Should I Break Up With Him?
I recently spoke with a young woman who was struggling in her relationship. Her boyfriend kept begging her to stay, but she wanted to leave him. She had “tried” to break up several times, but he would persuade her to come back every time. So, I asked her...
Men: How Free Must I Be From Porn Before I Date?
Everywhere I travel to speak, I encounter a similar problem. Many beautiful Catholic young ladies who deeply desire marriage are still single. Many of them are either never asked out at all, or they are approached by a man, only to find that he never asks her out on...
Love Yourself. You are Amazing!
Last week I was gardening with my two-year-old son Joseph. We were planting new flowers for Spring, which Joey picked himself. He uses his plastic rake and shovel and “helps” alongside me. His help usually consists of picking up the dirt I just moved and...
When the Feelings Disappear
A young couple recently asked me what it might mean if their dating relationship lacked the feeling of being in love. Was it a sure sign that they were not meant to be together? What should they do? I will speak, as I always do, from my own personal experience. I have...
How Do You Know When You Have Met the One?
It was 6th August 2014. I was sitting in Sr Moira De Bono’s Marriage and Sexuality class at Notre Dame University. My phone buzzed in my pocket. It was a random number, so I hit the silence button and casually put the phone back in my pocket. At the next break,...
Simon Carrington is married to his beautiful wife Madeleine, and grew up in a large Catholic family of eight. Simon completed a Bachelor of Theology, minoring in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame Australia in 2016, and is currently undertaking a Certification Course at the Theology of the Body Institute in Pennsylvania, USA.
