Articles or resources about Catholic dating?

[jenny2682]

Hi doing a talk next week with our YM teens- talking about the single life as a vocation or being single before you take the next step to a different vocation. I wanted to concentrate on self worth, pride, ect and also reiterate the fact that we don’t randomly have "rules"about dating or sex so god can judge us or to not let us have “fun” but that it is because it truly is the best for them and will save them from heartbreak and to accentuate the self worth and inherent dignity and beauty in all of us. Has anyone ever done anything similar or have links to articles, books, ect?

 

[PatrickSebast]

I don’t know any specific texts offhand, but I think it can be extremely helpful to find strong Catholic people from different stages of the dating life as well as other vocations to each talk briefly about their personal experiences and possibly answer questions from the youth afterwards. When I was in college a youth leader asked me and a few other guys from different types of relationships (long-term dating, single life, short term dating, and there was also a Sister to talk about religious life) to talk about our dating life to a group of teen girls. They really seemed to get a lot out of it, and especially valued in this case getting an honest perspective from the other gender.