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002: Date Fearlessly — Dave Sloan

September 21, 2019 By Thomas Schmierer, Catholic Therapist, LMFT

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Looking for Catholic dating and courtship advice for you or your children?  Interested in the connection between St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body and Christian dating?  In this episode, Dave Sloan explains how we can date fearlessly when guided by the wisdom of the Theology of the Body.

At the start of the new millennium, guest Dave Sloan was an evangelist on topics of dating, courtship, and the Theology of the Body.  After failing to marry, he felt like a sham.  Embarrassed, he gave up the public evangelization of Catholic singles and focused more on his own life.  By simply focusing on doing God’s will, he has since been blessed with finding the wife of his dreams.  In this episode, besides sharing his inspiring story of how he went from being a homeless drug addict to becoming a faithful Catholic convert, Dave Sloan shares:

  • How to get closer to God through dating
  • The connection between dating and the Theology of the Body
  • How Love and Responsibility can be applied to dating
  • How God is the God of desire
  • Why Catholics ideally should be able to date fearlessly
  • Some tips on maintaining chastity when dating
  • When dating should be exclusive
  • What it means to “take intimacy” from another
  • How pure men do women a favor by dating them

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About Thomas Schmierer, Catholic Therapist, LMFT

Thomas Schmierer (pronounced "shmeer") is a licensed marriage and family therapist. He is a faithful Catholic who helps individuals, couples, and families in pain to experience deep personal and relational healing by using the top faith and evidence-based treatments so that they can live out their unique vocations to love with ever greater peace, holiness, and joy. He has been seeing clients since 2008. Healing and Peace is the name of Thomas's private practice and his blog. His office is in Oceanside, CA, but he also offers therapy services over the phone/Skype (online) for clients located in AZ, CA, KS, FL, NJ, & WY and Catholic life and relationship coaching services for clients worldwide. His CA license number is 80450. Thomas graduated summa cum laude from Holy Apostles College & Seminary with an M.A. in Moral Theology in 2009 and tries to understand what Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition have to tell us about how to go about our everyday living. He has a special interest in the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Benedicta of the Cross, and St. Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body and enjoys trying to break down complicated theological concepts to make them more accessible and useful for the average lay Catholic. He is also the creator of the Healing and Peace Blog: Your Catholic Guide Through the Trials of Life.

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