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26 wrze\u015bnia 2020 roku Courage obchodzi\u0142o 40 lat pos\u0142ugi, licz\u0105c od pierwszego spotkania.
\nTa strona pami\u0105tkowa zosta\u0142a stworzona, aby uczci\u0107 ten szczeg\u00f3lny kamie\u0144 milowy i podzi\u0119kowa\u0107 Bogu za cztery dekady
\nmodlitwy, wsp\u00f3lnoty i wsparcia duszpasterskiego poprzez ten apostolat.<\/h2>\n

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History of Courage<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Faces of Courage<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a040th Anniversary Mass<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>
\nEncouragement from Our Bishops<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>40th Anniversary Annual Conference<\/a><\/strong>
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Inspiracja do stworzenia s\u0142u\u017cby, kt\u00f3ra ostatecznie zosta\u0142aby za\u0142o\u017cona jako Courage, przysz\u0142a do Kardyna\u0142a Terence\u2019a Cooke\u2019a, Arcybiskupa Nowego Jorku, wiosn\u0105 1978 roku. Kardyna\u0142 Cooke pragn\u0105\u0142 rozpocz\u0105\u0107 pos\u0142ug\u0119, kt\u00f3ra by\u0142aby odpowiedzi\u0105 na potrzeby duszpasterskie i troski os\u00f3b \u015bwieckich do\u015bwiadczaj\u0105cych poci\u0105gu do os\u00f3b tej samej p\u0142ci, kt\u00f3re pragn\u0119\u0142y \u017cy\u0107 w czysto\u015bci zgodnie z nauczaniem katolickim. Kardyna\u0142 skonsultowa\u0142 si\u0119 z dyrektorem ds. rozwoju duchowego Archidiecezji Nowojorskiej, Ojcem Benedyktem Groeschelem (w\u00f3wczas OFM Cap., p\u00f3\u017aniej CFR), kt\u00f3ry doradzi\u0142, \u017ce Ojciec John Harvey OSFS, kap\u0142an z Filadelfii, by\u0142by idealn\u0105 osob\u0105 do prowadzenia takiej pos\u0142ugi. Ojciec Harvey, teolog moralny, profesor i doradca duszpasterski, napisa\u0142 ju\u017c wskaz\u00f3wki dla spowiednik\u00f3w dotycz\u0105ce kwestii homoseksualizmu i prowadzi\u0142 rekolekcje dla ksi\u0119\u017cy i braci po \u015blubach wieczystych, kt\u00f3rzy byli zobowi\u0105zani do prze\u017cywania swoich \u015blub\u00f3w czysto\u015bci w celibacie w obliczu do\u015bwiadczenia poci\u0105gu do os\u00f3b tej samej p\u0142ci.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Po kilku spotkaniach komitetu przygotowawczego, warsztatach i konsultacjach, pierwsze spotkanie odby\u0142o si\u0119 w pi\u0105tek 26 wrze\u015bnia 1980 roku na Manhattanie w ko\u015bciele Matki Bo\u017cej R\u00f3\u017ca\u0144cowej, w sanktuarium \u015bw. El\u017cbiety Anny Seton, z udzia\u0142em jedynie 5 cz\u0142onk\u00f3w. Ta grupa wsparcia duchowego spotyka\u0142a si\u0119 co tydzie\u0144 i ostatecznie przyj\u0119\u0142a nazw\u0119 Courage. Same cz\u0142onkinie u\u0142o\u017cy\u0142y sw\u00f3j cel w formie pi\u0119ciu zada\u0144<\/strong><\/a>: czysto\u015b\u0107, modlitwa, wsp\u00f3lnota, wsparcie i dobry przyk\u0142ad.Kiedy Courage stopniowo zacz\u0119\u0142o si\u0119 zakorzenia\u0107 w innych diecezjach USA i w Kanadzie, szybko okaza\u0142o si\u0119, \u017ce istnieje potrzeba stworzenia w ramach apostolatu dodatkowej grupy wsparcia duchowego dla rodzin i przyjaci\u00f3\u0142 os\u00f3b do\u015bwiadczaj\u0105cych poci\u0105gu do os\u00f3b tej samej p\u0142ci. W ten spos\u00f3b w 1987 roku powsta\u0142a grupa znana obecnie jako EnCourage. Cz\u0142onkowie EnCourage staraj\u0105 si\u0119 \u017cy\u0107 wed\u0142ug nast\u0119puj\u0105cych pi\u0119ciu cel\u00f3w<\/strong><\/a>: modlitwa i po\u015bwi\u0119cenie, formacja, mi\u0142o\u015b\u0107, jedno\u015b\u0107 i \u015bwiadectwo.<\/p>\n

