Authentic Sexuality
101 Quick Questions with Catholic Answers: Sexuality - Peggy Frye
In a world where modern culture treats sexuality as a theme park for adults instead of as a gift given to a man and a woman to share in the context of love and marriage, the Catholic Church remains steadfast in its work as steward of Christ’s teachings and continues to guide the world in the truths of human sexuality.
The Chastity Project - Chastity Project believes that young people play a pivotal role in the new evangelization, and therefore invites them to launch chastity projects within their schools and churches to promote the good news of purity to their peers.
Green Sex: The Case for Natural Family Planning (CD/MP3) - Jason Evert
First comes loves, then comes marriage ... then what? If sex is natural, why are we so eager to make it artificial? In this presentation, Jason Evert presents the case for Natural Family Planning as he unveils the beauty of God's plan for sexuality. Jason has spoken about chastity to more than one million people around the world and is the author of more than a dozen books.
If You Really Loved Me - Jason Evert
Since its release in 2003, Jason Evert’s landmark book If You Really Loved Me: 100 Questions On Dating, Relationships, And Sexual Purity has been considered the go-to resource when it comes to questions relating to chastity, relationships, dating and other issues which come up on a regular basis in the lives of teenagers and young adults.
Love or Lust? (CD/MP3) - Jason and Crystalina Evert
Scare tactics, guilt trips, and the climbing teen pregnancy rates don't really inspire anyone to love. In this presentation from Jason and Crystalina Evert, you'll discover the difference between love and lust while getting straight answers about dating, relationships, and sexual purity.
Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body by St. John Paul II
This English translation by internationally renowned biblical scholar Michael Waldstein includes meticulous scholarship and profound insight into John Paul II’s magnificent vision of the human person.
No Imitations: Saying "Yes" to Authentic Love (CD/MP3) - Chris Stefanick
Chris Stefanick discusses chastity beyond the usual fear tactics and "just say no's." Instead we are offered something to say "Yes" to: health, happiness, authentic relationships, and the love we were made for. Everything else is just an imitation.
Theology of the Body for Beginners - Christopher West
In Theology of the Body for Beginners, Christopher West provides a short and popular summary of the Pope's revolutionary teaching.
Those Struggling with Same-Sex Attraction
Hope & Holiness: Pastoral Care for Those with Same-Sex Attraction - a booklet prepared by the Archdiocese of St. Louis
Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions between Homosexual Persons -Prepared by the Congregration for the Doctrine of the Faith
Courage, an apostolate of the Catholic Church, ministers to persons with same-sex attractions and their loved ones.
EnCourage is a ministry within Courage to support those who suffer from same-sex attraction, and is dedicated to the spiritual needs of parents, siblings, children, other relatives and friends of persons who have same-sex attractions. EnCourage members support one another and their loved ones through discussion, prayer and fellowship. In the St. Louis area, contact Fr. Ralph Houlihan, SJ at 314.792.7993. (Please allow 24 to 48 hours for a return call.)
Male and Female He Made Them: Questions & Answers about Marriage & Same-Sex Unions - Mary Jo Anderson & Robin Bernhoft
Marriage: Unique for a Reason - USCCB
Why Homosexual Unions are Not Marriages (Digital ebook) - Catholic Answers
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
"Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that 'homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.' They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved." (CCC, 2357)
"The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition." (CCC, 2358)
"Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection." (CCC, 2359)
Anti-Pornography Programs
Qustodio - Protecting your family online - Qustodio allows parents a number of extremely important safety features to help keep kids safe. It allows you to block inappropriate content, balance screen time, control games and apps, monitor social networks, monitor calls and messages, and provides location tracking and panic alerts.
RECLAiM: God's Plan for Sexual Health - Offers an anonymous, science-based, Catholic Online Recovery Program, and provides resources for those who desire to reclaim God's plan for their lives, and the lives of loved ones impacted by pornography or other unhealthy sexual behaviors.
Books & Audio
Breaking Free: 12 Steps to Sexual Purity for Men - Stephen Wood
This booklet offers practical assistance, not only to overcome, but also to prevent an addiction to pornography.
Defeating Satan's Deadly Weapon Against Men (CD/MP3) - Jeff Cavins
Pornography has become pervasive in our culture - a true plague, infecting nearly every corner of our society. Its disastrous effects are seen in sexual addiction, ruined marriages, and shattered lives. Jeff Cavins notes that many men struggle with pornography. With great insight, he shows how we can fight pornography's devastating influence and chart a course to true Christian purity.
Delivered: True Stories of Men and Women Who Turned from Porn to Purity - Matt Fradd
Deliverance from pornography is possible and these true stories prove it.
Porn Detox (CD)- Jason Evert
Within every heart is a battlefield between love and lust. In this presentation, Jason Evert discusses the strategies necessary to win the war and uproot the vice of pornography once and for all.
Pure of Heart: Breaking Free from Porn (MP3) - Jason Evert
With Pure of Heart in your corner, you'll finally have the tools, the guidance, and the motivation you need to break free of an addiction to pornography for good.
Taking Down Goliath: Five Strategies to Get Porn Out of Your Life (MP3) - Matt Fradd
In this powerful MP3, Taking Down Goliath, Apologist and Speaker, Matt Fradd uses his infectious and engaging speaking style to help you with five strategies to get porn out of your life.
Winning the Battle for Sexual Purity (CD/MP3) - Christopher West
In this CD/MP3, Christopher West addresses the struggles in the area of sexual purity and lust that many, if not most, men face on a regular basis.
Contraception
Adam and Eve After the Pill - Mary Eberstadt
Secular and religious thinkers agree: the sexual revolution is one of the most important milestones in human history. Perhaps nothing has changed life for so many, so fast, as the severing of sex and procreation. But what has been the result? This ground-breaking book by noted essayist and author Mary Eberstadt contends that sexual freedom has paradoxically produced widespread discontent. Drawing on sociologists Pitirim Sorokin, Carle Zimmerman, and others; philosopher G.E.M. Anscombe and novelist Tom Wolfe; and a host of feminists, food writers, musicians, and other voices from across today's popular culture, Eberstadt makes her contrarian case with an impressive array of evidence.
Contraception: Cracking the Myths (CD/MP3) - Prof. Janet Smith
In this new revised edition of Professor Janet Smith's groundbreaking exposé on the effects of the pill on modern society, she presents a God-centered view of sexuality that can bring married couples a joy that they could have never imagined. Backed by statistics and armed with decades of research, Prof. Smith shows the crippling effect of the contraceptive culture on our relationship with God, our romantic relationships and marriages, the culture at large and our physical and mental health.
Contraception: Why Not? - Prof. Janet Smith
This is a transcript of a talk by Prof. Janet Smith. She explains why the Catholic Church keeps insisting, in the face of the opposite position held by most of the rest of the modern world, that contraception is one of the worst inventions of our time.
Humanae Vitae - Pope Paul VI
Why Humanae Vitae Was Right: A Reader - Prof. Janet Smith (Editor)
Janet Smith has gathered together twenty-one outstanding essays and articles by well-respected thinkers to provide the demonstration that Pope Paul VI was not simply correct, but prophetic.
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