The essays in this section appear as part of the second publishing of Sex Education:The Basic Issues and Related Essays by Dietrich von Hildebrand and Willim Marra. 

Guidelines for Education Within The Family

Honored or Ignored? : Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality: Guidelines for Education Within The Family

On December 8, 1995, The Pontifical Council For The Family published a document addressed to families called Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality: Guidelines for Education Within the Family (TMHS). This document is consistent with the entire body of Church teaching on the subjects of marriage, purity, and sex education…

The Proper Role of the Catholic School In Education for Chaste Love

The Proper Role of the Catholic School In Education for Chaste Love “Rough handling spoils the fair lily and causes it to wither, so the man who lives chastely suffers from indiscriminate intercourse with those around him.” The…

Education in Wholesome Chastity, by Catholic Physician’s Guild

Education in Wholesome Chastity “As They Grow Older, (Children and Young People) Should Receive A Positive and Prudent Education In Matters Relating to Sex.” (Declaration on Christian Education -1) Position Paper on Sex…

What the Catholic Church Teaches About Sex

What the Catholic Church Teaches about Sex In comparison with a chaste soul, all the riches, all the titles and dignities of the earth are contemptible. Saint Alphonsus Ligouri William A. Marra, Ph.D. The question of what the Catholic Church…

The Two Directions of Sex Education

Occupy your minds with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.” Saint Thomas More William A. Marra, Ph.D. A thorough and devastating case against classroom sex education can be made and, I submit, has…