Podczas gdy spotkania Courage i EnCourage odbywaj\u0105 si\u0119 oddzielnie, obie grupy cz\u0142onk\u00f3w ciesz\u0105 si\u0119 z bycia we wsp\u00f3lnocie podczas naszych corocznych konferencji. Pierwsza z tych konferencji odby\u0142a si\u0119 w 1989 roku w Cardinal Spellman Retreat House w Riverdale w Nowym Jorku i od tego czasu odbywa si\u0119 co roku w r\u00f3\u017cnych miejscach w Stanach Zjednoczonych i Kanadzie. Doroczna konferencja mo\u017ce by\u0107 najlepiej opisana jako du\u017ce duchowe rekolekcje, kt\u00f3re zawieraj\u0105 solidne nauczanie, serdeczne dzielenie si\u0119, radosne rozmowy i wiele okazji do modlitwy i sakrament\u00f3w. Cz\u0142onkowie Courage i EnCourage zacz\u0119li patrze\u0107 na coroczn\u0105 konferencj\u0119 jak na spotkanie rodzinne i z niecierpliwo\u015bci\u0105 oczekuj\u0105 tego czasu odnowy i od\u015bwie\u017cenia ka\u017cdego lata. Chocia\u017c COVID uniemo\u017cliwi\u0142 nam zebranie si\u0119 osobi\u015bcie na naszej konferencji w 2020 roku, nie tylko uda\u0142o nam si\u0119 po\u0142\u0105czy\u0107 wirtualnie, dzi\u0119ki technologii, ale byli\u015bmy w stanie przyj\u0105\u0107 wi\u0119cej cz\u0142onk\u00f3w z ca\u0142ego \u015bwiata ni\u017c kiedykolwiek wcze\u015bniej.<\/p>\n

Poza uczestnictwem w spotkaniach kapitu\u0142y i Konferencji Rocznej, nasi cz\u0142onkowie i kapelani cz\u0119sto organizuj\u0105 regionalne rekolekcje weekendowe i dni skupienia, aby utrzyma\u0107 swoje \u017cycie g\u0142\u0119boko zakorzenione w duchowo\u015bci katolickiej i rozwija\u0107 poczucie wsp\u00f3lnoty i przyja\u017ani przez ca\u0142y rok. W 2000 roku rozpocz\u0119\u0142y si\u0119 nasze coroczne rekolekcje dla kobiet. W tym samym roku zorganizowali\u015bmy nasz pierwszy Ob\u00f3z Sportowy, kt\u00f3ry obecnie jest corocznym wydarzeniem \u0142\u0105cz\u0105cym modlitw\u0119, wsp\u00f3lnot\u0119 i sport dla m\u0119\u017cczyzn z Courage, niezale\u017cnie od tego, czy maj\u0105 do\u015bwiadczenie sportowe. Coroczne rekolekcje dla naszych cz\u0142onk\u00f3w EnCourage odbywaj\u0105 si\u0119 od 2018 roku.<\/p>\n

W ci\u0105gu ostatnich czterdziestu lat, z pomoc\u0105 Ducha \u015awi\u0119tego oraz modlitw i zaanga\u017cowania wiernych \u015bwieckich i duchownych, “Courage” rozros\u0142a si\u0119 do mi\u0119dzynarodowego apostolatu, kt\u00f3ry obecnie znajduje si\u0119 w 18 krajach. Courage sta\u0142o si\u0119 duchowym domem dla doros\u0142ych w r\u00f3\u017cnym wieku, o r\u00f3\u017cnym pochodzeniu etnicznym i j\u0119zyku, kt\u00f3rzy dziel\u0105 si\u0119 do\u015bwiadczeniem poci\u0105gu do os\u00f3b tej samej p\u0142ci i zobowi\u0105zaniem do rozwijania \u017cycia w wewn\u0119trznej czysto\u015bci w jedno\u015bci z Chrystusem. Nasz zasi\u0119g post\u0119puje, poniewa\u017c wykorzystujemy wszystkie narz\u0119dzia, kt\u00f3re mamy do dyspozycji (ksi\u0105\u017cki, filmy, media spo\u0142eczno\u015bciowe, itp.), aby przyci\u0105gn\u0105\u0107 innych do inkarnacyjnego, osobistego do\u015bwiadczenia naszej wsp\u00f3lnoty, gdzie razem uczymy si\u0119 szuka\u0107 coraz g\u0142\u0119bszej intymno\u015bci z naszym Stw\u00f3rc\u0105.<\/p>\n

