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Sexuality (see also Chastity)

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Issues of sexual diversity and the call to religious life

By Donna Markham OP

For the past 20 years or more, I have consistently declined to speak publicly on matters pertaining to sexual orientation. My decision to be silent in the public arena has been based on three convictions: it is too easy to be misinterpreted and thus become caught in endless, if not wearisome, debate on this issue; frankly, it has not been a topic that I believe is all that central to one’s response to God’s call to enter unreservedly into a communal life of consecrated celibacy in service to the Gospel. Read more...

Celibate chastity: an affair of the heart

By Brother Sean D. Sammon F.M.S.

Does it surprise you to learn that some of the most sexual people I know also live lives of celibate chastity? Spend time with any one of them, and you will be left with this lasting impression: here is a person who is deeply spiritual and profoundly human. So, all the bad press about celibate chastity these last few years troubles me. Read more...

Sexual diversity and contemporary U.S. religious life

A middle-aged married couple, suffering through a bitterly cold Canadian winter, decided to seek relief by taking a short vacation in Florida. At the last minute, however, the wife learned about a hastily scheduled emergency meeting that her company had set up with one of her clients. Read more...

Sexuality and spirituality

Sexuality is our longing for communion with one another, our desire for completeness, our drive for love, friendship, creativity, self-perpetuation, joy. Read more...

What every vocation minister should know about healthy sexuality

What every vocation minister should know about healthy sexuality

By Kevin McClone

Our sexual dimension is knit together with every other part of ourselves. Healthiness in body, heart and mind helps us to live our callings well. Read more...

What you should know about candidates and pornography

What you should know about candidates and pornography

By Emily R. Cash Psy.D.

Pornography use can be a problem area for those applying to enter religious life. What should vocation directors understand and do? Read more...

Sexual diversity: an evolving understanding

Sexual diversity: an evolving understanding

By Sister Lynn M. Levo C.S.J.

The public conversation about gender and sexual identity has only just begun. What do religious communities need to understand? From gender non-conforming to genderqueer and much more, what are these new ways of understanding of sexuality? Read more...

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