Series Talk
June 5, 2017
“The Gift & Sign of Sexuality”
Presented by Jen Settle and Bill Donaghy, Theology of the Body Institute
Resources
What is True Love?
Hint: Pornography Isn’t.
Additional Videos
How to Respond to Pornography from Integrity Restored.
How do I answer a friend who says pornography is ok? with Matt Fradd, speaker and Catholic Answers apologist.
What to do when a spouse is addicted to pornography also with Matt Fradd.
Recovery Resources
Covenant Eyes offers an “internet accountability service” which monitors your internet browsing activity and sends a report to your designated accountability partner. It also offers a Family Protection program which monitors use and filters inappropriate content.
Integrity Restored Their website states “Our mission at Integrity Restored is to help restore the integrity of individuals, spouses, and families that have been affected by pornography and pornography addiction.”
RECLAiM Sexual Health is a science-based Catholic program which offers resources for those who want to reclaim God’s plan for their lives or their loved ones. The Online Recovery Program is self-paced and anonymous. Resources are also offered for spouses, parents, clergy and counselors.
Suggested Reading
The Brain Science of Porn Addiction: How You Got Here Describes 6 stages of leading to porn addiction and offers a way out.
“Chaput laments ‘unhinged’ sexual culture, calls for ‘new men’” An article from Crux, an independent Catholic news site, about Archbishop Chaput’s speech at the Catholic men’s leadership conference in Phoenix, Arizona on February 3, 2018.
“‘Wash Me Thoroughly: Healing from Pornography Use and Addiction” An article from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) that is part of the “Clean Heart” series which is a companion resource to the USCCB formal statement Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Pastoral Response to Pornography.