COURSE
DOCUMENTS
http://ldysinger.stjohnsem.edu/THM_544_Marriage/webcourse/03_course-docs.htm
REQUIRED TEXTS
The Catechism of the Catholic Church: [Ms-Word]
Human Sexuality, an All-Embracing gift, by Gerald Coleman (selections): [MS-Word ; PDF]
Sex, Priestly Ministry, and the Church, by Len Sperry [MS-Word ; PDF]
Male and Female He Created Them, A Theology of the Body, by Pope St. John Paul II: [MS-Word ; PDF]
A Catholic Bioethics for a New Millennium, by Antony Fisher, O.P. (Cambr.UP, 2012; selections): [MS-Word ; PDF]
Sex and Virtue by J,S, Grabowski, (Cath.Univ.Pr. 2003) [Ms-Word ; PDF]
REQUIRED CATHOLIC TEACHING DOCUMENTS:
THE COUNCIL of TRENT on Marriage [MS-Word]
POPE LEO XIII, Arcanum (On Christian Marriage) [MS-Word]
POPE PIUS XI, Casti Conubii [MS-Word]
POPE PIUS XII, Sacra Virginitas [MS-Word ; PDF]
POPE PAUL VI, Humanae Vitae, [MS-Word];
Sacerdotalis Caelibatus [MS-Word]
Vatican Council II, Gaudium et Spes §46-52. [MS-Word]
POPE ST, JOHN PAUL II
Evangelium Vitae; [MS-Word ; PDF]
Familiaris Consortio; [MS-Word]
Mulieris Dignitatem; [MS-Word ; PDF]
Veritatis Splendor; [JP2_Verit.Splend.Eng.doc]
Servais Pinckaers, O.P., “An Encyclical for the Future: Veritatis Splendor” [MS-Word]
Vita Consecrata; [MS-Word ; PDF]
Fruitful and Responsible Love [HTML]
Reflections on Humanae Vitae [MS-Word]
POPE BENEDICT XVI
Deus Caritas est (God is Love);[MS-Word]
On Family and Christian Community; ;[MS-Word]
Caritas in Veritate (on Integral Human Dev't); [MS-Word]
POPE FRANCIS
Amoris Laetitia (2016 Apost.Exh., “On Love in the Family”); [MS-Word ; PDF]
As A Loving Mother (2016 Motu Proprio on removal of prelates not diligent in dealing with abuse of minors); [MS-Word]
You Are the Light of the World (2019 Motu Proprio on the sexual abuse crisis).[MS-Word]
“Interview with Fr. Spadaro, SJ ”(Aug.2013) [MS-Word]
“Address to Catholic Physicians” (Sept., 2013) [MS-Word.]
Unborn children have the face of Christ, as do the disabled, the elderly, and the infirm.
CONGREGATION for The DOCTRINE of the FAITH ([S]CDF)
The Reception of Holy Communion by the Divorced and Remarried Members of the Faithful; [MS-Word]
On The Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons (1987); [MS-Word]
Discussion by Archbishop Quinn: [MS-Word]
Declaration on certain questions concerning sexual ethics (Persona Humana); [SCDF Pers.Hum L-E.doc]
Dignitatis Personae (On Certain Bioethical Questions).[MS-Word]
Responsum on Not Blessing Unions of Persons of the Same Sex (2021) [HTML1(Vatican) ; HTML2 (website)]
CONGREGATION for CATHOLIC EDUCATION
Male and Female He Created Them: Towards A Path of Dialogue on the Question of Gender Theory in Education (2019) [MS-Word ; PDF]
Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in view of their Admission to the Seminary and to Holy Orders (2006) [HTML1(Vatican) ; HTML2 (website)]
PONTIFICAL COUNCIL for JUSTICE and PEACE
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church (2004) [MS-Word]
ADDITIONAL COURSE RESOURCES
UNITED STATES CONFERENCE of CATHOLIC BISHOPS (USCCB)
Always Our Children: A Pastoral Message to Parents of Homosexual Children and Suggestions for Pastoral Ministers (1997) [MS-Word ; PDF]
Ministry to Persons With A Homosexual Inclination (2006) [MS-Word ; PDF]
Married Love and The Gift of Love (2006) [MS-Word ; PDF]
THE JOHN JAY STUDIES of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Clergy (2004-2011) [Course Website]
2004 The Nature And Scope of Sexual Abuse of Minors By Catholic Priests and Deacons in The United States 1950-2002 [PDF]
2006 The Nature and Scope of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States: Supplementary Data Analysis for The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops [PDF]
2011 Report to the USCCB: The Causes And Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in The United States 1950-2010 [PDF]
Resources on Natural Family Planning
1981 Martin, Fertility Acceptance and Natural Family Planning [PDF]
2010 Standards for Diocesan NFP Ministry [PDF]
2017 NFP-Week Bulletin Insert [PDF]
2019 Homily Notes: Love Naturally [PDF]
