Catholic Roundup

For several years, whenever I wanted to find new Catholic Blogs, I have turned to Saint Blog’s Parish Directory. Of course there is no Saint Blog, and it is not a real parish. It is however one of the longest running Catholic blog directories on the internet. They also maintain a Webring, RSS Aggregator of all the St. Blogs Feeds, and the St. Blog’s Parish Wiki. It is great way to get to know other Catholic bloggers and become part of the community. In fact, I signed up for the St. Blog’s parish directory this weekend.

I have also been listed in the Catholic Blog Directory and as I mentioned earlier, I also have been participating in the weekly Catholic Blog Carnival as a way to become acquainted with and join in the conversations in the Catholic blogosphere.  Edit:  In fact this week’s Catholic Carnival is up over at A Third Way.

Finally, the nominations are open for the annual Catholic Blog Awards. I would be thrilled if one of my readers nominated me in the Best New Blog category. It’s not that I think what I’m doing is exceptional here. I’m just another voice in the St. Blog’s Parish choir. However, a nomination would help introduce me to a number of other Catholic bloggers and potential readers, and ultimately I ain’t to proud to beg.

About the same time I discovered Catholic Podcasts, I started seeking out Catholic blogs. In 2004 or 2005, while cruising through St. Blog’s Parish blog directory, I encountered Catholic+Linux+Monkey. The name was just too irresistible. As a Catholic who monkeys around with linux, I had to check it out. Catholic+Linux+Monkey is the personal blog of Antonia, an IT specialist and Catholic who lives in Singapore.

Over the past several years I keep coming back to it because Antonia recounts her struggles to grow in faith while living in the modern world. The fact that she lives on the opposite side of the world to me also helps me to understand about the Universal Church. I particularly enjoyed her posts leading up to and following World Youth Day in Cologne. I hope she is going to WYD in Australia so I can again enjoy viewing that incredible event through her eyes.