The conference remains questionable and will have to prove itself to be endorsed by most Catholic parents in this Archdiocese. The St. Paul and Minneapolis Archdiocese Office of Marriage and Family Life recently hosted a presentation by Fr. Donald Timone from Courage in New York. He has spent 20 years working with Fr. John Harvey, Co-founder and Director of Courage, in New York.
Courage is a Catholic support group for men and women struggling with same-sex attraction.
To live a chaste life. To dedicate one's life to Christ. To foster a spirit of fellowship so no one is alone as they find their way in returning fully to the gender of their birth. To be mindful of the truth that chaste friendships are not only possible but necessary in celibate Christian life, and sustaining them is encouraged. Timone emphasized that goals are processes and that time alone will provide the stretch space to shift thoughts to think different, feel different and live different.