Begotten, Not made
Pastoral Care for Couples Experiencing Infertility
Priest's Guide
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Steve Bozza
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This guide is designed to help priests, deacons and
all those in pastoral ministry to understand the unique and complex needs of
couples experiencing infertility. It gives pastoral ministers a glimpse of what
is in the heart of these couples who desperately want children, their pain,
confusion and their desire to know and follow the truth.
Begotten Not Made
addresses infertility from a holistic viewpoint.
It
not only examines the moral issues surrounding the various Assisted Fertility
Techniques available today, but also the physical, psychological, social and
spiritual concerns couples unable to conceive face.
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Pastoral Issues:
This manual will help you understand what is in a couple’s heart,
their sorrow, frustration hopes and dreams. It will provide a
reflection on what is in the heart of the Church regarding human life
and provide some practical counseling suggestions.
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Diagnosis and
Treatment: Also contained in this manual is a diagnosis and
treatment section which will help you understand the process which
enables a physician to discover the cause of infertility and treatment
options.
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Glossary:
Finally, a glossary is provided to further explain why some procedures
are immoral and why some may not be so, as well as a definition of
terms most commonly used in the field of reproductive health.
CONTENTS:
 Section
I: In the Couple's Heart
This section deals with the specific emotional, physical, marital and moral
issues most commonly experienced by couples experiencing who are unable to
conceive and provides pastoral counseling tips. Some of the issues addressed
are:
Section
2:
This
section outlines infertility testing, treatment and Assisted Fertility
Technology and gives a moral evaluation of these processes from a Catholic
perspective
Section 3: Glossary
This section defines the most commonly
used terms in the treatment of inferitility.
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