Legal Restrictions
and Terms of Use
Please read the following carefully before you use this web site.
If you decide to use this site, you must agree to the following rules. If you do not want to follow these rules, do not use this web site.
User Agreement
1. General Rules
By downloading the PDF documents on The Faith Connection, you agree that the materials you download will be used only by you, your parish team, or participants in your parish’s program. You may not share your password or copies of the downloads with anyone beyond your parish. If you are a member of another kind of organization such as a diocesan office, you may use the materials on this site for training events only. You do not have permission to share your password or sets of downloads with other offices or with parishes.
The Faith Connection is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to U.S. and international copyright laws and conventions. Additionally, all materials published on The Faith Connection are protected by copyright and owned or controlled by RCL Benziger, or the party credited as the provider of the content, software, or other materials. Everything on The Faith Connection is intended for the personal, noncommercial use of its users. By using this web site, you agree to confine your use of the web site and its content to personal and not commercial purposes, and to abide by all additional copyright notices, information or restrictions contained in any particular content accessed through this web site.
2. Communicating via The Faith Connection
You may not upload to, distribute, or otherwise publish through the web site any content which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, or is otherwise harmful or illegal.
The Faith Connection shall be used only in a noncommercial manner. You may not, without the express approval of RCL Benziger, distribute or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation of funds, advertising, or solicitation for goods or services.
While The Faith Connection is not responsible for any content of these messages, The Faith Connection does reserve the right to delete, move, or edit messages that it, in its sole discretion, deems abusive, defamatory, obscene, in violation of copyright or trademark laws, or otherwise unacceptable. However, you shall remain solely responsible for any and all harm caused by the content of your message.
3. Email Messages and Submissions
The email messages that users are able to create using this web site consist of a combination of material that is proprietary to RCL Benziger., and, if the sender chooses, a customized message that is written by the sender. Neither The Faith Connection nor RCL Benziger is responsible for the content of such messages.
Your use of this web site constitutes your agreement with the terms of these restrictions. You acknowledge that any submissions (e.g., Letter to the Editors, articles) may be edited, removed, modified, published, transmitted, and displayed by The Faith Connection. In addition, you warrant that you have waived any intellectual property rights known as "moral rights" in any uploaded materials.
4. Limitation of Liability
Neither The Faith Connection nor RCL Benziger represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement, or other information displayed, uploaded, or distributed through the service by any User, information provider, or any other person or entity. Any reliance upon any such opinion, advice, statement, memorandum, or information shall be at your sole risk. RCL Benziger reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the web site.
In no event shall RCL Benziger or its employees, agents, licensors, or contractors be liable for any incidental, consequential, punitive, or multiple damages of any kind.
The web site and all downloadable software are distributed on an "AS IS" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or noninfringement. By using this web site, you hereby acknowledge that use of the web site is at your own sole risk.
The material in this web site could include technical inaccuracies or other errors. Neither The Faith Connection nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the web site shall be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the web site. The Faith Connection does not warrant that the functional aspects of the web site will be uninterrupted or error free, or that this web site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.
5. Miscellaneous
The Faith Connection reserves the right to make changes to this web site at any time without notice.
This agreement has been made in and shall be construed and enforced with Texas law. Any action to enforce this agreement shall be brought in the federal or state courts located in the Northern District of Texas.
If you proceed to use this web site, you will be signifying your agreement to the above rules and restrictions. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms, you do not have permission to use this web site and must exit at this time.