As I am new to the Faith, I'm finding that it is very difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to solid traditional doctrine, practices, spiritual works and teachings, especially when it comes to searching for such things on the internet.

After reading the posts on this site at length, I trust the good judgment of many of the Catholics who post here. I need help finding good, reliable traditional Catholic websites and books (of any sort, spiritual or intellectual) so that I can better educate myself about the Catholic faith and my obligation as a member of it. I am terrified that I may inadvertently fall into the traps that many "modern" Catholics find themselves entangled in. Sadly, my RCIA classes are not helping in this regard, as the priest heading them goes to great lengths to avoid offending anyone and all of my peers use it as a chance to throw around opinions for two hours.

Any suggestions, help, and ideas would be greatly appreciated, and I apologize if this topic has been brought up before.

There are also quite a number of good uploads in the Library section. May I suggest many of the uploads by Hobbledehoy as a safe selection. Most all, if not all, of his uploads are cited, and contain imprimaturs on them. Of course there is other excellent material as well, but you can be certain his uploads are 'safe', even though many of them are on advanced topics.

I would strongly, strongly, suggest buying a copy of the Balitimore Catechism #3. I highly doubt you might get exposure to it at RCIA classes, but it is an indispensable resource for ANY Catholic; we all need to know our Catechism, and I often times refer to mine.

You can find it here online for free, but I suggest getting a  hard-copy if possible:
http://www.baltimore-catechism.com/

Thank you so much, s2s! I'm looking into all of these links right now.  :reading:

I will need to start saving up to invest in the versions of the Catechism and Bible that you suggested, as well. I had already been looking into the Douay-Rheims Bible, but didn't know there was a version that contained commentary to help illuminate the texts. Your posts have been very generous and illuminating, thank you once again!

As I am new to the Faith, I'm finding that it is very difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to solid traditional doctrine, practices, spiritual works and teachings, especially when it comes to searching for such things on the internet.

After reading the posts on this site at length, I trust the good judgment of many of the Catholics who post here. I need help finding good, reliable traditional Catholic websites and books (of any sort, spiritual or intellectual) so that I can better educate myself about the Catholic faith and my obligation as a member of it. I am terrified that I may inadvertently fall into the traps that many "modern" Catholics find themselves entangled in. Sadly, my RCIA classes are not helping in this regard, as the priest heading them goes to great lengths to avoid offending anyone and all of my peers use it as a chance to throw around opinions for two hours.

Any suggestions, help, and ideas would be greatly appreciated, and I apologize if this topic has been brought up before.

An excellent publisher:

http://www.angeluspress.org/

Two of their great selections:

http://www.angeluspress.org/oscatalog/item/5242/100-years-of-modernism

&

http://www.angeluspress.org/oscatalog/item/6700/iota-unum

And see this site:

http://calendar.ageofmary.com/

I am in the process of brushing up on the fundamentals of our Faith. Many have recommended that I re-read the Baltimore or Penny Catechism (both of which can be found online. I have Baltimore #2, but 3 is apparently the best.)

Another catechism recently recommended to me is Spirago and Clarke's The Catechism Explained. I was able to get a copy from the 19th century for $8 plus shipping. I haven't got to reading any of it yet.

Also, make it a habit to pray 5 decades of the Rosary every day, and to entrust and recommend yourself to God and the Blessed Virgin Mary.

I have Baltimore #2, but 3 is apparently the best.

I didn't think one was better than the other, but they're meant for different audiences. I think #2 is geared more towards youth, and #3 is geared more towards young adults, but is still plenty thorough for the new catechist.

A good book I  woul dlike to add, that I used through my own conversion process, was this one:

This Is The Faith

I would also recommend having some good lives of the Saints to read. The Saints are lights to guide us, especially in these times.

Hey- great calendar- I just bookmarked it. I was looking for one!

There's lots of other great stuff on that site. Explore.