How to be a catholic MAN in college?

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Are you at a non-Catholic college I assume? I intentionally went to a Catholic college hoping it would be better and while I’d say 95% of the campus parites and tons having rampant sex, it’s probably better then a non-Catholic college.

Newman club is your best bet (or start a club!) but Newman clubs are often not very Catholic. The ones I’ve seen and communicated with are usually fine with contraception, one even gave out contraception info pamphlets…
 
Granted it’s been a decade + since I’ve been in college, but I really, honestly, without kidding myself, had no problem avoiding inappropriate parties, drugs, booze, and sex. This was at a state school too. I just found better people to hang out with. It wasn’t hard. And even if some of the people I hung out with did some of those things some of the time, they were eclectic in their tastes enough that they found time to go to a concert, eat pizza, go for a walk, volunteer, and do other morally acceptable things amidst their busy lives of debauchery.
 
Yes, I go to a non-catholic college. It’s a small in-state school that I’m able to afford. If money was no object I would look to a catholic school.
 
Allegra said:
Granted it’s been a decade + since I’ve been in college, but I really, honestly, without kidding myself, had no problem avoiding inappropriate parties, drugs, booze, and sex.
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I’ve been out of college for a few years. It wasn’t hard to avoid. I just primarily hung out with people from a college ministry. I did hang out with some non-Christians from class, but the one or two times they asked me to do things like go a strip club, I turned it down. It never caused a problem.

That said, I did go out drinking a few times. There was Biergarten near our college, and it was a good place to get beer, sausage, and schnitzel. Two of the groups I was involved in with college (one Christian, another not) used it as a hang-out place. No one got drunk as far as I know, but we generally had 1 - 2 beers.
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Very true. Also kudos to the creator of the dwight memes below. 🤣
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Thanks.
 
Yeah that’s tough, but at least you have a church close by and there are lots of good Catholic sources online. Wear a Crucifix over your clothes, I bet you a few people will ask you if you are Catholic and when you say yes they will say they are too. Granted you might have people also not talk to you so it’s a close call.

Jesus calls each of us to evangelize and spread His love and mercy in our own ways in our own scenarios. Jesus knows your struggles and he had you at this college of yours with these temptations for a reason, so you may be an example of holiness! Of course you sin, we all do, but you can help lots of people as well, I am sure.

For me it’s a struggle because I’m very extroverted, athletic, and love watching sports. Those three things form the perfect trifecta as to what a partier is usually like. Lots of people assume I’m a partier and lots of people could care less to talk to me because I’m not. So it’s tough, the people I am likely to be friends with at a base level are usually partiers but because I do not like that lifestyle it’s harder. But lucky for me, my college has Catholic events every day, from mass to prayer things to rosary group I run to clubs and such so it’s a nice way to meet people that way. But I do feel like I’m way behind everyone else in terms of socialization lol
 
blackforest said:
I can’t believe how quickly you spit those out! Ah, the Digital Age!
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You can just search for “meme generator” on Google, though by now, I think Imgflip is always at the top. It helps that its main competitors got themselves banned from a couple major meme-related subreddits.
 
Oh, I know. I’ve created my own share for the Catholic memes threads. 😇 Still, it cracks me up how we can all just whip those out.
 
What year are you in? I’m now a 2nd semester sophomore and could graduate early. But I have two majors and a minor and a certificate and a concentration so I can’t graduate early, so doing it in 4 years instead of 3
 
I did have a group of friends from a campus ministry, but most of my friends I either met at work or in my music classes. Granted, I was a girl, but no one ever invited to me to go to a strip club. The most morally questionable shenanigans I partook in was an ongoing prank war the year I lived in the dorm.
 
The reason I joined CAF a month ago was because I wanted to engage with more Catholics and help people overcome porn and masturbation. Also I had some questions of my own and still do. So when I feel lonely or like I’m missing out on socialization in college, I come to this forum lol. Now I’m on this forum a ton, and I don’t regret it at all 😂
 
Oh nice man! Sounds good! I came into college with my AA in general studies that I finished in high school so technically I’m a junior, because I’ve switched my major once and am about to again. 😅
 
My husband says the only people who have ever invited him to a strip club were his own cousins. I don’t think it was the ones who went to college though.
 
I really feel bad for the women who are workers in the strip clubs. I find it very hard to not hate the managers of strip clubs and the people (usually guys) who objectify and dehumanize these strippers for the fulfillment of their impure urges by going to strip clubs. I have to ask Jesus to help me not hate these people since they too are sinners and children of God
 
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