Pokornie dzi\u0119kujemy Bogu za solidny fundament, kt\u00f3ry po\u0142o\u017cy\u0142 w tym apostolacie poprzez wiern\u0105, niestrudzon\u0105 pos\u0142ug\u0119 jego za\u0142o\u017cyciela Ojca Johna F. Harveya OSFS<\/a>, oraz poprzez oddane, hojne kierownictwo zar\u00f3wno Ojca Paula N. Check’a jak i naszego obecnego dyrektora Ojca Philipa G. Bochanskiego.
\nJeste\u015bmy wdzi\u0119czni za wszystkich, kt\u00f3rzy s\u0142u\u017cyli i uczestniczyli w tej skoncentrowanej na Chrystusie, sakramentalnej wsp\u00f3lnocie i kt\u00f3rzy nadal to robi\u0105, szczeg\u00f3lnie za cz\u0142onk\u00f3w Courage i EnCourage, kt\u00f3rych ciche \u017cycie w cnocie, \u015bwi\u0119to\u015bci i zaanga\u017cowaniu zar\u00f3wno w prawd\u0119 jak i mi\u0142o\u015b\u0107 jest przyk\u0142adem dla ca\u0142ego \u015bwiata i Ko\u015bcio\u0142a. Niech Pan nadal b\u0142ogos\u0142awi naszemu apostolatowi przez kolejne 40 lat!<\/p>\n

\u0179r\u00f3d\u0142a:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beers, James A. Courage: Pos\u0142uga Nadziei. <\/em>Dog Ear Publishing, 2018.
\nHarvey, John F., O.S.F.S. Prawda o homoseksualizmie: Wo\u0142anie Wiernych. <\/em>Ignatius Press, 1996.
\nHarvey, John F., O.S.F.S. Osoba homoseksualna: Nowy pogl\u0105d nt. duszpasterstwa.<\/em> Ignatius Press, 1987.<\/p>\n

Wizualn\u0105 o\u015b czasu historii Courage mo\u017cna obejrze\u0107 tutaj<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/big><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Faces of Courage<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

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Courage has a clear program for the future. It aims to promote interior chastity\u2014or chastity of the heart\u2014within the Church. It stresses that each person must develop a life of prayer and interior chastity, supported by chaste friends… In the midst of our work, which at times seems daunting, I recall what Pope John Paul II said to one of our more well-known members: \u201cCourage is doing the work of God.\u201d It is this conviction that keeps us going.<\/p>\n

– Fr. John F. Harvey, OSFS
\nFounding Director of Courage<\/p>\n

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\"\"Neither I nor anyone else with same-sex attraction knows the answer to the question, \u201cWhen and why did you become gay?\u201d But many of us in Courage know exactly when and why we stopped embracing a gay lifestyle and started seeking a life of chastity. It happened when we finally listened to what God was telling us in the depths of our hearts, and it happened because we knew what we heard in our hearts was true.<\/p>\n

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\"\"While living an active gay life, I was angry and believed the teachings on homosexuality to be unfair because I never asked for these attractions. It seemed like the Church was punishing me and expecting me to live a life of loneliness based on something I couldn’t control. I came to know Christ through the Catholic Church and experience true freedom as I now understand these beautiful teachings, and embrace them instead of fighting them. In the past, while living an active “gay” life, I was miserable, lonely and filled with shame, but now that I live chastely and pursue this, my life has meaning and I have authentic friendships with friends who love me for me. When I get a hug from one of my Christian brothers, it goes right to my heart, my soul and is much deeper, more beautiful and meaningful than all the sexual and romantic acting out of my past.<\/p>\n

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\"\"The members of Courage have served as witnesses and teachers \u2014 martyrs \u2014 of the lived realities and consequences of those who integrate the greatest commandment authentically and fully into their person. Specifically, I have learned that patient and enduring chaste \u2014 sexually integrated \u2014 interpersonal intimacy with God and neighbor is the key to happiness in this life and in the next.<\/p>\n

– Fr. Colin Blatchford
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\"\"Courage is for me a second home. It is where strong bonds of friendships are created and where one can be themselves and share their true selves in an honest and in a trusting way. Courage is a spiritual group that helps me grow in my relationship with Jesus, not just in areas of sexuality but in all areas of my life. Courage to me is an instrument of God\u2019s mercy and compassion – His mercy and compassion coming alive.<\/p>\n

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\"\"I’ve been involved with Courage for 28 years. Through it, God has shown me that I am valued and loved, and that He cares about my Eternal life as well as my day to day life. I\u2019ve been gifted with great friends who help me walk through not just same-sex attraction, but also my fears, joys, and worries. They understand me. I’ve had the blessing of vacationing with these same dear people. I have more fun with Courage and EnCourage people than any other group I\u2019m a part of! In the past few years, I\u2019ve been helping lead an EnCourage support group for family members who are concerned about people who experience same-sex attractions. Their love for their children and other relatives is inspiring and healing for me to see. It\u2019s another aspect of Courage in which God allows us to help others and to receive love back from them. I am so grateful.<\/p>\n

