Resources for Priests

Handouts, Articles, Links, and More ....

Handouts
You may download, save, and print these materials.

Is There a Gay Gene?

Links
Links to articles and other useful information.
(We have obtained permission from the authors, as well as the magazines from which these materials originated, for copies to be made as part of a clergy study day.)

A Label That Sticks - By Paul Scalia

  Catechesis on Homosexuality: Making the Distinctions

What Research Shows: Children of Same-Sex Families

The Health Risks of Gay Sex

The Gay Invention: Homosexuality Is a Linguistic as Well as a Moral Error - by R. V. Young

  Outreach to Homosexual Persons: The Understanding Heart

Ministering to Persons with Same Sex Attraction: What Courage Members Would Like Clergy to Know

I am not Gay...I am David - By David Prosen
From the Jan/Feb 2011 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine

Clergy are often called upon to minister to persons with same-sex attraction (SSA). This can be a grace-filled opportunity, yet those called upon to counsel persons with SSA or to hear their confessions may not be sure how best to respond. Courage members offer their suggestions in: Ministering to Persons with Same Sex Attraction: What Courage Members Would Like Clergy to Know."

  Don't Call Me Gay!