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Mary Beth Bonacci

Mary Beth Bonacci has been giving talks on love and relationships across the United States and internationally for . . .well . . . her entire adult life. She was among the first Catholic speakers to introduce audiences to St. John Paul II’s beautiful Theology of the Body. She is the founder of Real Love, Inc., an organization dedicated to promoting respect for God’s gift of human sexuality. Her book Real Love, based on the Theology of the Body, has been translated into ten languages. She is also the author of We’re on a Mission from God, writes a monthly column for Catholic newspapers and contributes regularly to the Catholic Match Institute blog.

Male and female he created… their brains?

In high school, I remember having conversations with my first real boyfriend. I was accustomed to having long, deep talks with my girlfriends, going...

The Gift of Gender and the Theology of the Body: What Male and Female Reveal About God’s Love

Theology of the BODY? Isn’t theology about God, who has no body? How can the body have a theology? And what does it have...

‘Begin again’: Recovering from Advent, Celebrating Christmas

It can't possibly be the New Year, can it? Advent just started a few days ago, right? Life has been crazy this season. My...

The Scandal of Dignity: Embracing the True Meaning of Self-Gift

Let’s talk about love. Specifically, let’s talk about love as St. John Paul II understood it in his brilliant Theology of the Body (TOB), which...

You Matter: Draw near to the Father in prayer, in love

I just finished a truly amazing, year-long class on prayer. In the last session, we took the Myers-Briggs personality test to help us discover...

Catholic friendships matter: Community based in the Good is a gift from God

Recently, I gave a talk on “Catholic Friendship” at Our Lady of Victory High School here in Denver—a fabulous school, by the way. It...

The real Catholic motherhood

I’m at 35,000 feet where, thanks to the miracle of modern satellite technology, I can do something I rarely do: watch daytime TV –...

God has a message for YOU at every Mass

Do you ever wish you could hear directly from God a little more often? That he would chime in every once in a while...

Heaven Opened: The Holy Mass as a Gift of Grace

A few years ago, I brought a friend to Mass with me. She grew up with no religious faith, but had fond childhood memories...

Lent: A time of weeding, a time for love

I’m seeing a meme on social media which quotes Pope Francis as discouraging fasting, recommending people to “eat whatever you want” and instead seek...

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