Pure Mind, Pure Heart, Romance without Regrets

Jason Evert speaks about the virtue of Chastity

       Aiming to help youth shaped their lives towards the common destiny of real love, fidelity and well being, The Pure Mind Pure Heart Romance without Regrets Symposium for high school students was held last February 24, 2011.

          The venue was at Camp Aguinaldo, Teatro Aguinaldo. Selected students from Pedro E. Diaz High School attended the symposium together with the other delegates from different public and private schools around Luzon Region. With Special guest speaker Jason Evert, the symposium aims to give young people convincing reasons to practice the virtue of chastity which is not only mere abstinence or what you can’t do and can’t have but also what you can do and can have right now, a lifestyle that brings freedom, respect, peace and romance without regret.

            In this seminar, Mr. Jason Evert also offers communication techniques, resources, statistics and a wealth of information to assist parents in their task as the primary sex educators of their children. The gist of the talks is summed up by Mr. Evert in his own words as follows: “God’s plan for life and love is so profound that when we understand it, we will never look the same way at the relationship between a man and a woman. When we see God’s plan for love, lust looks boring. When we see the truth about our bodies and sex, we change our lives, but not out of guilt, or fear of pregnancy or disease. We change our lives because God’s view of love is everything the human heart longs for”. Question and answer portion took place when Mr. Evert leaves the auditorium between the delegates and the guest speakers.

Miguel Escueta giving an intermission number for students

            The Organizers of this event are Youth for the Family together with the partner organizations University of Asia and the Pacific Student Executive Board-UP Club Tala, EDUCHILD Foundation, Inc., EDUCHILD Iloilo Catalyst of UA & P-Gawad Kalinga), and Couples for Christ Global with Diocesan Youth Commission NCR. It will be remembered that UA & P I am S.T.R.O.N.G. and InterMedia Consulting (a private development education entity based in Rome and Chicago) organized the highly successful Second International Congress on Education in Love, Sex and Life held in EDSA Shangri-la and Le Pavilion, which generated 850 international and local participants, capped by a Real Love Revolution concert and talk show, attended by 1,500 high school and university students.

            Also present in the event was Allyza Taja and Cecilla Ann Espinosa both alumnae of PAREF WoodRose Muntinlupa City and Miguel Escueta of Party Pilipinas.