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The Courage ListServ is a highly active email discussion group run from YahooGroups.com.  With this utility, you can choose to read the email at the Courage Online site at YahooGroups or have them send it directly to your email account.

To subscribe, click on the sidebar signup link.

When you get there,  click on the subscribe button on the right side of the page and follow the instructions from there.

The main moderator of this listserv is David Morrison.

Please note, the ListServ Moderator reserves the right to not include any email messages that are attempts to knock down Courage and it's adherence to Church teaching, or any members of the ListServ.  This is a place to be uplifted and to uplift others as we journey onward.

Have you joined, and are you looking for some ideas for discussion?  Here are some for starters.

  1. The need for group support and friendship
  2. Understanding chastity and living it (what does this mean? how do we do it?)
  3. Spiritual helps (Mass, rosary, devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, group support, spiritual reading  i.e., Introduction to the Devout Life, daily prayer)
  4. Dealing with the temptation to fantasize sexually, and/or masturbate
  5. Pornography and addiction
  6. Gender identity; self image
  7. The need for healthy, chaste same-sex friendships
  8. Learning to relate to the other sex
  9. Relationship with parents, other family members and/or friends
  10. Anger
  11. Forgiveness
  12. Emotional woundedness
  13. Emotional dependency
  14. Sexual abuse
  15. How to develop the virtue of self-control
  16. How do I start a Courage group?
  17. How do I bring up this topic in the confessional?
  18. Accountability and honesty (regular spiritual direction, confession, etc)
  19. Isolation
  20. Dealing with guilt and/or feelings of shame and unworthiness
  21. Should I tell my spouse, if he/she doesn't already know about my struggle OR (if my spouse already knows) how can my spouse help me?
  22. If I want to get married some day, is there hope for me?
  23. Was I "born this way"?
  24. Should I refer to myself as "gay" or "lesbian"?

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