Natural Family Planning Ministry
Natural Family Planning Ministry
Welcome! The NFP ministry of St. Catherine's exists to offer you support, encouragement, and community as you live out the Church's beautiful teaching on married love!
Natural Family Planning (NFP) is the general title for the scientific, natural, and moral methods of family planning that can help married couples either achieve or postpone pregnancies. The methods of NFP respect the love-giving (unitive) and life-giving (procreative) nature of the conjugal act.
You can learn more details about NFP methods by exploring our Resources page. To develop a deeper understanding of what the Church teaches regarding sex and procreation, visit our Church Teaching page. And if you want to see what living out NFP in real life looks like, check out the testimonies below from some of our own parishioners.
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Both the Sacrament of Marriage and the practice of NFP are simultaneously beautiful, purifying, and demanding. But the words of St. John Paul II offer strength to persevere: "Do not be afraid when love makes demands -- do not be afraid when love requires sacrifice!" Together, let's keep striving to live and love our vocations in God's perfect design.
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As loudly and as persistently as our disbelieving culture proclaims its view of
sex and happiness, a simple look around reveals the sad truth:
too many people are left alone in the dark, searching for and failing to find love.
We need to proclaim even louder and more persistently:
God has the best, richest, and fullest plan for the happiness of married couples.
-Bishop Samuel Aquila
New Resource! Monthly Connection
Join hosts Amanda Morley and Lydia Borja for a monthly virtual class, where we'll cover topics relevant to YOUR journey with NFP -- from cycle problems and postpartum charting, to living NFP in real life, to ditching contraception and finding an NFP method that's right for you -- and much more! Learn from guest experts, hear other couples share their experiences, and get your questions answered, while building a strong and supportive community!
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NEXT CALL: March 26 at 8:00pm
Join the St. Catherine's Natural Family Planning Ministry for a virtual night all about NFP in the Postpartum Season. We will discuss the biology of a woman's return of fertility, how to begin NFP again after a pregnancy, and how to navigate this while facing a variety of postpartum mental health seasons. All are welcome, and bring your questions! Join us on Zoom at this link.
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Why We Use NFP
Testimonies from real life.
Lydia's Story
Why Teens Need NFP, Too
Stay Connected
Questions about NFP or Church teaching?
Need extra encouragement?
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at nfp@stcatherinercc.org.