Jack Frerker's Favorite Web Sites

These are sites I've found informational, fun and/or helpful. If you have any I might want to include, send them to me.

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• AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE
• A TOUCHING REMINDER about September 11, 2001 - lest we forget!
• CLAYTON BARBEAU A long-time friend, author and public speaker, Clay is humorous, insightful and well worth your time to check out what he has to offer.
• COOKING AND RECIPES:
       COOKING LIGHT
       COPYKAT
       DIERBERG'S RECIPES
       EPICURIOUS
       NATIONAL ASSN OF MARGARINE MANUFACTURERS
       RECIPE 4 LIVING
       SAUCE MAGAZINE (ST LOUIS MO)
       SOUTHERN LIVING
       SUNSET MAGAZINE
       THE SPLENDID TABLE
• MEMORIAL DAY HISTORICAL ITEMS
• MOUNTAIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND an offshoot of Father Ralph Beiting's work in Appalachia, this is where you can purchase really wonderful Christmas wreaths, among other things, as well as assist the people of an otherwise poor region in sustaining themselves and sharing their talents with our world.
• NATIONAL FEDERATION OF PRIEST COUNCILS (NFPC) the only national organization of and for Catholic Priests in the United States - I had the privilege of working in the national office in Chicago from 1987 to 1989.
• Newman Center SIU-C alumni
• Photos by Richard Swanson
• THE ABBEY OF GETHSEMANI Thomas Merton's spiritual home, the place to find Father Matthew Kelty's homilies, and also great cheese, fudge and fruitcake from the knob country of Kentucky, and where you can also learn about the oldest Trappist Monastery in the United States.
• The Art of Tom Stahlmach
• THE BREAST CANCER SITE a place where you can help fund research and action for breast cancer, the environment, animal rescue, world hunger and children in need ... by clicking daily and by perhaps also supporting the advertisers who fund the site.
• THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY 'nuff said! 
• THE CHEESEKEEPER Belleville Illinois' premier gourmet shop - ask for the Danish Cream Cheese. (This is an email address only.)
• THE INTERNATIONAL SHOAH ART MUSEUM My friend, Akiva Segan, has done art since the early 70s, but recently has dealt with the Shoah (Holocaust). His deeply spiritual pictures reflect his Jewish roots and evoke haunting emotional responses. His artistic touch attempts to redeem this sad moment of history and serves also to teach us us about tolerance, empathy and grace.
• THE NEWMAN CENTER SIU-C the Catholic presence on the campus of Southern Illinois University and the place where I spent fifteen years of ministerial life in the 70s and 80s is still vibrant and growing today.
• THE ONION a funny, satiric look at the news.
• St. Francis Bookstore Online a source of Catholic Books online
• VIRTUAL WEST POINT
• WINWAVE / WAVELENGTH the brain child of Jim Winters, this offers you an insight into the world of education with a comedic flair.
• A neat 2-minute rendering of the Catholic Church.
• Here's a neat website (Singing Horses)
• Heifer International is a non-profit organization that provides animals and training to people around the world for their economic betterment.
• This is an increible web site, showing things from VERY small to VERY large - MUST-SEE !
• World War II Memorial.
• This is a very Uplifting Website.
• Astronomy picture of the day
• The Center for Action and Contemplation
• The Moderate Independent: not left, not right, just right.
• Great place to get Advent Candles and Wreaths
• MAY YOU BE BLESSED...
• Avoiding automated phone messages

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revised November 1, 2007 @ 2:25 pm