Conferences #145 – “The Memory of Fr. John Harvey, OSFS and the Future of Courage and Encourage” ( 65min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke gives the opening keynote address titled “The Memory of Fr. John Harvey, OSFS and the Future of Courage and Encourage”, at the Annual National Courage Conference which ministers to people suffering from same sex attraction. After an introduction by Fr. Paul Check, Executive Director of Courage, Cardinal Burke gives a tribute to the late Father John Harvey the co-founder of Courage and EnCourage who was his personal friend.  He focuses on the many pastoral innovations that Fr. Harvey developed from his deep respect of the personhood of people with homosexual attraction leading them to accept and embrace the virtues advocated by the Church. He covers his deep devotion to his own parents and family and then his religious family the religious order of the Oblates of St Francis de Sales and the influence that these had on his great pastoral heart, what Courage has done and what it will accomplish in the future, especially the participation in the sacraments.

Ave Maria!

Audio (MP3)

+++

The post Video – Conferences #145: Cardinal Burke – Fr. Harvey and Courage first appeared on AirMaria.com.

Conferences #146 – Questions and Answers with Card. Burke after his talk on Fr. Harvey and Courage ( 19min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke gives answers to questions fielded by the audience after the his opening keynote address titled “The Memory of Fr. John Harvey, OSFS and the Future of Courage and Encourage”, at the Annual National Courage Conference which ministers to people suffering from same sex attraction.

Ave Maria!

Audio (MP3)

+++

The post Video – Conferences #146: Card. Burke, Courage, Questions and Answers first appeared on AirMaria.com.

Conferences #147 – Bp. Olmsted on the elements of faith needed for courage today ( 57min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

Bishop Timothy L. Olmsted of Phoenix, AZ gives a talk called “Blessed are Those Who Believe: Faith and Fidelity Today” at the Courage Annual Conference.  He covers the virtues in general and then focuses on Faith in particular and how to stay strong in this virtue when today’s world is so discouraging. He does this by examining the life of Blessed John Paul II whom he personally knew. Of the many virtues that the Blessed Pope had, Faith is what stands out the most and this is based on his devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary who as St. Elizabeth proclaimed “Blessed is she who believed”. He grew in faith despite having experienced many personal and national tragedies in Poland in World War II and the communist aftermath. This Faith involves three elements 1. Trust in God completely, 2. Ascent, a free ascent to the whole truth, 3. Obedience, to what God asks us to do.

Ave Maria!

Audio (MP3)

+++

The post Video – Conferences #147: Bp. Olmsted – Faith and Fidelity Today first appeared on AirMaria.com.

Conferences #148 – Dr. Sean Stevens at the 2011 Courage Conference ( 64min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

Dr. Sean Stevens gives a talk at the 2011 Courage Conference in Chicago titled “Catholic Prayer and Piety for Healing Gender Identity”. He covers the role of prayer in healing same sex attraction and how it relates to reason and therapy.

Ave Maria!

Audio (MP3)

+++

The post Video – Conferences #148: Courage 2011 – Dr. Sean Stevens – Catholic Prayer first appeared on AirMaria.com.

Conferences #150 – ( 33min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

Audio only – Tina gives her personal witnesses to her struggles with same sex attraction and how the Courage apostolate and particularly working with Fr. John Harvey helped her tremendously. Recorded at the the annual National Courage Conference in the Chicago area.

Ave Maria!

Audio (MP3)

+++

The post Video – Conferences #150: Tina Courage Witness first appeared on AirMaria.com.

Conferences #151 – ( 52min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

Audio only – Angelo gives his witnesses to his difficulties with same sex attraction. Listen to this moving testimony of how he is now winning that battle through the help of Courage. Recorded at the the annual National Courage Conference in the Chicago area.

Ave Maria!

Audio (MP3)

+++

The post Video – Conferences #151: Angelo Courage Witness first appeared on AirMaria.com.

Conferences #168 – Melinda Selmys gives The Straight Story ( 51min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

Melinda Selmys gives her talk at the 2012 Courage Conference titled, “The Straight Story” where she gives an account of her life where lived the lesbian life style and then came to God and became wife and mother of six children. She then gives her assessment of the origins and ramifications of her same sex attraction, discussing whether it is intrinsic to  a person’s nature as many would have us believe today or whether it is simply a temptation for some people which can be resisted like any other temptation as part of one’s overall effort to conform their will to the will of God. She includes many references to philosophy, theology, psychology and to her own personal experience to form an intelligent, Christian, broadminded view of a very complex issue.

Audio (MP3)

+++

The post Video – Conf #168: Courage2012-2 – The Straight Story first appeared on AirMaria.com.

Conferences #172 – Fr. Jeffery Keefe on the Varieties of Guilt ( 82min) >>> Play

Fr. Jeffrey Keefe, O.F.M. Conv., director of Courage in Syracuse, NY, gives his talk at the 2012 International Courage Conference on the “The Varieties of Guilt” which we face on our pilgrimage to God and the appropriate pastoral approach to cope with them in a world where temptation and sin are increasing. In the process he explains the nature of shame and how shame and guilt are our built in monitors of our behavior. Yet, no matter how bad we mess up, we should look to God to help straighten out the mess and so find peace.

Ave Maria!

Audio (MP3)

+++

The post Video – Conf #172: Courage2012-6 – The Varieties of Guilt first appeared on AirMaria.com.

Conferences #171 – Andrew Comiskey at the 2012 Courage Conference  ( 73min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

Andrew Comiskey, Executive Director and Founder of Desert Stream Ministries, gives his talk at the 2012 Courage Conference at Mt. St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD. The talk is titled “Naked Surrender – Coming Home to our True Sexuality” based on his book of that title. He covers his long journey from a homosexual lifestyle to becoming a Christian and the long healing process involved in shedding the brokenness of a sin and coming to the wholeness of Christ and helping others to do the same in his ministry. He stresses that the process of healing is never finished here on earth and key to remaining fruitful both for healing oneself and others is to continually acknowledge one’s own brokenness before God and men in all humility. He intersperses references to his recent conversion to the Catholic faith and how this has integrated with his overall journey. Listen to this heartfelt talk, filled with pastoral wisdom and understanding for those suffering from same sex attraction.

Ave Maria!

Audio (MP3)

+++

The post Video – Conf #171: Courage2012-5 – Andrew Comiskey, Coming Home to our True Sexuality first appeared on AirMaria.com.

Conferences #173 – Fr. Joseph Klee at the 2012 Courage Conference ( 45min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

Fr. Joseph Klee of the diocese of Columbus gives his talk at the 2012 Courage Conference at Mt. St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD. The talk is titled “A Simple Plan: Blessed Mother Teresa’s Perspective of Life” where he outlines her simple but radical remedy to the materialism of the modern world based on poverty, chastity and obedience. He points out how her solution which seems to be so restrictive, in fact, leads to true freedom in that it gives the strength to simplify life, reject vice, embrace virtue and how this is so effective for resisting same sex attraction.

Ave Maria!

Audio (MP3)

+++

The post Video – Conf #173: Courage2012-7 – Fr. Klee on Mother Theresa first appeared on AirMaria.com.