The resources and videos below are for your own further education on the selected topics.
Diocesan Resources
Coming soon
Marriage and Human Complementarity:
Articles:
Marriage Statistics in the United States
Videos:
Articles and Reports:
The Role of Fathers and Childhood Development
Cohabitation and Effects on Marriage
The Science of Sex Differences
Transgender Resources:
Teaching Resources from the US Bishops
Bishop Rhoades on Gender Dysphoria, July 2021
“Questioning Gender: Medicine and Theology in Dialogue” from the McGrath Institute for Church Life
National Catholic Bioethics Center Statement on Transgenderism (2015)
FAQ on Gender Identity Disorder and “Sex-Change” Operations
Catholic Medical Association: Statement on Hormone Treatment of Children
“Gender Identity Theory: A Loving Catholic Response” by Abigail Favale (presentation given for 2022 Catholic School Mission Days)
The Dangerous Lie of Sex Change Surgery’s Success
Sex Reassignment Doesn’t Work. Here is the Evidence
Sexuality and Gender: Findings from the Biological, Psychological, and Social Sciences (144 page research study on homosexuality and transgender issues)
National Geographic’s “Gender Revolution”: Bad Science and False Ideology
Abortion
Adoption
We Need to Talk About Adoption (Article by Elizabeth Kirk)
Adoption: Choosing It, Living It, Loving It (Book by Ray Guarendi)
Catholic Charities of Fort Wayne-South Bend
Gender
Pornography
Fight the New Drug, a secular anti-porn resource with many facts about the effects porn has on brains, relationships, and society
Marriage & Human Complementarity
Same-Sex Attraction
Eden Invitation, a Catholic organization that focuses on the whole person “beyond the LGBT+ paradigm”
Videos:
Desire of the Everlasting Hills
How to Talk about Homosexuality in the Church with Fr. Mike Schmitz and Dr. Scott Hahn
Bishop Robert Barron on the Supreme Court Ruling
Articles:
Technology & Social Media
Information about popular social media apps (from Protect Young Eyes)
Parental controls for every digital device
Teens, Social Media, and Technology (2024 report from Pew Research)
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