Tag Archives: Chastity

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Gifted: Christian Purity – Sixth and Ninth Commandments

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Goal: The goal of this night is to help the teens understand the virtues of chastity and purity and their responsibility to practice those virtues in all relationships. This night will also challenge the teens to protect their sexuality and treat it as a gift from God. About this Life Night: This night will have the theme of “gift,” beginning with the environment and the opening games. The night will begin with two fun games that will involve the teens and then transition into the Proclaim for

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A Marriage Made in Heaven

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Goal for the Life Night: This night will expose the teens to the various forms of consecrated life. This night will focus specifically on the three vows of poverty, chastity and obedience taken by consecrated men and women. Finally this Life Night will look at how teens can live out these vows while discerning their individual vocation. Life Night at a Glance: Many people do not know much about the vocation to religious life. This Life Night seeks to give your youth group insight into the beauty

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Tips on Helping Teens Dress with Modesty

By | August 21, 2009

I work at a parish in South Florida that is located about 5 miles from the beach. It is sunny and warm year round and the dress attire of the parish usually reflects the weather. Recently, I was at a funeral at our parish and I looked around to discover that I have never seen so many people at a funeral in tropical shirts, shorts and flip-flops! The dress of the teens in our youth group usually reflects the warm weather as well – but in a different way. Let’s just say that I frequently want

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Theology of The Body

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The middle school youth will receive a basic overview of the Theology of the Body and learn the importance of living a pure and chaste life. Overview: Between September 1979 and November 1984, Pope John Paul II gave 129 short talks about love and the human person, which would become known as the “Theology of the Body” (TOB). This study of how God reveals himself through the human body covered topics such as the Sacrament of Matrimony, sexuality, love, chastity and many others. It

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Keeping Internal Purity

By | February 2, 2009

It’s all about appearances. As I go through the daily journey of life I find myself caught up in two worlds: the external and the internal. One view of the world that judges everything by its outward appearance, take blue jeans for instance. The other day I was shopping for with my teenage daughter. We were at the mall at one of those edgy shoe stores. As I was trying on a new pair of shoes, my daughter approached me and told me that she didn’t like them especially since my jeans were too short. Now

Life Night

Catholics Love Sex

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal for this night is to help the teens understand God’s plan for sexuality and the need for chastity in thoughts, words and actions. This night will give the teens practical ways to be chaste and modest in all their relationships and live with purity of heart. Life Night at a Glance: This Life Night lets the teens learn and discuss how the virtues of modesty and chastity are related to each other. The night begins as a “house divided” with a battle of the sexes

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The Truth Comes Out: An Issue Life Night on Homosexuality

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Goal for the Life Night: The goal for this night is to give the teens a clear understanding of the Church’s teaching on homosexuality as well as the need for love and compassion for those with a homosexual orientation. Life Night at a Glance: DISCLAIMER: This is a difficult topic that needs to be approached in prayer, honesty and compassion. Although it can be easier to simply not do this night because it makes you uncomfortable, our teens deserve the truth of the Church. We need to give them a

Life Teen Bible Studies

Chastity: A Bible Study

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Written by God…brought to you by the Bible Geek® Begin with a prayer. Divide teens into four groups and ask them to take out their Bibles. If the group is too small for four groups, divide it in half and have each group take two sections in the directions that follow. Let the teens know that today is going to be a different style of Bible Study, more group interactive and less “classroom” format. Have the four “groupings” of verses below written out on a board or large sheet of paper. Each

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Contrary To Popular Belief

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Goal for the Life Night:
 The goal of this night is to present the Catholic teaching on the use of contraception/birth control and the need for us to live in trusting obedience to the Wisdom of God and the Church. Life Night at a Glance: At first glance, many people might be too intimidated to execute this night or mistakenly feel that it does not affect our teens. Do not allow the fullness of the Church’s teaching on this subject to go unshared. Young men and women need the Church’s truth

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Off The Wall

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Goal for the Life Night:
 By the end of the night, the teens will begin to understand the truth about our sexuality, which “image” God and His love for us. Note: It is extremely important that AT A MINIMUM the youth minister and CORE Members on the night understand the basic concepts of John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, for this night. There is a special feature on www.lifeteen.com about the Theology of the Body, as well as an issue of LIFE Teen’s The Pulse (Volume 3, Spring 2004), which