Marriage and Family Life

Marriage Support:

• Don Damborg LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist)
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Cell: 720-448-6559 
  • Meet with him at OLP's Our Lady of Hope House
• For Your Marriage - National Pastoral Initiative for Marriage (USCCB)
• Retrouvaille - for Married Couples Struggling in their Relationship
• Worldwide Marriage Encounter - Catholic Faith Based marriage enrichment program

Family Counseling:

• Don Damborg LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist)
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Cell: 720-448-6559

• Holy Sex! A Catholic Guide to Toe-Curling, Mind-Blowing, Infallible Loving, by Gregory Popcak
• Good News About Sex and Marriage: Answers to Your Honest Questions about Catholic Teaching, by Christopher West
• By Love Refined: Letters to a Young Bride, by Alice Von Hildebrand
• The Sinner's Guide to NFP, by Simcha Fisher 
• The Infertility Companion for Catholics: Spiritual and Practical Support for Couples, by Angelique Ruhi-López and Carmen Santamaría
• My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints  by Dawn Eden

Church documents:

• Humanae vitae 
• Amoris laetitia
• Gaudium et spes (see especially sections 48 and 49)
• Catechism of the Catholic Church (most -specifically this section)

NFP resources online:

• www.managingyourfertility.com - a comprehensive overview of NFP, with links about each common method and how to find instructor
• www.fabmbase.org -  provides practical NFP resources to women and couples, to minimize barriers to understanding their options of care related to their fertility and to find support
• www.foryourmarriage.org/ , articles and other resources sponsored by the USCCB
• www.fabmbase.org/catholic-corner/ - an additional list of helpful resources
• www.canafeast.com/ - Catholic programming designed to support marriages

Battling against pornography:

A basic explanation on the harms of pornography and tips for addressing within a relationship can be found here. The following resources have been developed to aid in recovering from compulsion toward viewing pornography.
•    Integrity Restored
•    Fight the New Drug (including their app, Fortify)
•    Covenant Eyes
•    Accountable to You

Same Sex Attraction:

• Courage is a support organization for persons with same-sex attractions who wish to live the virtue of chastity.