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Church Documents
Selected Quotations from Documents of the Popes and Members of the Roman Curia On the Subject of “Gender Theory”
Details Read the ArticleAuthor: Compiled by Fr. Philip Bochanski
Father Check from Courage Responds to Synod Report
Details Read the ArticlePublished in: National Catholic Register
Author: Joan Desmond
Published: October 14, 2014
Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons
Details Read the ArticleAuthor: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Published: 1 October 1986.
Ministry to Persons with a Homosexual Inclination: Guidelines for Pastoral Care
Details Read the ArticlePublished in: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Published: November 2006
Member Testimonies
Courage members from around the world are coming forward to give testimony to God's work in their lives! In these stories you will see among the varying experiences, one common theme: Once we committed our lives to Christ and to the full teachings of His Catholic Church, we really began to live!
Bullied “Out of the Closet” and (Almost) Bullied Back In
Details Read the ArticlePublished in: Crisis Magazine
Author: DAVID PROSEN
Published: July 9, 2015
Panel Discussion on Desire of the Everlasting Hills Documentary
Details Watch the VideoPublished: 2014 Conference
EnCourage Testimonial
Details Read the ArticleAuthor: Michelle Ramonetti
Published: December 13, 2012
Prayer & Spirituality
Spiritual Friendship
Be My Guest: Hudson Byblow on Same Sex Attraction, Holy Friendships, and Healing from Pornography
Details Read the ArticlePublished in: Ascension Press
Author: Fr. Josh Johnson interviews Hudson Byblow
Published: July 14, 2020
Spiritual Friendship: Bond of Christian Charity – Seven Principles of Authentic Christian Friendship
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Featured EnCourage Resources
Fighting for Freedom
Details Read the ArticlePublished in: Desert Stream Ministries
Author: Andrew Comiskey
Published: 2014
A Parent’s Novena for Perseverance
Details Read the ArticleAuthor: Written by Victoria Leland
Published: 2012
Stepping Forward in Courage
Details Read the ArticlePublished in: Crisis Magazine
Author: DAVID PROSEN
Published: October 19, 2015
Into the Breach: An Apostolic Exhortation to Catholic Men, my Spiritual Sons in the Diocese of Phoenix
Details Read the ArticlePublished in: EWTN with permission from Diocese of Phoenix
Author: Most Reverend Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix; Courage Episcopal Board
Published: 2015
“In a Fallen World, One Voice Is Not Heard”
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Author: KATHY SCHIFFER
Published: July 20, 2015
Against All Odds
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Author: PAUL DARROW
Published: Jun 02, 2015
Approaching Homosexuality With ‘True Compassion,’ Not ‘Sentimentality’
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Author: Peter Jesserer Smith
Published: May 29, 2015
Is “Gay” Just Another Adjective?
Details Read the ArticlePublished in: Crisis Magazine
Author: Daniel Mattson
Published: Feburary 20, 2015
Realizing Our True Identity
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Author: Fr. Paul Check
Published: November 7, 2014
Father Check from Courage Responds to Synod Report
Details Read the ArticlePublished in: National Catholic Register
Author: Joan Desmond
Published: October 14, 2014
Same-Sex Attraction and the Catholic Church
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Author: Thomas L. McDonald
Published: July 13, 2014
With God All Things Are Possible… Well… Except THAT!
Details Read the ArticlePublished in: The Raphael Remedy
Author: David F Prosen, LMHC
Published: June 24, 2014
How Parents Should Respond to a Child “Coming Out”
Details Read the ArticlePublished in: Aleteia
Author: Daniel Mattson
Published: August 6, 2014
Catechesis on Homosexuality: Making the Distinctions
Details Read the ArticlePublished in: The Sower
Author: William Newton
A Label That Sticks
Details Read the ArticlePublished in: First Things
Author: Fr. Paul Scalia
Published: July 2005
Loving Our Children with Same-Sex Attractions: One Mother’s Story
Details Read the ArticleAuthor: An EnCourage Mom
Dealing With Same-Sex Attraction
Details Read the ArticlePublished in: Legatus Magazine
Author: Daniel Mattson
Published: June 1, 2013