Sexual Integrity in a Pornified World
Symposium – Sep 28, 2024
A Leadership Formation Event hosted by PMRC (Australia) and the Raphael Network in collaboration with University of Notre Dame Australia (School of Philosophy and Theology).
A gathering of leaders across a range of professions working in the Catholic community, the symposium will propose a practical response to the challenges of pornography. Featuring Australian and international experts, delegates will be armed with insights and inspiration to more effectively respond to the harms to children, young people, marriages and families. A series of short IMPACT talks highlighting the presenters’ best insights, interspersed with network discussions will be bookended by synthesis presentations.
Transcripts
Chastity and Charity: Building Virtue in the face of Pornography Addiction
Fr Nicholas Pearce Biography Fr Nicholas Pearce is a priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. Ordained in 2010, he has worked in numerous Parishes and held several positions within
Human Flourishing: An integrated approach
Dr Greg Bottaro Keynote Biography Dr. Greg Bottaro is a Catholic psychologist, founder of the CatholicPsych Institute and creator of the CatholicPsych Model of Applied Personalism (CPMAP). Before he was
Stouthearted – Men of Sexual Integrity
Paul Ninnes Biography Paul is the co-founder and Managing Director of Real Talk. Real Talk is Australia’s largest relationships and sexuality educator working with hundreds of schools each year. Paul
Institutional Responses to Problematic Pornography
Dr Marshall Ballantine-Jones Biography Dr Marshall Ballantine-Jones, CEO of DigiHelp Publishing and Founder of Resist Ministries, specializes in research and education to schools and churchesfocusing on both the impact from
A New Form of Sex Education
Karen Doyle Biography Karen Doyle is the founding director of Choicez Media, Australia's largest provider of values and faith-based resources for the education sector in the areas of relationships and
Transforming Shame
Shawn Van der Linden Biography Shawn began his career as a qualified carpenter before serving as a Catholic missionary in Australia and abroad. He later settled in Canberra with his
Impact of harmful pornography on mental, emotional, and physical health
Submission to NSW Upper House Standing Committee PMRC Australia assists couples to form lifelong successful marriages and is the largest provider of marriage preparation in Australia for couples marrying in the Catholic Church. It’s
Marriage Preparation: Pornography, Freedom and Consent
Byron & Francine Pirola Biography Francine & Byron Pirola are the cofounders of SmartLoving - a global Catholic marriage formation apostolate that serves over 4000 couples annually. Francine works in
Sexual Arousal: Our “People Magnet”: Rediscovering Sex as God intended it
Dr Nicholas Lawless Biography Dr Nicholas Lawless is a Clinical Psychologist and Couple Therapist running his own private practice, DRT Psychology, in Melbourne's south east. Dr Lawless spent 3 years
Spousal love in the image of God
Dr Peter Holmes Biography Raised an evangelical, Peter Holmes trained and served as a Lutheran minister before working in counselling, consulting and teaching roles in the Catholic Archdioceses of Melbourne
Speakers Included:
Keynote: Dr Greg Bottaro
Founder, Catholic Psych Institute, USA
Shawn Van der Linden
CPI Australia
Francine & Dr Byron Pirola
SmartLoving
Paul Ninnes
Real Talk International
Dr Peter Holmes
UNDA
Fr Nicolas Pearce
Archdiocese Melbourne
Philipa Caulfield
Arise Counselling Solutions
Dr Nicholas Lawless
DRT Psychology
Karen Doyle
Choicez Media
Tim & Lara Kirk
MC’s
Plus…
Fr David Tremble, mgl
Steven Stokes (Addiction Therapist)
Dr Marshall Ballantine-Jones (Anglican task force)
Bishop Richard Umbers (Sydney)
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