Anatomy, Reproduction, & Fertility for Catholic Teens

Learn with our partner organization: Pearl & Thistle

Catholic Parents...your voice as Primary Educator is desperately needed!

In today's world, it's clear that we cannot trust our sexually-saturated culture to form our children in the virtue of chastity, or to develop a healthy appreciation for sex as a good and beautiful form of communication between spouses.

It's hard enough to even trust that the biological facts of anatomy & sexual reproduction will be presented without some other agenda! We know that an alternative is needed, yet trying to figure out what to say and how to say it can sometimes leave us a little tongue-tied.

As parents, we know that ours is the most important voice for our teen... but we also know that ours is the voice they sometimes want to tune out.

Anatomy, Reproduction and Fertility for Catholic Teens is a 6-part video series to help you start these conversations at home, where you and your teen can hear a professional voice explain:

the facts about biology, sex, and reproduction;
in the context of God's plan for marriage and respect for the dignity of our bodies.

Includes the following video topics:

Intro to Male & Female Anatomy
The Menstrual Cycle
Reproduction and Fertility
JPII and the “Language” of the Body
Body Literacy
Church Teaching on Family Planning

PLUS: worksheets and activities

Best for ages 14+, or any (pre)teen who has a foundational understanding of biology

Meet the instructor

Christina Valenzuela

Christina Valenzuela is the founder and director of Pearl & Thistle, an organization which offers a unique blend of science and theology to bring better body literacy to Catholics. Christina has been an instructor in the Boston Cross Check Method of NFP for over a decade. She holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Theology from the University of Notre Dame as well as a Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. Pearl & Thistle’s signature course, “CYCLE PREP: First Period Course for Girls” was a finalist in the 2021 OSV Innovation Challenge and has been utilized in homes, schools, parishes, health clinics, and dioceses all around the world.

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**This course is not included in the MyCatholicDoctor Academy membership subscription.

Video series for teens to explain the facts

...about biology, sex, and reproduction in the context of God's plan for marriage and respect for the dignity of our bodies.