– Yvonne<\/p>\n

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\"\"I have been involved with Courage and EnCourage for over 20 years, both as a chaplain and as a member of the Episcopal Board. Those who have same sex attraction and their families and friends have found Christ and his transformative power through Courage and EnCourage. I have witnessed many lives transformed by this unique apostolate. Congratulations on the 40th anniversary of your most important work.<\/p>\n

– Bishop John LeVoir
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\"\"My ministry as a Chaplain of Courage and EnCourage has not only given me a different perspective of the priesthood, but it has also shown me the face of mercy, love, and compassion of God and His Church. We are all in search of God\u2019s redemption; no one is excluded from this need, including me. Courage has been God\u2019s instrument in order to help me to be a better person and, in consequence, a better priest.<\/p>\n

– Fr. Richard Samour
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\"\"Courage, through Christ, literally saved my soul; not just my life. … He saved my soul [and I] will be able to eternally praise and thank Him for the love, forgiveness, healing, acceptance and fellowship I\u2019ve found through the Courage ministry.<\/p>\n

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\"\"At 18, I left the Church because I could not bring my sexuality in line with my belief structure. Decades later, I made my way back. Courage has been the pathway to reconciliation of that defining duality of my existence.<\/p>\n

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\"\"My involvement in Courage was neither anticipated nor sought; and it has been one of the greatest blessings and influences in my priesthood. Courage\u2019s presentation of the Church\u2019s teaching \u2013 with charity and clarity \u2013 has shaped my pastoral approach in general. In all instances we try to unite Christ\u2019s saving doctrine with persons in search of Him (whether they know it or not). But most of all, the men and women of Courage inspire me, as they strive to \u201cbe blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation\u201d (Phil 2:15). They reveal that virtue is possible and that joy can be found in the Cross.<\/p>\n

– Fr. Paul Scalia
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\"\"Courage is the kind of ministry that is just so profoundly needed in our world today. It is a refuge for those who are trying to be disciples in spite of the lies and half-truths that our world is constantly throwing at them. I am so grateful that the Lord called me to be a part of this apostolate and to be of service in some small way to those who have the courage and integrity to walk this path!<\/p>\n

\u2013 Fr. Raphael Mary Salzillo, O.P.
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\"\"The joy and freedom I experience today in pursuing a heart of chastity is profound – and I hope everyone in the whole world might desire to take a leap of faith to pursue it for themselves.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Courage has become my family, my “where I belong” in the Church. Both my online Women’s Courage group and my local chapter here in Scotland are irreplaceable in my life. They accompany me and I accompany them on this journey of growing towards Sainthood.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Elena<\/p>\n

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\"\"God has given me wonderful people to serve and love in the Courage and EnCourage apostolates. They are his beloved children and my companions on our common pilgrimage, our journey to God in his holiness. We walk with his Son Jesus and in the power of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

– Deacon Hilmar Pabel, Ph.D.
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\"\"Accompanying Courage members as they strive to live lives of chaste virtue has been an unexpected gift to me. I pray that my chaplaincy is in some small way a help to my friends in Courage and Encourage.<\/p>\n

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\"\"I couldn’t say it better than the beloved St. Pope John Paul II: ‘Courage is doing the work of God.’<\/em> In the Courage apostolate I’ve discovered a community of brothers and sisters just like myself who are striving for sainthood despite what the world says and what the enemy wants. As a united family in Christ, we freely and joyfully carry our beautiful cross of same-sex attraction through these trying times in our current world. Courage was the very first resource that I discovered on my journey back to the Lord and what a blessing they truly have been to me since. In Courage I see family, I see love, I see hope and ultimately I see Christ.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Courage became my family. The chaplains, the members, and the ministry as a whole served as the gentle hand which Christ Himself extended to me to lift me out of a dark and shameful place. Through Courage I\u2019ve had my faith restored, my life redirected toward Christ, and my desire for love and community met in ways I never even thought to hope for.<\/p>\n

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I’ve hidden from love much of my life. Homosexuality helped me hide from the real love that was available to me but not accepted out of fear. Fear of the pain inflicted by rejection, real and perceived, from men throughout my life. Through the Courage apostolate I’ve confronted this fear and now experience the healthy love from men I’ve been missing.<\/p>\n

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Archbishop Rodr\u00edguez, Archbishop Aquila,
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Archbishop Lori, Bishop Palma, Bishop Parkes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bishop Caggiano, Cardinal Dolan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Archbishop Porteous, Bishop Konderla,
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40th Anniversary Annual Conference<\/em><\/h2>\n

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Celebrating 40 Years of Courage with a New Edition of the Courage Handbook<\/h4>\n

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