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Internet Safety - 7 Steps to Protect your Family from Pornography - Simple & Practical

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Click here to download a handout called 7 Steps to Protect your Family from Pornography.

Click here to download a survey to see if your family is safe.

Click here to download the My House Manual, which is a description of the My House Program that was sent to every parish in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, and every U.S. Catholic Diocese in 2007.

The following links and websites can be helpful, but they are not specifically endorsed by the My House Office:

Internet Pornography

Protect all computers, cell phones, and other electronics with internet access with filtering and accountability software, keep them in public areas of the house such as kitchens or living rooms, and limit the time children can use them.

Computers

   

Shocking Statistics - The Epidemic of Pornography Use in America

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Out of all countries, the United States is the top producer of both pornographic websites and pornographic videos.  In fact, the United States has produced 89% (244,661,900) of the pornographic web pages in the entire world.  The average age of first exposure to Internet pornography is 11.  (http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/internet-pornography-statistics.html)

350 members of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the nation’s top 1,600 divorce attorneys, met in 2002 for an annual conference. Almost two thirds of these lawyers said that the Internet had played a significant role in divorces they had handled during the last year. The problems most cited by the attorneys were: 
1) Met new love interest over the Internet - 68 percent
2) Obsessive interest in pornographic sites - 56 percent
3) Excessive time on computer - 47 percent
4) Excessive time communicating in chat rooms - 33 percent
(accessed on 9/21/10 from the original press release from American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers)

The pornography industry generates $97 billion in annual revenue worldwide, and $13 billion of annual revenue in the United States. (www.toptenreviews.com)

In 2008, a Catholic high school in the Midwest (not in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas) surveyed the pornography use of 175 of their 350 senior boys, who were taking a class on relationships. The results of the survey indicated that 48% were viewing pornography one or more times each week. Out of the boys who had viewed pornography, 36% had feelings of addiction to pornography, and 68% said that their parents were unaware of their pornography use. The high school also surveyed their entire freshman class, and 29% of the freshman boys were viewing pornography one or more times each week. Out of the freshman boys who had viewed pornography, 12% had feelings of addiction, and 74% said that their parents were unaware of their pornography use. Almost 90% of these students were from Catholic families, and the school has conducted other surveys on pornography over the last three years, and found results that were quite similar. Of the boys that were viewing pornography, between 80-85% indicated that they were accessing pornography through the Internet. (Used with permission from the school, as long as we referred to them as a Catholic high school in the Midwest.)

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Resources to Protect Families

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Click here to download cards that can be used by priests during Confession.

Other helpful ministries and resources:

Christian movie review sites such as www.usccb.org/movies and www.pluggedinonline.com provide a detailed review of movies, including a written description of any sexual content, violent content, or any other morally offensive content.

Christopher West www.christopherwest.com - Christopher West provides books and talks on John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, and numerous resources, podcasts, and articles on the Church’s teachings on love, sex, and marriage.

Covenant Eyes www.covenanteyes.com - internet safety software that provides accountability reports (Mac and PC), and filtering (PC). Covenant Eyes provides accountability software for iPhone/iPod Touch and phones and PDAs that use with Windows Mobile 6.

Clean Hotels www.cleanhotels.com - information on hotels that do not offer in-room, "adult" (pornographic) pay-per-view movies

Crossing the Threshold of Love (book) byMary Shivanandan www.imagodei-tob.org- provides a helpful guide to studying John Paul II's Theology of the Body.  

A New Language Study Guide is also available through Mary Shivanandan which is helpful for Theology of the Body study groups.  

Fireproof (movie) www.fireproofthemovie.com -  An inspiring movie of hope and healing for relationships that have been effected by selfishness, lack of trust, and pornography.

Jason and Chrystalina Evert - www.chastity.com -Jason and Crystalina Evert’s chastity website offers numerous resources on sexual integrity, especially for parents, teens, and college students.  Their videos, CDs, and resources provide practical information on chastity, authentic love, and Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body.

Pure Manhood (book) Jason Evert

Pure of Heart: Breaking Free from Porn (CD set) Jason Evert

Safe Eyes - www.safeeyes.com - internet safety software providing filtering and accountability software (Mac and PC)  -Safe Eyes now provides filtering for iPhone or an iPod Touch through Safe Eyes Mobile. 

Serenellians www.pornnomore.com - Catholic website on freedom from pornography, hope, and recovery

Sexaholics Anonymous www.sa.org - 12 step recovery group for sexual addiction that is in most large cities

The Final Freedom (book) Dr. Doug Weiss

The Good News about Sex and Marriage (book) Christopher West

The Pornography Plague (CD) Jeff Cavin

The Porn Effect – www.theporneffect.com –Catholic website with inspiring articles, talks, and videos from Jason Evert, Christopher West, Jeff Cavins, Matt Fradd, Beth Meier, and many others.

The Kings Men www.thekingsmen.us – great information on Catholic men's ministry, brave protests outside of "adult" businesses, and other inspiring work for men's integrity.  Also, check out their inspiring weekend experience called Into the Wild - www.intothewildweekend.com

Winning the Battle for Sexual Purity (CD) Christopher West

Unity Restored www.unityrestored.com - counseling information on pornography and sexual addiction from a Catholic perspective

   
   

How Pornography Harms Relationships

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To bask in the glory of God's love or to choose to live . . . In the Shadow of the Net

Since the beginning of creation, to love and be loved has been a basic need of the male and female that God created in his image. We were beautifully created and endowed with the awesome gift of our sexuality. He crowned our masculinity and femininity with the unique power of creating, with him, new and precious life. His plan gave dignity to each of us. Today, we are faced with an invasive and destructive force named pornography which strips dignity from an individual and sees another person as an object to be used for one’s personal gratification. No one deserves to be used.

God elevated our marital love, as St. Paul states in his letter to the Ephesians, by comparing it to Christ’s love for the Church. St Paul writes: “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church. He gave himself up for her to make her holy, purifying her in the bath of water by the power of the word to present to himself a glorious church, holy and immaculate, without stain or wrinkle or anything of that sort. In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they love their own bodies. He who loves his wife, loves himself. (Eph. 5:25-27)

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