Board of Directors

Mary Beth Bonacci has been giving talks on love, relationships and chastity to audiences across the U.S. and internationally since 1986.  She is the founder of Real Love, Inc., an organization dedicated to promoting respect for God’s gift of human sexuality.  She is the author of two books, Real Love and We’re on a Mission from God, and writes a regular syndicated column.  Her educational video, Sex and Love: What’s a Teenager to Do? was awarded the 1997 Crown Award for best youth curriculum.  In 1993 she spoke to 75,000 people at World Youth Day in Denver, Colorado; in 1997 she was invited to address the International Theological Forum with John Paul II in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and in 1999, she spoke to 22,000 at the TWA Dome during the Pope’s visit to St. Louis.

Mary Beth holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communication from the University of San Francisco, a Master’s degree in Theology of Marriage and Family from the John Paul II Institute, and an honorary doctorate from the Franciscan University of Steubenville.