Internet Safety and Freedom from Pornography
With 80% of Christian men struggling weekly with pornography (Restored2More.com), pornography use affects the members of our parish family and wider community. Science shows that pornography use can lead to addiction and damage relationships. In fact, 56% of divorces include a spouse addicted to pornography and 40% of relationships end in divorce or separation when betrayal takes place. (Restored 2 More).
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
There are resources to seek freedom from habits of pornography use and sexual brokenness
Parents
Tools for Parents in the Internet Age, Diocese of Lincoln, NE
https://www.lincolndiocese.org/support-healing/internet-protection-pornography/tools-for-parents
Defend Young Minds Digital Defense
https://www.defendyoungminds.com/
“Addressing Pornography” Resources, Diocese of La Crosse
https://diolc.org/marriage/addressing-pornography/
Good Pictures/Bad Pictures
https://www.defendyoungminds.com/books
Good Pictures/Bad Pictures Jr.
https://www.defendyoungminds.com/books
Faithful & True
https://www.faithfulandtrue.
Internet/Phone Filters Covenant Eyes and Victory App
https://www.covenanteyes.com/
Clean Hearts Initiative – Resources for Talking to Children about Pornography
https://cleanheartinitiative.owensborodiocese.org/help-talk/
Safe Haven Parent Workshop
https://cleanheartinitiative.owensborodiocese.org/safe-haven-sunday/parent-workshop/
Resources for Recovery as a Couple/Family
https://comeawakeresources.company.site/
Catholic Exorcism App
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kreagerconsulting.cathex&hl=en-US&pli=1
Resources to Support through Betrayal
Boundaries, Awakening Mini-Course for Christian Betrayed Partners
https://comeawakeresources.company.site/products/Boundaries-Awakening-Mini-Course-for-Christian-Betrayed-Partners-p638550436
Rebuilding Trust, Awakening Mini-Course for Christian Betrayed Partners
Withholding or Intimacy Anorexia, Awakening Mini-Course for Christian Betrayed Partners
https://comeawakeresources.company.site/products/Withholding-or-Intimacy-Anorexia-Awakening-Mini-Course-for-Christian-Betrayed-Partners-p654692908
Men
“Recovering Masculinity in a Pornified World” with Fr. Sean Kilcawley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM2X9ATUJMA
RECLAiM Sexual Health
https://www.reclaimsexualhealth.com/
Freedom from Pornography, Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska
https://www.lincolndiocese.org/support-healing/internet-protection-pornography/home
Internet/Phone Filters Covenant Eyes and Victory App
https://www.covenanteyes.com/
S.A. Lifeline Foundation
https://salifeline.org/
“Masculinity and Healing” with Fr. Sean Kilcawley
https://centerforhealingkc.com/my-house/my-house-workshop#panel–4
My House Intensive Healing Workshop (for Men)
https://centerforhealingkc.com/my-house/my-house-workshop#panel–4
“Breaking the Addiction” with Fr. Sean Kilcawley and Matt Fradd, Pints with Aquinas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3rFtXSHWg8
Pure Desires Ministries
https://puredesire.org/resources/
Resources for Recovery as a Couple/Family
https://comeawakeresources.company.site/
“Addressing Pornography” Resources, Diocese of La Crosse
https://diolc.org/marriage/addressing-pornography/
Catholic Exorcism App
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kreagerconsulting.cathex&hl=en-US&pli=1
Resources to Support through Betrayal
Boundaries, Awakening Mini-Course for Christian Betrayed Partners
https://comeawakeresources.company.site/products/Boundaries-Awakening-Mini-Course-for-Christian-Betrayed-Partners-p638550436
Rebuilding Trust, Awakening Mini-Course for Christian Betrayed Partners
Withholding or Intimacy Anorexia, Awakening Mini-Course for Christian Betrayed Partners
