SITES OF INTEREST

SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL CATHOLICS
Shanghai International Catholics-SPICES is the online community for international Catholics in Shanghai to get acquainted and to share information about our parishes. Members can post questions and offer assistance, as well as participate in discussions and polls. Reminders of special feast days and parish events are emailed to members, and on Saturdays members are sent an inspiring meditation on the Sunday Gospel, with links to our parishes' weekly bulletins. New members are invited to introduce themselves to other members (now about 650-strong) and to post a photo.

CATHOLIC ONLINE.
"Catholic Online" (COL) serves the global Catholic community, other Christians, other people of faith and all people of good will by providing "fact driven/faith informed" ™ news, views, and content over its integrated media network. Catholic Online utilizes the resources of the new technologies and convergent media by placing them at the service of its mission. In so doing it participates in the mission of the whole Catholic Church to infuse the culture with the values informed by Catholic faith.

DAILY MASS READINGS.
Daily readings from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

REFLECTION ON DAILY READINGS.
Virtual retreat and reflections from the Immaculate Heart Retreat Centre. A peaceful place to prayer and ponder.

MASS TIME LOOUP AROUND THE WORLD
The purpose of the Mass Times ministry is to help Catholics get to Mass by helping them find churches and worship times worldwide. With over 150 million church lookups since Mass Times started, and 110,000 churches listed worldwide Mass Times makes going to Mass easier for travelers and active Catholics to nourish their spiritual life.

CARITAS SHANGAI
Caritas Shanghai is the charity organization of the International Parish in Shanghai. It began in 1999 as a way to raise funds for special needs that were requested of the priest. Today, it maintains several on-going charitable committments in China, including medical care for the orphans of Houma (Shaanxi), leprosariums in Sichuan, visits to the retired nuns convent in Pudong, English teaching of migrant children in Pudong and other worthy causes. Caritas Shanghai is entirely volunteer run and relies on the individual donations of members of the International Parish.