Theology of the Body

What People Are Saying

This teaching is definitely meant for today’s time and the message is so applicable to me and everybody I have ever met. » Read More

— Scott Millward

With intellectual care, with the experience bred of long years of teaching this material in the classroom and the parish, and taking account of his own experiences as a husband and father, Christopher West has put us in his debt by making the ‘theology of » Read More

— George Weigel, Senior Fellow, Ethics & Public Policy Center

The Gift series is really impacting people’s hearts and I would recommend it. I think if parishes took up the Gift study many hearts would be changed as people would see that the Lord is calling them to this beautiful gift of our sexuality. » Read More

— Fr. John Nordeman, Chaplain, Newman Center, West Chester University

The Gift Study is just phenomenal. It really has a powerful approach in that it deals with things but is very palatable for most Catholics on the parish level. You will see renewal of family life and that will lead to societal change. » Read More

— Matthew Kuhner

I am familiar with the excellent work Christopher West has done and continues to do promoting Catholic teaching on life and love, especially as given to us by Pope John Paul II in his "theology of the body." » Read More

— Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades, Diocese of Harrisburg, PA

When I think about John Paul II and the Theology of the Body, and their impact and influence on my own life, what comes to mind first is a rediscovery of my own, as a consecrated person, my own ability to love as God has called us to love. » Read More

— Sr. Sheila Galligan, IHM, STD

The Theology of the Body messages have literally changed the course of my life. I have always loved being Catholic but it has never been fleshed out the way it is for me now. It has given form to my faith. » Read More

— Bernadette Kozak

Christopher West’s keen grasp of John Paul II’s Theology of the Body and his ability to make it accessible to others is changing lives, strengthening marriages, and renewing people’s faith in the Church across the country and internationally. » Read More

— Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Denver

I believe that the Gift study is an important message for everybody because our society has lost that vision of who we are created to be. Working with young adults in the Catholic Church, we are a wounded generation that needs truth so badly. » Read More

— Abbie Langsdorf, Office of Youth & Young Adult, Diocese of Allentown

Christopher West is able to synthesize the Theology of the Body in an understandable and exciting way that gets people excited about it and excited about living it. » Read More

— Cecilia LeChevallier, Coordinator, Marriage Preparation and Natural Family Planning, Diocese of Camden, NJ