Young adult Catholic podcaster speaks to local teens

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Eve Rosemary, host of The Everyday Saint podcast, speaks at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church on Jan. 15.
By Linda Petersen
Intermountain Catholic

DRAPER — On Jan. 15 Eve Rosemary, a Catholic podcaster and recent Benedictine College graduate, spoke about the importance of chastity to youth at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Draper.

In her early teens Rosemary, now 21, decided to remain chaste and to wait until marriage to be physically intimate with her future spouse.

“The decision to save sex for marriage, the decision to pursue your faith – it is not a ‘no,’ it is a ‘yes’ to something greater,” she said.

As a teenager, Rosemary believed that if she had a boyfriend she would feel loved and validated, but when she started dating, she realized those relationships did not yield the love she sought, she said. Instead, she discovered that only God could provide what she was looking for, so she began to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ, then became an outspoken Christian, sharing her faith online and with those around her, she said.

At times Rosemary was ridiculed for her beliefs, which was painful, but she soon realized that being known as someone who was valiant in her faith was not something to be ashamed of and could instead help bring people to Christ, she said.

“Knowing that I was known for my faith in high school, I know that people are going to look back in those yearbooks someday and going to see Eve Rosemary and not just think of me, but they’re going to have to think of that,” she said.

Choosing to save sex for marriage can deepen one’s faith and lead a person to peace and fulfillment, she said. “We can dare to be a saint who can dare to pursue God’s best for us and not settle for anything less because God desires to grant the desires of our hearts.”

Distractions like pornography that Satan puts in people’s way can take them off that path and distort the way they see the body, she said.

“The things that we watch, they do matter,” Rosemary said. “The decisions that you make today matter. Chastity doesn’t just start when you’re in a relationship. It doesn’t just start when you’re born. Chastity and virtue and faith are lived each and every day, because there is no place that God is not, and God will give us the strength when we ask for it.”

Rosemary’s presentation resonated with Aliyah Kenya, a 17-year-old parishioner at St. John the Baptist, who attended the Jan. 15 event.

“I’m a senior in high school, and these are things I wish I heard before, but I’m glad I heard them now, and it was a really good conversation that I think a lot of people should hear no matter what they believe in,” Aliyah said.

Noah Anderson, 13, also was at the event; he said Rosemary’s message gave him much to think about.

“A lot of the stuff about dating, like wanting a girlfriend for me, but really just needing God in general – that’s going to stay with me for a very long time,” he said.

The Jan. 15 event was the third presentation by Rosemary in the Diocese of Salt Lake City; in the preceding days she shared the same message with students at St. Joseph Catholic High School in Ogden and St. Mary Parish in West Haven. At St. John the Baptist about 100 young people, most of them from the parish’s Confirmation classes, along with many of their parents, heard her speak. In all, close to 350 Utah youth attended the three presentations, according to diocesan officials.

Over the next several months Rosemary plans to tour the country to share her message with Catholic teens. She plans to visit shrines and cathedrals along the way and share those experiences with her audience on her podcast, “The Everyday Saint.” Salt Lake City was her second stop on that tour.

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