Our mission is to build a civilization of love and life which upholds the dignity
and inviolability of all innocent human life, seeks objective moral Truth,
embraces the value of redemptive suffering, and yearns for the fullness of life
in eternal communion with God the Creator.
“Chastity is a moral virtue. It is also a gift from God, a grace, a fruit of spiritual effort. The Holy Spirit enables one whom the water of Baptism has regenerated to imitate the purity of Christ.”
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Some of the many resources available on this issue are listed below. For more information visit the USCCB
Please note the links will take you to an online version of the Catechism you will then put the first number in the search bar.
THE CATECHISM ON CHASTITY
- “The Vocation to Chastity”: nos. 2337-2359
- “The integrity of the person”: nos. 2338-2345
- “The integrality of the gift of self”: nos. 2346-2347
- “The various forms of chastity”: nos. 2348-2350
- “Offenses against chastity”: nos. 2351-2356
- See also Contraception resource page
- “Chastity and homosexuality”: nos. 2357-2359
- Purity of heart and modesty: nos. 2517-2527
CHASTITY AND STATES OF LIFE
- Chastity and marriage: no. 2365
- See also the Marriage and Family resource page
- Chastity and consecrated life: no. 915
- See also the Consecrated Life and Priesthood resource page
CHASTITY AND MARRIAGE PREPARATION
- Catechism, nos. 1632 and 2350
- Second Vatican Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, no. 49.3
- See also the Marriage Preparation resource page and the Natural Family Planning resource page
- USCCB, Catechetical Formation in Chaste Living: Guidelines for Curriculum Design and Publication (2007)
