LOVE AND LIFE uses:

* Sacred Scripture
* The Documents of Vatican II
* The Writings and Lives of Saints and Contemporaries
* Poems, Letters and Slogans Created by Teens for Teens
* A Lively, Down-to-Earth Commentary

LOVE AND LIFE focuses on the true meaning of Christian Family Living. It is through the family that we first experience God's love for us. And it is the family that provides the context for understanding sexual maturity as a life-giving and life-supportive gift from God that respects ALL life and which gives us special powers in God's plan for creation.

The Sacraments, the liturgy, our prayers, devotions, sacrifices and faithfulness to the commandments, together with the practice of our love for God and neighbor, are presented as the spiritual resources that we need to know, love and serve God as mature, responsible Christians.

"This program, which as been approved by our Illinois Catholic Conference, has been long-awaited and welcomed by teens and parents alike in our diocese. Mrs. Coleen Mast and her students have proved that chastity is a vital dimension of sexuality education. We are proud to share this program with others."

"I have seen this program at work-- motivating teens to value their sexuality and to respect the Church's authentic teaching-- all done with humor and creativity. I am happy to recommend LOVE AND LIFE to all who are looking for a way to teach chastity according to the Vatican's "Educational Guidance in Human Love" and help teens enjoy their adolescence following God's way of purity."

LOVE AND LIFE is self-contained and may be used with any Jr. High or High School curriculum. The Student Text/Workbook is divided into 4 units which may be learned during a week or a month, or longer, depending on your individual curriculum needs. A detailed overview of the contents and unit design are shown below.

The TEACHER'S GUIDE includes comprehensive notes and a complete duplication of the student text, making it easier to correlate both notes and text. Also included are specific lesson objectives, helpful suggestions for the exercises and suggested readings.

The PARENT'S GUIDE provides an informative overview of the entire course with an easy to understand explanation of Catholic teaching on sexual morality. Included are: helpful suggestions for exercises, communication, and family activities; specific lesson objectives, practical answers to today's problems; benefits of chastity education in the home, and recommended readings.

LOVE AND LIFE A Positive and Proven Program for Teen Chastity

Content:
*FAITHFUL to Church documents
*POSITIVE approach to Church doctrine
*REINFORCES Christian attitudes and values
*SUPPORTS role of parents as educators
*PREPARED and tested over five years by professional parents and teens
*INTERACTIVE exercises, discussions, creative writing
*UNIT REVIEWS at the end of each unit

Exercises:
Included in the student text are exercises that teach while promoting lively response. Students will:
* Create "to dos for dull days"
* Discover new ways we "Make Friends"
* Learn good reasons for healthy bodies
* Explain the solar system for fun and money
* Find out what "resisting temptation" really means
* Become an ad agent for Virtue
* Analyze the messages in popular music
* Quiz on maturity level
* Talk with parents
* Shape their confidence
* Be with God

Materials:
* student text/workbook with 4 units that may be learned during a week, a month, two months or more, depending on your needs
* parent's guide
* set of four posters

From the text:
Suppose your teacher brought a five year old girl into your classroom and offered you $500 if you could convince her that the earth was the center of the solar system. Would you take that offer, even knowing it's a lie? Why would you do it?

* For the money?
* Because five year olds are naive and they'll believe anything?
* For the money?
* Because she's not old enough to know any better?
* For the money?
* It seems true, and five year olds don't know the whole story of the solar system, they only know what they can see now.

PUT YOURSELF IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
Many of you can hardly wait until you can get your driver's license and drive. But suppose that just before your sixteenth birthday, cars and driving were outlawed. Someone persuaded Congress that driving was too dangerous, that drivers sometimes lose control, lives are lost, people drink and drive, some drive without a license, that cars burn too much fuel, and so on. So it's out. No more cars. No more driving.

"But wait," you argue. "Cars are necessary! People have to drive to work, to hospitals, to the grocery store! C'mon! Most people on the road have their licenses, they stay within the speed limit and follow the rules. Most people can keep their cars under control."

How are sexual relations like driving? You need a license for both!

You are right, of course. Cars can hardly be banned as long as people can keep them "under control." Like driving a car and abiding by the rules, the sex drive also needs controls. It is powerful and can be life-supportive or life-destructive. The brand of sexuality advertised in our culture today is way out of bounds with what is intended by God as natural and "under control." Since it is out of control, the effects are life-destructive, just like the effects of a driver out of control.