Brochures
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The Five Goals of Courage and EnCourage
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Published: 2016
Church Documents
Responsum of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to a dubium regarding the blessing of the unions of persons of the same sex
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Author: Luis F. Card. Ladaria, S.I. Prefect
Published: February 22, 2021
“Gender theory”/“Gender ideology” – Select Teaching Resources
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Author: USCCB
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
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Author: BY JOAN DESMOND
Published: Tuesday, October 14, 2014
LETTER TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE PASTORAL CARE OF HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS
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Author: JOSEPH CARDINAL RATZINGER
Published: October 1986
Fruits of the Spirit
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Author: Stratford Caldecott
Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons
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Published: 1 October 1986.
Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions Between Homosexual Persons
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Published: June 3, 2003
Some Considerations Concerning the Response to Legislative Proposals on the Non-Discrimination of Homosexual Persons
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Published: July 4 1992
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
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Author: DAVID PROSEN
Published: July 9, 2015
Desire of the Everlasting Hills Documentary
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Prayer & Spirituality
Fruits of the Spirit
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Author: Stratford Caldecott
The Better Part – A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer
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Contemplative Provocations – Brief Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life With God
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The Freedom to Love – Recovery and the Seven Deadly Sins
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Getting Free – How to Overcome Persistent Personal Problems
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Navigating the Spiritual Life – Spiritual Direction and the Journey to God
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Fire Within – St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel — on Prayer
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The Art of Praying – The Principles and Methods of Christian Prayer
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Christian Spirituality – Themes from the Tradition
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How To Find God – And Discover Yourself in the Process
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The Story of a Soul – The Autobiogrpahy of St. Therese of Lisieux
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The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola
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Spiritual Friendship
Spiritual Friendship: Bond of Christian Charity – Seven Principles of Authentic Christian Friendship
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Friendship: The Art of Happiness – Timeless wisdom on how to forge true friendship!
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But I Have Called You Friends – Reflections on the Art of Christian Friendship
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Genuine Friendship – The Foundation For All Personal Relationships, Including Marriage and the Relationship With God
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The Art of Being a Good Friend – How To Bring Out the Best in Your Friends and in Yourself
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Forgiveness
The Enright Process Model of Psychological Forgiveness by Dr. Phil Sutton
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Forgiveness Is a Choice – A Step-by-Step Process for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope
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My Peace I Give You – Healing Sexual Wounds With the Help of the Saints
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Led By Faith – Rising From the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide
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Featured EnCourage Resources
What’s a Spouse, Parent, Family Member, Friend or Pastor to Do?
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Published: April 6, 2019
Sex-less America? Strategies for fighting the gender battle
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Author: Matt Fradd
Published: October 2016
Courage in the Capital: Catholic Same-Sex Apostolate Holds Annual Conference in DC
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Author: Charlotte Hays
Published: 08/02/2016
A Label that Sticks
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Author: Paul Scalia
Published: June 2005
A Parent’s Novena for Perseverance
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Published: 2012
Stepping Forward in Courage
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Author: DAVID PROSEN
Published: October 19, 2015
Same-sex attraction: Read this before you risk your credibility.
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Author: Dr. Jeff Mirus
Published: Oct 14, 2015
INTO THE BREACH: An Apostolic Exhortation to Catholic Men, my Spiritual Sons in the Diocese of Phoenix
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Author: Most Reverend Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix; Courage Episcopal Board
Published: 2015
Living the Truth in Love Pastoral Approaches to Same-Sex Attraction
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Published: August 2015
“In a Fallen World, One Voice Is Not Heard”
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Author: KATHY SCHIFFER
Published: July 20, 2015
Approaching Homosexuality With ‘True Compassion,’ Not ‘Sentimentality’
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Author: PETER JESSERER SMITH
Published: 05/29/2015
Against All Odds
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Author: PAUL DARROW
Published: Jun 02, 2015