Chastity makes relationships boring?

“But won’t chastity make a relationship boring?” You should have seen the look of surprise on my face when a student asked me this during a Q&A session. I smiled, looked at him and said,”Thank you for asking that. I can say from personal experience that chastity will not make a relationship boring. It will…

Why Am I So Replaceable?!?

Why am I so Replaceable??? How to take control over negative self-talk. Why am I so replaceable? Ever had a similar negative thought cross your mind? This question flooded my mind after hearing my ex-boyfriend had a new girlfriend soon after our two year relationship ended. Talk about prime opportunity for the enemy to attack…

Dating in 2019

Dating? We don’t. We don’t date in 2019 because we’ve lost the art and value of dating. Instead, we’ve settled for hooking up. We’ve convinced ourselves that we desire this non-committal, on a whim, temporary “love.” We have settled for lust, this ugly counterfeit for love. Why? I mean look around, where do we see…

Dating Discernment: A Step-by-Step Guide

So, you’ve caught the feels. Maybe it’s someone you just met or maybe it’s someone you’ve known for a long time. Either way, all the stars align and symphonies play whenever he or she is around. It’s incredible and confusing at the same time. How do we know if this is the real deal or…

Why Did I Really Do That?

So there was this girl at my parish that I really liked. She was beautiful and virtuous and I desperately wanted to impress her! I’d sign up for volunteer opportunities and retreats simply because I knew she was going. I even remember kneeling down after receiving communion and thinking: “Is she watching me?” or “If…

Chastity? Let’s Get Real.

We spend a lot of time speaking on the amazing, heroic, live-giving virtue of chastity, which is great. But every now and again, I think we need to take a moment to come back down to earth and remind ourselves of the messy reality of living out this incredible virtue. Allow me to be blunt:…

I Don’t Want to Feel This Way: Tips for Healing After a Breakup

A short while ago my team had to do a 2 hour commute to get to a parish that we had been invited to speak at. To pass the time, we decided to jump on The Culture Project’s Instagram account to answer questions from our followers. We received a bevy of different questions ranging from…

Are you too picky?

You know what I’m tired of. I’m tired of getting the same reaction from people when I tell them I’ve never had a boyfriend. What. You’ve never heard of a twenty two year old who has never had a boyfriend? It’s always the same reaction. “Why haven’t you?”. Then comes the questions they’re thinking but…