2019 NFP Bulletin Love Naturally [PDF]
2020 NFP Week Bulletin Insert Live the Truth [PDF]
California Natural Family Planning Orgainzation (additional resources): (President/contact: Sheila St. John: sheila@canfp.org )
Cholij,R,.Clerical Celibacy in East and West(Gracewing, 1989). [MS-Word ; PDF]
─ Priestly Celibacy in Patristics and in the History of the Church, (Online article) [MS-Word]
Congregation for the Clergy, The Gift of Priestly Vocation / Ratio Fundamentalis (2016) [MS-Word ; PDF]
Goerss, Jane Ph.D, Psychopathy and Predictors of Violence
Towards Women
Handouts on predictors of
violent behavior
[PSYCHOPATHY
; [VIOLENCE]
Hogan, Fr. Richard M An Introduction to John Paul II’s Theology of the Body; [MS-Word]
Hruz, Paul W. et aliae, “Growing Pains: Problems with puberty suppression in treating gender dysphoria,” The New Atlantis, Number 52, Spring 2017, pp. 3-36: https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/growing-pains
Kheriaty, Aaron MD, Pornography and Sexual Addiction; Gender and Sexual Orientation (2-part video presentation)
Part 1: Pornography and Sexual Addiction: https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/db82a098-a1be-4a27-b522-f11fc066237b
Part 2: Sexual Desire and Identity https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/89a6a736-697e-4cd6-8c8d-76fe474c5661
Mayer, L. et. aliae (Sexuality and Gender, Findings from the Biological, Psychological, and Social Sciences, New Atlantis, 2019).https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/executive-summary-sexuality-and-gender ; [PDF]
McHugh, Paul R. “Surgical Sex: Why We Stopped Doing Sex Change Operations,” First Things, November 2004: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2004/11/surgical-sex
─ “Transgender Surgery Isn't the Solution,” Wall Street Journal, May 13, 2016: https://www.wsj.com/articles/paul-mchugh-transgender-surgery-isnt-the-solution-1402615120
Selin, G., On the Christological, Ecclesiological, and Eschatological Dimensions of Priestly Celibacy in “Presbyterorum Ordinis,” “Sacerdotalis Caelibatus” and Subsequent Magisterial Documents, (Washington, 2011) [PDF]
West, Christopher, Theology of the Body for Beginners: A Basic Introduction to Pope John Paul II’s Sexual Revolution, (Rev.Ed., Ascension Press, 2009) [MS-Word ; PDF]
─ “Theology of the Body - A [VERY] Brief Introduction,” [MS-Word]
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
Anderson, Ryan, When Harry Became Sally [PDF]
Austriaco, Biomedicine and Beatitude, An Introduction to Catholic Bioethics (CUAP, 2011) [MS-Word ; PDF]
Barzun Jacques, From Dawn to Decadence (Harper Collins, 2000) [MS-Word ; PDF]
Brown, Peter, The Body and Society, Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity, (Columbia Univ. Press, 1980) [MS-Word]
Cahill, Lisa, Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics (Cambridge U.P., 1996). [MS-Word ; PDF]
Cessario, Romanus, Introduction to Moral Theology (Cath.Univ.Pr. 2001) [MS-Word ; PDF]
─ The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics, (Univ.of Notre Dame Press, 1991) [MS-Word ; PDF]
[N.B. the following is a secular publication recommending some therapies that contradict teachings of the Catholic Church. It is listed here as an example of the widespread approach to sexual orientation found in contemporary psychology]: DeBard et aliae , Handbook of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity in Counseling and Psychotherapy, (American Psychological Association, 2019) [PDF]
DeHaro, Marriage and The Family in The Documents of the Magisterium: A Course in The Theology of Marriage (Ignatius, 1993) [MS-Word ; PDF]
Grabowski, Sex and Virtue (Cath.Univ.Pr. 2012) [Ms-Word ; PDF]
─ Grabowski, J.S. and Naughton, M. J “In Defense of Natural Law” [MS-Word] Article defending natural law
Gregg, S, “Dignitatis Humanae and the Catholic Human Rights ‘Revolution” [MS-Word]
Grisez, Germain, The Way of the Lord Jesus, by: vol. I Christian Moral Principles; vol. 2, Living a Christian Life; vol. 3, Difficult Moral Questions (Franciscan Press, 1997).
