THIS IS THE DAY

Jason Evert and his wife Crystalina are chastity speakers and authors who speak internationally to over 100,000 teens each year in Catholic and secular junior and senior high schools, as well as universities. They courageously answer questions such as “How Far is Too Far?”, “What’s Wrong With Pornography?”, “What’s Wrong With Same Sex Marriage?”, as well as a host of other questions.
In this interview, Evert made several “eye-opening” statements about chastity, and the receptiveness of the chastity message by teens. Speaking about young people, Evert said, “They’re eating it [the chastity message] up like ants on a birthday cake because it’s not a bunch of rules so you don’t go to hell, it’s letting you be liberated so you can love for the right reasons.” Some people “think that the kids are going to throw tomatoes at you, but “After speaking for 10 years to over a million kids, we haven’t had one disruptive audience, and we’ve been to correctional facilities and inner city schools.” In November, “we gave a chastity talk at the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) and over 20,000 teens gave a standing ovation in response to a chastity talk.” said Evert. “Teen sexual activity rates have been dropping consistently for the last 10-15 years. The majority of high school kids are virgins. There’s a lot of good news out there, but it’s not often portrayed in the media.” Evert continued saying, “Chastity is not the elimination of sexual desire, it’s the perfection of it. It’s where you place love above the disordered desire to lust and use. If you really understand the church’s teachings for what they are, it’s not repressive, it’s liberating.” “People say the culture glorifies, sex. No, culture doesn’t. It’s the Church that glorifies sex. Only in the Church’s teachings of human sexuality can they see the glory of God’s plan. The problem is not that the world is glorifying sex, the problem is that world is debasing sex so that you don’t see the full beauty of it.” said Evert during this interview.
Recently Jason and Crystalina were presenters at the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) held in Kansas City, Missouri. Their topic was Romance Without Regret, the session was full and their booth was swamped with teens who enthusiastically received the message of living a chaste lifestyle which brings freedom, respect, peace, and romance without regret. The NCYC event was attended by over 20,000 teens from all over the US including an overseas military base and 3,000 adults. CatholicTV exhibited and conducted interviews at the NCYC. Click here for a video with Lino Rulli recapping the event.
Jason Evert earned a master's degree in theology, and undergraduate degrees in counseling and theology, with a minor in philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville. He is the author of ten books, including If You Really Loved Me, Pure Love, and Theology of the Body for Teens, which challenge young people to be pure. Jason speaks at seminars, participates in debates, and responds to thousands of questions about chastity and Catholicism from people around the world.