Flávia Ghelardi writes from Brazil in English and Portuguese. Today she discusses the connection between a lack of modesty and a lack of faith.
Maggie Eisenbarth describes her struggle to find the best way to teach her growing children about purity and intimacy in a culture that values neither.
Flávia Ghelardi writes from Brazil in English and Portuguese. Today she discusses how to attain the virtue of purity.
Carolyn Astfalk notes that “LoveEd: Raising Kids That Are Strong, Smart and Pure” empowers parents to excel at educating their children about chastity.
Bishop Robert Barron recalls the prophetic words of Pope Paul VI in his encyclical, Humanae Vitae.
A young wife and mother reaches out to Dr. Manny and Karee Santos of Marriage Rx with questions about valid marriages, sexual relationships in marriage and logistical problems getting to Mass.
There’s no one right way to face down infertility. Every marriage has to confront and embrace it in its own unique way. In this post, Sarah Greesonbach shares her surprisingly freeing perspective of giving her “maybe someday” child to God in advance.
Sarah Greesonbach applies Elizabeth Scalia’s book “Strange Gods” to a few difficult life lessons involving traumas.
Charisse Tierney provides some insights from St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body as to why God created us male and female.
Author and campus minister Marcel LeJeune presents evidence of the addictive and destructive power of pornography and provides resources and suggestions for keeping homes and families safe from it in his new book, Cleansed.
Karee Santos asks how to draw the line between scandalous gossip and helpful advice when we share online. Especially when we discuss married sexuality, how do we know when we’ve said too much?
Ave Maria Press recently published two books on chastity. While the books come to the same conclusions, the authors do so from very different viewpoints. Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur introduces us to “Chastity is for Lovers” and “The Thrill of the Chaste.”
When was the last time you heard a priest give a homily that mentioned Natural Family Planning? If you are like me, the answer is never. All too often, priests fear bringing the topic up. They know it is a difficult subject for many and so they avoid it with a ten-foot pole.