2009 Courage Conference

The 2009 International Courage and EnCourage took place at Villanova University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from the 9th to the 12th July.

Part 1 Summary from Courage Melbourne

Our EnCourage Melbourne Co-ordinator Marie Mason attended the full conference and was blown away by the humility of Fr Paul Check, the director of Courage. Fr Paul Check was also impressed with the vitality of our Melbourne group and the keenness which we have to reach out to our brothers and sisters who also suffer this same temptation of same sex attraction, or to their relatives and friends whom might not understand this trial and does know how to help their loved ones in moving towards a chaste life to be in union with Christ.

There were talks on morality, emotional pain, shame and cause of homosexuality, freedom of will, body image, and two testimonies by Courage members, etc. Some of the speakers included Fr Paul Check, the director of Courage; Fr John Harvey OSFS, Dr Joseph Nicolosi and many other priests and experts in this field.