JPII's Theology of the Body - God, True Love & Chastity

During these monthly Youth Group Meetings we discuss Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body in the Convent on the second floor (unless otherwise noted).  We reflect on and discus the meaning of being made man and woman; What are the reasons behind living a life of chastity; how to relate in a healthy way to the opposite sex and to our own sexuality through growing in positive chastity; and how Jesus, God and man, reveals the dignity and ultimate purpose of the our bodies, and the way we have been created as man and woman, and how this is revealed in God’s plan of love, reconciliation and union with the human race through Jesus Christ.

This is open to all teens of High Achool age.

Enter through the main entrance near Virginia Avenue, and Meet on the Second Floor on the first door to the right at the top of the stairs. Do not disturb other groups meeting in the Convent during this same time.

Date subject to change, for updates return here or call the Youth Ministry Office at 897-2171 x277.

Topics Include:

• Created for Love (we're created for God and to participate with His Love, and this includes how we live out our sexuality)
• Love Defined: Giving vs. Using
• Naked Without Shame (the original plan for human love prior to the fall of Adam and Eve)
• Hope & Redemption in Christ (How Christ can and does redeam families and married love)
• Truth & Freedom (living in true freedom vs. liberalism that leads to sin and death)
• Language of the Body (Learning to speak goodness and truth with our bodies, rather than lies and falshoods)
• Free, Total, Faithful, Fruitful (esential elements of authentic love within Marriage)
• Marriage (God's intention for, redemption and exhaltation of this Sacrament)
• Celibacy and Religious Life (Married to God in a total Gifts to His Purposis and sign of the life to come)
• Finding your Vocation
• Dating with Purpose and Purity (Looking honestly at the porpose and intention for healthy dating, leading toward a happy marriage)
• Living the Good (and Free!) Life

Based on the text and dvd series by Jason & Cristalina Evert and Brian Butler, Theology of the Body for Teens, and other recourses, such as: Theology of the Body for Beginners by Christopher West, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.