Theology of the Body Training Certification Course

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Ascension’s Theology of the Body Training Certification Course is a 3 session training designed to empower parents, catechists, and anyone working with youth to form them in identity, chastity, and vocation.

The course features top Theology of the Body experts Brian Butler, Jason Evert, and Colin and Aimee MacIver and includes 10 video segments, thought provoking questions, and simple checks for understanding along the way.

This training is a completely online certification program that can be done at home. It can also serve as a great opportunity to gather as a team for visioning, discussion, and implementation. This course is a great way to maximize the efficacy of Theology of the Body studies for youth.

SKU: 810155344641
Format: Online course
Language: English
Publisher: Ascension

Contributors

Jason Evert

Author

Jason Evert has traveled to six continents to bring the message of purity to millions of people for more than 20 years, including World Youth Days in Australia, Spain, Poland, and Panama. He has lectured at dozens of universities, including Harvard, Princeton, and the United States Naval and Air Force Academies. Jason 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 a best-selling author of more than 15 books, including Saint John Paul the Great, How to Find Your Soulmate without Losing Your Soul, and the curriculum YOU: Life, Love, and the Theology of the Body. He and his wife Crystalina are frequent guests on radio programs throughout the country, and their television appearances include MSNBC, Fox News, the BBC, and EWTN. Together, they run Chastity Project and its website, chastity.com, the podcast “Lust is Boring,” and lead an international alliance of young people who promote purity in more than 40 countries. Jason Evert is a presenter for Ascension.

Brian Butler

Author

Brian Butler is an author and presenter in YOU: Life, Love, and The Theology of the Body and Envision: Theology of the Body for Middle School, as well as a presenter in the Chosen Confirmation program. He is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Echo Community, a non-profit organization dedicated to chastity and vocation formation for teens and young adults.

Brian holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of New Orleans and a master’s degree in theology from Notre Dame Seminary School of Theology.

Brian and his wife, Lisa, are the parents of four children.

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Great opener!

This training video is a must for those who are thinking of doing the TOB for their families and students. I enjoyed the training videos and understanding questions because it gave me a chance to review what was discussed. As an RE consultant, I am recommending this and the TOB for Middle Schools program as well as the other AP programs for schools here in Vancouver, BC.

Wow! Practical and deep advice for parents and educators

We have two girls (10 and 12) and went through with them with Ascension TOB Middle School program early this year. They loved it! I am also a volunteer catechist at our small parish and have helped several Confirmation candidates with programs like Dynamic Catholic and formed.org. But I have never taken the next step on because I didn't know how. This program gives me the confidence and support that I needed. The questions in every talk open and close issues I didnt even know I had on this. Every talk in this program is so relevant! On parenting from birth, on going way deeper when reading the Creation story, Ephesians...on undersraning Human Vitae, on guiding our youth to their true identity and happiness. God bless

A Must!

What a blessing this course is to me and will be to the middle schoolers that I will be presenting the Theology of the Body program to at our Catholic school. I had been praying for some guidance in facilitating this curriculum when I received an invitation to sign up for this course two weeks before starting the program. This course was exactly an answer to my prayer. The format of the course lays an easy to understand theological foundation and then provides the "how to." I will be referring back to the course, as I present this valuable program to our middle schoolers.

Never too Old to Learn

I am a catechist for my parish and I just completed the TOB training course. In the past, I have taught the original TOB course twice to students in grades 10 and 11. I also taught the updated YOU! program to my high schoolers three years ago. I wanted to take the course to get certified to make sure I was still getting the most out of the curriculum and to personally see if there was something I could learn to better present the material. I did learn some new strategies for teaching the material and was glad for the suggestions to "practice" explanations, terminology and examples with a friend so you can feel more confident. I also liked the affirmation offered in the course to parents and teachers to be understanding of the place where their child/student is coming from since all family situations are different and our teens are facing more challenges than ever before. I already read the original TOB by Pope John Paul II as well as Love and Responsibility which was a huge help in being able to teach this course to our young people. I don't know how well I would have done if I was not familiar with these books so perhaps, that should be more encouraged. Christopher West's book on TOB is an easier read which gives you the basics of TOB. All in all, no matter how many times you teach this course, there is always something to learn! Thank you to Brian Butler and the whole team for their extraordinary work!