Hall, R.C., A [Clincal] Profile of Pedophilia (Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2007) [PDF]
Haynes, Laura, PhD (Clinical Psychologist) PDF doc’s of PowerPoint Presentations on Gender Ideology:
─ Transgender Identity Is Not Inborn, Changes, and May Have (Treatable) Psychological Causes (2021) [PDF]
─ Sexual Orientation And Gender Incongruence Change; [They] May Have (Treatable) Psychological Causes— And Other Confessions OF The American Psychological Association And Research (2020) [PDF]
─ Sexual Orientation: Sexual Orientation Is Not Inborn, May Have (Treatable) Psychological Causes— and Other Confessions of the American Psychological Association: Part I—Causes (2021)[PDF]
─ Sexual Orientation: […] Part 2—Change and Therapy (2021).[PDF]
Hill, Wesley, “Another Thirst” Spiritual defense of purity and primacy of intimacy with Christ.[MS-Word]
Hoppe, Debi (Sympto-Thermal Natural Family Planning (NFP) Instuctor)
─ Debi Hoppe Oct 2020 Video: Introd to NFP Part 1 of 2 - NFP Methods
─ Debi Hoppe Oct 2020 Video: Introd to NFP Part 2 of 2 - Personal story and Spirituality
─ NFP Powerpoint 2020 Debi Hoppe
─ NFP Powerpoint 2020 Debi Hoppe in pdf format
─ NFP Powerpoint - NFP History and Practice (2017)
─ NFP Powerpoint 2012 for Seminarians
─ NFP Powerpoint 2008 for Seminarians
Hauerwas, S “Sex in Public” [Sex_in_Public.doc] (Article on modern crisis in sexual morality)
Lewis, C.S., Selections on Love, Marriage and Sexuality [MS-Word]
May, William, Catholic Bioethics and the Gift of Human Life, (3rd ed.,Our Sunday Visitor, 2012).[MS-Word ; PDF]
─ The Cultural and Ecclesial Situation 1964 to 1967: Paving The Way for Dissent from Church Teaching on Contraception, by , (Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly, Fall, 2009, pp.10-19 [includes discussion of the Paul VI Commission on Contraception] [MS-Word]
McClymond, Michael J. “The Last Sexual Perversion, An Argument in Defense of Celibacy” [MS-Word]
Parris, M. :Although NOT compatible with Catholic teaching, this article is unusually honest about issues of relevance to moral theology “Straight Talk About the New Gay World” (London Times, Nov.17, 2001). [MS-Word]
Pathella, et al.,“Discordance between Sexual Behavior and Self-Reported Sexual Identity: A Population-Based Survey of New York City Men” (Annals of Internal Medicine, October 2006 ). [MS-Word ; PDF ; Orig.Research Art.PDF]
Pontifical Council for the Family, Vademecum for Confessors on Marriage “(1997) [MS-Word] ; [https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/family/documents/rc_pc_family_doc_12021997_vademecum_en.html]
Shrier, Irreversible Damage, The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, (Regnery/Salem, 2020) [PDF]
Soh, Debra, The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society, (Threshold, 2020). [PDF]
SELECTIONS from MAGISTERIAL TEXTS
Thomas Aquinas and Vatican II on Natural Law [MS-Word]
Early Modern Texts on Marriage and Sexuality: Selected texts for class discussion: Trent; Leo XIII (“Arcanum”); Pius XI (“Casti Connubii”): [MS-Word]
Selections from “Evangelium Vitae.” & “Familiaris Consortio” Selections for class discussion from Pope John Paul II, “Evangelium Vitae” and “Familiaris Consortio”, with special reference to fertility in marriage: [MS-Word].
Episcopal and magisterial documents on homosexuality Texts for class discussion from the US Catholic Bishops, the SCDF, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and St. Aelred of Rievaulx: [MS-Word].
NCCB and Catechism on Homosexuality Texts from (USCCB) “To Live in Christ Jesus” and “The Catechism of the Catholic Church”: [MS-Word]