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Dr. Phi Le (512) 949-2470In a culture that often reduces the significance of human love and sexuality and provides “depersonalized, recreational and often pessimistic information” (Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality, 1), parents struggle to give their children an adequate education in regard to the true meaning of sexuality.
With a keen awareness of this problem and with true love for the human person, St. John Paul II labored to offer an adequate anthropology, or understanding of the human person, to the Church and to the world during his years of service as priest, bishop and pope. In his teaching, popularly known as Theology of the Body and better understood as a catechesis on human love, he offered his reflections on the meaning of the body and the human person.
This certification offers the wisdom of the Church to catechists for education in human love and sexuality, in particular incorporating St. John Paul II’s catechesis on human love which helps us to understand the human person in a way so radically different from the current culture.
2018 Class Schedule
Course Date
What will you learn? Class Name 1 Click HERE
for date & time
Basic moral teachings of the Catholic Church
Christian Morality
2 July 9
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Discuss the concepts of love and friendship in married and celibate life and how to live a chaste life in these two great vocations.
Christian Marriage and Celibacy3 July 9,
2 - 4 p.m.
Basic human reproductive anatomy and physiology and how the human reproductive system serves the purpose of procreation.
Reproduction & Procreation
4 July 10
9 a.m.- 4 p.m.
More advanced concepts of Theology of the Body. An opportunity to go deep into the heart of St. Pope John Paul II's teaching.
Advanced Theology of the Body
5 July 11,
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Discuss several current moral issues that affect our society today and where the Church stands regarding to these subjects.
Moral Issues of Concern
6 July 12
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Basic understanding of Theology of the Body. Its concepts and structures.
Introduction to Theology of the Body
7 July 12
2 - 4 p.m.
Sereval methods and resources for teaching human sexuality related to different stages of human developments.
Methods and Resources
Classes are offered at:
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Diocese of Austin Pastoral Center, 6225 Highway 290 E., Austin
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It is requested that classes be taken in order, Class 1 through 7, but it is not required.
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Registration for each class will be reviewed one week before class begins. Classes with low enrollment will be cancelled.
Forms
Documents
- Syllabus
- Requirements & Steps for Completion
- Catechist Qualifications in Regard to Formation in Chaste Living
Scholarship
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