https://comeawakeresources.company.site/products/Withholding-or-Intimacy-Anorexia-Awakening-Mini-Course-for-Christian-Betrayed-Partners-p654692908
Women
Bloom for Catholic Women.com
https://www.bloomforcatholicwomen.com/
Magdala Ministries for Women
https://www.magdalaministries.org/
Internet/Phone Filters Covenant Eyes and Victory App
https://www.covenanteyes.com/
RECLAiM Sexual Health
https://www.reclaimsexualhealth.com/
“Breaking the Addiction” with Fr. Sean Kilcawley and Matt Fradd, Pints with Aquinas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3rFtXSHWg8
Freedom from Pornography, Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska
https://www.lincolndiocese.org/support-healing/internet-protection-pornography/home
S.A. Lifeline Foundation
https://salifeline.org/
Resources for Recovery as a Couple/Family
https://comeawakeresources.company.site/
Pure Desires Ministries
https://puredesire.org/resources/
Catholic Exorcism App
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kreagerconsulting.cathex&hl=en-US&pli=1
“Addressing Pornography” Resources, Diocese of La Crosse
https://diolc.org/marriage/addressing-pornography/
Resources to Support through Betrayal
Boundaries, Awakening Mini-Course for Christian Betrayed Partners
https://comeawakeresources.company.site/products/Boundaries-Awakening-Mini-Course-for-Christian-Betrayed-Partners-p638550436
Rebuilding Trust, Awakening Mini-Course for Christian Betrayed Partners
Withholding or Intimacy Anorexia, Awakening Mini-Course for Christian Betrayed Partners
https://comeawakeresources.company.site/products/Withholding-or-Intimacy-Anorexia-Awakening-Mini-Course-for-Christian-Betrayed-Partners-p654692908
Leaders
Internet/Phone Filters: Covenant Eyes and Victory App
https://www.covenanteyes.com/
RECLAiM Sexual Health
https://www.reclaimsexualhealth.com/
S.A. Lifeline Foundation
https://salifeline.org/
Pure Desires Ministries
https://puredesire.org/resources/
Fight the New Drug
- Homepage
https://fightthenewdrug.org/ - Conversation Blueprints for Talking about Porn
https://fightthenewdrug.org/lets-talk-about-porn/
Brain, Heart, World Documentary Series
https://brainheartworld.org/
“Addressing Pornography” Resources, Diocese of La Crosse
https://diolc.org/marriage/addressing-pornography/
Further Reading
“Create in me a Clean Heart” USCCB pastoral letter
https://www.usccb.org/cleanheart
Restored: True Stories of Love and Trust after Porn by Matt and Cameron Fradd – Buy from Catholic Answers – Buy from Amazon.com
Delivered by Matt Fradd –Buy from Catholic Answers – Buy from Amazon.com
Forged by Jason Everett and Matt Fradd – Buy from the Chastity Project – Buy from Amazon.com
Unwanted by Jay Stringer – Buy from Amazon.com
Facing the Shadow: Starting Sexual and Relationship Recovery by Patrick Carnes, Ph.D. – Buy from Amazon.com
Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction by Patrick Carnes, Ph.D. – Buy from Amazon
Don’t Call it Love: Recovery from Sexual Addiction by Patrick Carnes, Ph.D. – Buy from Amazon
Facing Heartbreak: Steps to Recovery for Partners of Sex Addicts by Carnes, Lee, and Rodriguez – Buy from Amazon
Mending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts by Stefanie Carnes, Ph.D. – Buy from Amazon
Courageous Love: A Couples Guide to Conquering Betrayal by Stefanie Carnes, Ph.D. – Buy from Amazon
Deliverance Prayers: For Use by the Laity by Fr. Chad Ripperger – Buy from Sensus Traditionis press – Buy from Amazon
“Hope After Porn”: Four Wives’ Tales of Heartbreak and How Their Marriages Were Saved by Covenant Eyes – Link to free PDF download
Boundaries in Marriage by Henry Cloud and John Townsend – Buy from Amazon.com
(Don’t forget that the sacraments are gateways to God’s healing, access points for His grace.)