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The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes chastity in this way: "Chastity means the successful integration of sexuality within the person and thus the inner unity of man in his bodily and spiritual being".
Formation for chastity, as a virtue, implies the collaboration first and foremost of the parents. In giving life, parents cooperate with the creative power of God and receive the gift of a new responsibility — not only to feed their children and satisfy their material and cultural needs, but above all to pass on to them the lived truth of the faith and to educate them in love of God and neighbor. This is the parents' first duty in the heart of the "domestic church".
The Church has always affirmed that parents have the duty and the right to be the first and the principal educators of their children.
Taking up the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, the Catechism of the Catholic Church says: "It is imperative to give suitable and timely instruction to young people, above all in the heart of their own families, about the dignity of married love, its role and its exercise".
- Excerpts from The Pontifical Council for the Family: The Truth and Meaning of
Human Sexuality, Guidelines for Education within the Family
The Bismarck Diocese is happy to offer tools to assist parents in teaching their children in fertility awareness and chastity education.
* These tools do not satisfy the NFP requirement for pre-marriage preparation. *
A cycle awareness charting system for mothers and daughters