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02/24/2026

Reflecting on the virtues of modesty and the beauty of prayer for your future spouse can transform not just your heart, but also those around you. Modesty isn’t just in what we wear but in how we see ourselves and others, treating every person with dignity and respect. It’s recognizing that our worth doesn’t come from outward appearances but from being children of God. When we dress and act modestly, we echo the words of St. Gianna Molla, who said, “The dress of a woman should be a sign of her femininity and should enhance her dignity.”

Praying for your future spouse is not just a wishful thought, but a powerful act of love and faith. It’s inviting God into your relationship journey, trusting that He knows your heart’s desires better than anyone. Just as in Philippians 4:6, where we are encouraged to present our requests to God with thanksgiving, prayer for your future spouse opens up your heart to God’s plan, His timing, and His perfect match for you. It’s a commitment to love and purity, not just for your future partner, but in the way you live today.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 2522) teaches us that “modesty protects the intimate center of the person. It means refusing to unveil what should remain hidden.” When you embrace this, you safeguard your heart for the one God is preparing for you.
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02/24/2026

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When Pope John Paul II said the opposite of love is not hate but use, he was not speaking softly. Hate still sees a pers...
02/18/2026

When Pope John Paul II said the opposite of love is not hate but use, he was not speaking softly. Hate still sees a person. Use turns a person into a tool. Love says, I will your good. Use says, I will take what I want. One reverences the image of God. The other erases it.

Woman, you are not attention. You are not a body. You are not a moment of pleasure. You were created in the image of God, Genesis 1:27. Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, 1 Corinthians 6:19. When you accept being used, you allow someone to treat what is sacred as disposable. You were not made to be consumed. You were made to be cherished.

Man, you are not called to be a consumer. You are called to be Christlike. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, Ephesians 5:25. Christ bleeds for His Bride. He does not take from her. If your strength does not protect her dignity, it is not strength. It is weakness dressed as desire.

The body speaks a language. It was made for sincere self gift, free, total, faithful, fruitful. When you use another, you lie with your body. And lies always wound. Love costs. Use corrodes. Choose which one you will become.

Dating is not casual, it is vocational. It exists to discern Holy Matrimony.“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved ...
02/17/2026

Dating is not casual, it is vocational. It exists to discern Holy Matrimony.

“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her” (Ephesians 5:25).

That is the measure, a crucified love, a love that lays its life down.

St. John Paul II, in his Theology of the Body, taught that authentic love must be free, total, faithful, and fruitful.

Free, not pressured, manipulated, or rooted in lust.
Total, not partial, not giving the body while withholding the full gift of self.
Faithful, exclusive and ordered toward permanence.
Fruitful, open to life and open to God’s creative power.

Chastity protects this kind of love. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches, “Chastity means the successful integration of sexuality within the person and thus the inner unity of man in his bodily and spiritual being” (CCC 2337).

Chastity is not repression, it is rightly ordered love. It trains the heart to give itself fully, but only within covenant.

If someone is not prepared to give you a free, total, faithful, and fruitful love, the kind sealed in a sacrament, they are not entitled to your body or your deepest emotional intimacy.

“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you…? You are not your own; you were bought with a price” (1 Corinthians 6:19–20).

Date with eternity in mind, love with discipline, guard your soul. Because marriage mirrors Christ and His Church, and that kind of love is worth waiting for.

Relationships? Dating? We’re covering it all this Sunday at Youth! Bring someone with you and see ya at 5:30pm! Don’t be...
02/13/2026

Relationships? Dating? We’re covering it all this Sunday at Youth! Bring someone with you and see ya at 5:30pm!

Don’t be a lame. ✌️

No matter how far you think you’ve gone. Mercy runs faster. Turn Around. God is closer than you think.
02/10/2026

No matter how far you think you’ve gone. Mercy runs faster.

Turn Around. God is closer than you think.

It’s about. That. Time. Feb. 21st. We get to be in the room, grow, worship, receive, and build on top of all God’s been ...
02/03/2026

It’s about. That. Time.
Feb. 21st. We get to be in the room, grow, worship, receive, and build on top of all God’s been doing!

Special Guest Speaker: .gotayjr

Confirmation Retreat 26. We’ll see you there.
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01/28/2026

Summer isn’t a break from faith, it’s a chance to dive in that much more!
God’s Word isn’t old news, it’s alive, timeless, and full of promise.
This summer we’re gathering to live it, breathe it, and walk it out together.

No charge.
No registration.
No pressure.
Just show up and hang with your people! We get you. 🙌

Real community | Real convos | Where we continue the movement.

Pio Youth is where the youth culture lives, and DEVO is the move of the summer.

High school fam, we’ll see you there.

01/13/2026

Let God write your story. Let the way you live and love tell it along the way ✌️

“Do not boast about tomorrow,
for you do not know what any day may bring forth.
Let another praise you, not your own mouth;
a stranger, not your own lips.”

Proverbs 27:1-2

Pull up! This Sunday night at youth🙌Night of worship here at home! We’re lifting up the Name above every other Name! Loc...
12/08/2025

Pull up! This Sunday night at youth🙌
Night of worship here at home!

We’re lifting up the Name above every other Name!

Location: Shrine of St. Padre Pio
Where: Main Sanctuary
Time: 5:30pm

“Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

Philippians 2:9-11

Feast of St John Paul II 👏 Before he was pope, Karol Wojtyła was known for disappearing into prayer, sometimes for hours...
10/22/2025

Feast of St John Paul II 👏 Before he was pope, Karol Wojtyła was known for disappearing into prayer, sometimes for hours, completely lost in conversation with God, people would find him kneeling before the Blessed Sacrament long after everyone else had left, he once said,

“The Eucharist is the secret of my day. It gives strength and meaning to all my activities of service to the Church and to the whole world … Let Jesus present in the Blessed Sacrament speak to your hearts.”

This wasn’t just talk, he lived it, even as pope, no matter how busy or exhausted he was, he made time every single day to adore Jesus in the Eucharist and to pray the Rosary with a deep love for Mary, whom he called his “Mother and Model.”

🔥 So what can you do today? Take one step closer to Jesus like he did, stop by the chapel, pray a decade of the Rosary between classes, whisper a prayer before the tabernacle after Mass, John Paul II changed the world not by power, but by prayer, and that same power lives in you. 🙏

This week is full of small, quiet opportunities to make a difference, sometimes it’s not about grand gestures or big spe...
10/15/2025

This week is full of small, quiet opportunities to make a difference, sometimes it’s not about grand gestures or big speeches, but about the little choices we make every day, listening without judging, offering a helping hand, or standing up for what’s right. Each act of love, no matter how small, reflects Christ’s presence in the world and reminds us that God works through our hearts when we choose kindness, courage, and compassion, even the tiniest effort can ripple out in ways we’ll never fully see, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” — Matthew 25:40

Our faith calls us to be more than bystanders, it calls us to be lights in a world that often feels dark, by praying for others, showing love in action, and letting our faith shine through what we do, we become instruments of God’s grace, “In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” — Matthew 5:16.

Remember, Jesus notices every act done in love, no effort is too small in His eyes, let this week be a challenge to live intentionally, love boldly, and leave the world a little brighter than we found it.

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