{"id":37056,"date":"2015-09-09T11:09:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T15:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/undsgn.com\/uncode\/?page_id=37056"},"modified":"2026-03-03T14:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:37:13","slug":"home-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/couragerc.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row unlock_row_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;95&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; border_color=&#8221;color-jevc&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1688751197418{border-top-width: 8px !important;border-bottom-width: 8px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;not-visible homeherorow&#8221; row_name=&#8221;message&#8221;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; el_class=&#8221;left-bg-hp2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1536961252237{padding-right: 36px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;calloutboxhome&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">September 15, 2018<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows<\/span><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text_font=&#8221;font-329340&#8243; text_italic=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;right-top-sxn&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center !important; font-family: 'Dancing Script', cursive !important; font-size: 43px !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/couragerc.org\/statement-regarding-recent-scandals\/\">An important message from our executive director<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;calloutboxhome, secondary-sxn-3&#8243;]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">A month ago, the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania made public a Report of a statewide investigating grand jury, which detailed credible allegations of sexual abuse of children and youth in six dioceses in Pennsylvania, and shortcomings in the ways that such allegations were handled by diocesan administrators, particularly diocesan bishops, over the years. The Grand Jury Report followed revelations of sexual misconduct and harassment by Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, and this news has provoked justifiable anger, sadness <\/span>and<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> pain among the faithful, particularly among survivors of sexual abuse and their loved ones. \u201cIf one member\u201d of the Body of Christ \u201csuffers, all suffer together with it,\u201d Saint Paul teaches (1 Cor 12:26), and in these days the suffering of the Church is grave indeed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; display: none;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/couragerc.org\/statement-regarding-recent-scandals\/\">Click Here to Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_height_percent=&#8221;70&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; border_color=&#8221;color-jevc&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1560437404432{border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;not-visible&#8221;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;5&#8243; expand_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; back_image=&#8221;83922&#8243; back_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; align_medium=&#8221;align_center_tablet&#8221; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; align_mobile=&#8221;align_center_mobile&#8221; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; mobile_height=&#8221;550&#8243;][vc_row_inner limit_content=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;2&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;calloutboxhome&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Easter<\/b>, 2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text_font=&#8221;font-329340&#8243; text_italic=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;right-top-sxn&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center !important; font-family: 'Dancing Script', cursive !important; font-size: 43px !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/couragerc.org\/statement-regarding-recent-scandals\/\">A new message from our executive director<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;calloutboxhome, secondary-sxn-3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><i>Christ is risen! Truly He is risen! Alleluia!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Good News that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead has transformed the whole world, yet we receive it in the midst of our ordinary lives.\u00a0 While we struggle against old habits and strive for conversion of heart, the Risen Lord reminds us that He has come &#8220;that [we] may have life, and have it abundantly&#8221; (Jn 10:10).<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/couragerc.org\/easter-2019\/\">Click Here to Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6><i>James Tissot (1836-1902). Jesus Appears to the Holy Women (Apparition de J\u00e9sus aux saintes femmes), 1886-1894. Brooklyn Museum.<\/i><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-gyho&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; content_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1751397787722{padding-top: 25px !important;}&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;856861&#8243; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;bottom-t-top&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200&#8243; el_class=&#8221;calloutboxhome&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1577133172154{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\">&#8220;I am glad that we are talking about &#8216;homosexual people&#8217; because before all else comes the individual person, in his wholeness and dignity. And people should not be defined only by their sexual tendencies: let us not forget that God loves all his creatures and we are destined to receive his infinite love.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 24px; text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pope Francis, The Name of God is Mercy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;96163&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;bottom-t-top&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;200&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-lxmt&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;425772&#8243; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_color=&#8221;color-cf363a&#8221; text_font=&#8221;font-406094&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;300&#8243; text_space=&#8221;fontspace-111509&#8243; separator_color=&#8221;yes&#8221; separator=&#8221;yes&#8221; sub_lead=&#8221;yes&#8221; sub_reduced=&#8221;yes&#8221; text_align=&#8221;text-center&#8221; text_serif=&#8221;&#8221;]Courage &amp; EnCourage near you[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-lxmt&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;565154&#8243; back_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;91874&#8243; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; align_horizontal=&#8221;align_center&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;calloutboxhome&#8221;]<strong>Whether you experience same-sex attractions and are committed to following the Church&#8217;s teaching on chastity, or you have a family member or loved one who identifies as LGBT, you are not alone. 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