Catholic Kermit

“Christian Spirituality & Sexuality”

This page will be an index to my posts on topics from the course I took at The Institute for Priestly Formation at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska titled “Christian Spirituality & Sexuality” (IPF 502) in the Summer of 2009.

Please feel free to add your own comments, reflections and points of discussion on any post.

June 08, Monday . . . . . . . . . . Introduction

June 09, Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . Christian Spirituality & Moral Living (day 1)
June 10, Wednesday . . . . . . .  Christian Spirituality & Moral Living (day 2)

June 11, Thursday . . . . . . . . .  Foundational Elements
June 12, Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . Christian Sexuality

June 15, Monday . . . . . . . . . . Self Esteem & Shame
June 16, Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . Grief
June 17, Wednesday . . . . . . . Anger
June 18, Thursday . . . . . . . . . Resentment

June 19, Friday . . . . . . . . . . . Inner Healing & Forgiveness

• Project Rachel — post-abortion counseling ministry
• Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries — post-abortion weekend retreats  [article]

June 22, Monday . . . . . . . . . . Homosexuality
June 23, Tuesday . . . . . . . . . Masturbation
June 24, Wednesday . . . . . . Internet Use & Abuse + Rules for Discernment of Spirits

June 25, Thursday (IPF lecture) . . . Pope John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body” (day 1)
June 26, Friday (IPF lecture) . . . Pope John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body” (day 2)

• Christopher West — renown speaker on “Theology of the Body”
• Theology of the Body Institute — founded by speaker Christopher West
• Theology of the Body.net — other resources, speakers, Theology of the Body International Alliance
• Original John Paul II “Theology of the Body” lectures — all 129 lectures
• Theology of the Body — wikipedia info

June 29, Monday (IPF lecture) . . . Natural Family Planning (NFP)

• FREE 156 page Online NFP Manual — approved by USCCB (pdf format)
• NFP blank sample chart (pdf format)
• The Couple to Couple League (CCL) — couples teach couples NFP, classes available
• CyclePRO software — ovulation & fertility tracking software (recommended by CCL)
• Hormonal Forecaster — ovulation & fertility tracking software
• Catholic view on birth-control
• Catholic view on in-vitro fertilization
• Pope Paul VI Institute — morally acceptable reproductive health services (Omaha, NE)
• Creighton Model FertilityCare System — reproductive health research
• NaPro Technology — reproductive health reasearch
• Questions about fertility & Catholic teaching
• Testimony of Catholic couples stuggling with infertility
• 7 Skits on the “NFP vs Contraception” done by IPF seminarians. Check them out!
• OneMoreSoul.com — facts on love, chastisty, marriage & children
  

June 30, Tuesday . . . . . . . . . Boundaries

July 1, Wednesday . . . . . . . . Cantalamessa’s Book, “Virginity”

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Other related issues, not covered in class:

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