Helpful Links

Resources on Angola

For further information on the Republic of Angola, you may wish to visit the following sites:

• Angola Article from the World Factbook
  (A resource created and maintained by the Central Intelligence Agency.)
   
• Background Note on Angola
  (From the site of the U.S. State Department. Includes sections on the history of the country, governmental and political conditions, the economy, and so forth.)
   
• A Country Study: Angola
  (A well-indexed series of articles from the Research Division of the Library of Congress.)
   
• Map of Angola
  (A detailed map, in Acrobat Reader format [.pdf], from the Cartographic Section of the United Nations. Several of the places mentioned on the Project Forgotten Child site may be seen on this map.)
   
• Map of Africa
  (A map of Africa as a whole, in Acrobat Reader format [.pdf], from the Cartographic Section of the United Nations.)

Resources for Speakers of Portuguese

Portuguese is the official language of Angola; those who know the language may be interested in the following sites. The first three represent the Dorothean teaching mission in Portugal and Brazil, and the last two offer ministry in the Portuguese language to residents of the northeastern United States.

• Externato do Parque
  (The Portuguese-language Web site of the Externato do Parque, an elementary school operated by the Sisters of Saint Dorothy in Lisbon, Portugal.)
   
• Colégio Santa Doroteia - Portugal
  (The Portuguese-language Web site of the Colégio Santa Doroteia, a high school operated by the Sisters of Saint Dorothy in Lisbon, Portugal.)
   
• Colégio Santa Dorotéia - Brazil
  (The Portuguese-language Web site of the Colégio Santa Dorotéia, a high school operated by the Sisters of Saint Dorothy in Porto Alegre, Brazil.)
   
• National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette (Attleboro, MA)
  (A resource for residents of New England and beyond. Ministry is conducted in English and in several other languages, including Portuguese.)
   
• La Salette Center for Christian Living (Attleboro, MA)
  (Also known as the La Salette Retreat House, the Center is located on the grounds of the Shrine. It offers retreats, Days of Recollection, and various group programs. Certain events are conducted in Portuguese. For further information, click on the link above, then scroll down the page and download the latest "Retreat House Event Schedule.")

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Spiritual Resources

• The Vatican
  (The Holy See.)
   
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
  (Includes material on a wide variety of religious topics.)
   
• Society of Jesus, U.S.A.
  (Dorothean spirituality has been deeply influenced by that of the Jesuits.)
   
• Sacred Space
  (Daily prayer site produced by the Irish Jesuits.)
   
• The Mary Page (University of Dayton: Marianists)
  (Site devoted to research and study on the role of Mary in Christian life.)
   
• Mass Times: A Ministry to Traveling Catholics
  (Mass times for most localities, daily scriptural readings, Saint of the Day, and so forth.)
   
• Catholic News Service
  (An editorially independent and a financially self-sustaining division of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.)

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