled, CRNET had just been purchased by EWTN. Updated information on EWTN Online Systems is available at: http://www.ewtn.com. For purposes of continuity, the current CRNET information is listed here:
CRNET System Operator:
Mr. Jeffrey A. Mirus, P.O. Box 3610 Manassas, VA 22110
E-Mail: sysop@ewtn.com (703) 791-2576 Fax: (703) 791-4250-
Data: (703) 791-4336
CRNET International Office Mr. Michael G. Hains 3/41 Sherwood St, Revesby, NSW 2212 AUSTRALIA 02-61-2-792-3507
EWTN ONLINE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS:
American Life League Institute on Religious Life
Catholic Answers Office of Cults Awareness, New York Archdiocese
Christendom College Our Sunday Visitor
Catholic Home Study Institute Regina Coeli Academy
Catholic World News Sacred Heart Catholic Books
Catholics United for the Faith St. Joseph Communications
Couple to Couple League St. Joseph Foundation
Family Life Center International St. Antoninus Institute
Hombre Nuevo Seton Home Study School
Inter Mirifica Women for Faith & Family
FISHNET:
The oldest Catholic Online service,
with ties to Vatican Information Service.
Rev. H.R. Stockert, Director: Avatar@Ecunet.org
Dataline: 1-502-569-8501.
CATHOIC/CHRISTIAN BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS (For more advanced users):
A Bulletin Board System (BBS) is a small online computer network which enables users to chat with each other, leave E-mail, and exchange files. There are approximately 60,000 individual BBS's active in the United States. Some BBS's have only a hundred or so members. Others count hundreds of thousands of members. The largest, a bulletin board in Wisconisn named "EXEC PC, counts close to a million members!
The level of networking does not end here. Many of these BBS's have further organized themselves into super-networks which may contain anywhere from a dozen to several thousand individual BBS's. To join one of these networks (most are free), call the network data line and download (copy to your computer) a short file of instructions for joining the network.The System Operator, known as a Sysop" ,is the person responsible for supervising a BBS or even an entire network of BBS's. The Catholic Information Network is one such Network.
THE CATHOLIC INFORMATION NETWORK:
http://www.cin.org http://www.stgabriel.com
The Catholic Information Network (CIN) is a Bulletin Board System (BBS) Network developed by Sharon and Mike Mollerus in San Diego, CA, and "echoed" (the messages are copied and posted) by several hundred BBS's worldwide. Thirty of these BBS's are officially registered as nodes (extensions) of the CIN, which means that these local BBS's serve as a local "gateway" for entering the Catholic Information Network. By calling one of these lcoal numbers, you may tap into the majority of CIN files and conference areas, where important church issues are discussed.
Note: The CIN is wholly distinct from the Catholic Resource Network (CRNET). The CIN Host (Registered) Nodes are listed on the following page. To dial the listed phone numbers from outside the United States, use the International Dialing Code plus the US country prefix, which is 1. Many of these BBSs offer their own distinct files and services as well as echoing the CIN:
TO CONTACT CIN:
Send submissions to:
Sysop@catinfo.cts.com Questions: root@catinfo.cts.com
CIN COMMANDS:
INDEX Asks for the host's list of public files
GET Gets anything starting with file name
CIN NODE LIST:
Each of the following Bulletin Board Systems carries the Catholic Information Network:
Phone number BBS Name System Operator Location
203-934-4641 Fr. John's BBS John Brinsmade West Haven CT
207-780-6567 Opus Dei BBS JM Gilhousen Portland ME
214-286-2752 Boardwalk April Strong Dallas TX
216-243-0990 The Data Base Portal John Fisher Cleveland, OH
301-499-4671 Capitol Area Network Raymond Wood Mitchelville MD
313-623-9406 Skyliner Bill Thomas Waterford MI
313-631-6870 Catholic Mail Box Delbert McCord Flint MI
313-886-1007 Spirit of Love Mike Sherry Grosse Pte MI
410-997-5262 Maryland Catholic Mike O'Donnell Columbia MD
412-373-6166 The End of the Road Dave Fennessy Monroeville PA
412-741-5519 Ecclesia Place Lou Pascazi Sewickley PA
415-239-7925 San Francisco Bay BBS Hugh O'Regan San Francisco CA
502-449-2228 Louisville Catholic Paul Kelley Louisville KY
503-267-4859 CIN FidoNet Gate West Richard Welty North Bend OR
503-343-3825 Western Dominican Vincent Benoit Eugene OR
512-331-9453 Austin Retreat Don Kelley Austin TX
602-279-0793 Cheese Whiz BBS Sue Widemark Phoenix, AZ
602-776-4431 Nite Owl/ACTS BBS Scott Windsor Prescott AZ
602-897-9549 Prog Workshop West Paul Meiners Phoenix AZ
602-938-6866 The All Nite Cafe Mike Middleton Phoenix AZ
606-278-9709 The Sprawl Scott Estes Lexington KY
614-283-6409 Steubenville Catholic Jim Coyle Steubenville OH
619-449-6030 Catholic Info Network Mike Mollerus San Diego CA
703-255-9717 Medulink BBS Frank Cuccias Washington VA
713-522-1104 Specific Solutions Richard Walker Houston TX
713-837-8455 Houston Catholic Robert Kirkley Houston TX
812-357-6861 Farpoint Station Jonathan Guidry St. Meinrad IN
919-350-8061 The Backdoor TBBS Thomas Bradford Wilmington NC
919-469-5867 AppleSeeds Paul Lemieux Cary NC
1997 Catholic Internet Directory