Books

• Mark Joseph Williams: Torrent of Grace

• Jennifer Wortham: Letter to the Pope: Keeper of the Nest

• Michael Hoffman: Acts of Recovery

Articles

• Emily Ransom: The Courage to Forgive after #MeToo

• Mark Joseph Williams: I forgave my abuser. But I will never forget his abuse

• Laura Loker, The Pillar: Survivor-led ‘National Healing Garden’ seeks to acknowledge wounds of abuse

From Awake

• How Can We Make Churches More Trauma-Informed? Start with These 6 Principles

• 6 Tips for Priests: How to Address Abuse in a Homily

• 6 Ways Clergy and Church Leaders Can Build Trauma-Sensitive Parishes

• 5 Things Every Priest Should Know about Sexual Abuse

• 5 Ways to Listen Well (Why Catholics Need to Hear Survivor Stories

• Fully Equipped for Every Good Work: A Proposal of Twelve Core Competencies in Ministering to Survivors of Sexual Abuse for Seminary Formation Programs
A white paper proposing that seminaries work to develop twelve core competencies in their students, in order to equip them to minister fo survivors of abuse.

Prayer Services

•Pinwheels for Prevention Prayer Service - The Archdiocese of Chicago prayer service, 2023.
•Walking the Way of the Cross with Survivors - Awake, 2023.

Videos from Awake

• Trauma and Resilience in the Body of Christ
Deborah Rodriguez, MD and Regina Boyd, LMFT offer their expertise about the realities of trauma, discuss the phenomenon of post-traumatic growth, and share personal stories and practical tips.

• Cultivating a Gospel Response to Trauma
Pete Singer of GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment) and Paul Fahey, a veteran of Catholic parish ministry and a mental health counselor, offer guidance on building church communities that are sensitive to the needs of abuse survivors.

• Listening to Survivors: What Went Well- and Didn’t- When I Shared my Story
Three survivors of abuse by Catholic leaders - Wendy Mitch, Vince Pérez, and Gina Barthel - share their positive and negative experiences of disclosing their abuse to family, friends, colleagues, and church leaders, and offer advice on how to best listen to and support those who have experienced abuse.

• Why the Church Needs Survivor Stories: A Conversation about the Sacred Art of Listening
Survivors Jerry McGlone, S.J., and Paula Kaempffer share powerful stories of healing, an invitation to center survivors’ voices, and guidance for listening well to those who have been harmed.

• It’s Not Only Children: Addressing the Abuse of Adults in the Catholic Church
Paula Kaempffer and Dr. David Pooler provide valuable insight on this ongoing problem, and Esther Harber shares her personal story of sexual assault by a priest when she was a young adult.

• What I want Catholics to Understand: A Conversation with Abuse Survivors
5 Survivors share what they want Catholics to understand about being abused in the Church.

Restore the Glory (Relevant Episodes)

• On Healing in Marriage (Episode 36)
The revelation of childhood sexual abuse and its affects on a Catholic couple.

• On Forgiveness (Episode 68)
Applies the search for forgiveness to the clergy abuse crisis.

• Question and Response (Episode 117)
Includes a section on spiritual abuse.

• Awake Community

• Maria Goretti Network