These Natural Family Planning (NFP) resources are primarily designed for parishes to make available to couples. However, anyone is invited to review and/or share the following documents with couples they know.
Marriage Prep Leaders (pdf) - this is for marriage prep leaders to read and use as a guide with their engaged couples.
Married Love and the Gift of Life (pdf) - this is a great bulletin insert for NFP Week (as well as other times of the year).
NaProTechnology (pdf) - NaProTechology is a moral solution to infertility, more effective than In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). It is also great at diagnosing and treating all sorts of reproductive disorders.
Physicians and Nurses (pdf) - A list of St. Louis area physicians specializing in a Natural Family Planning method and the science of NaProTechnology including infertility solutions, normal gynecological visits and obstetrics.
Spanish-Speaking NFP teachers (pdf) - a list of NFP teachers for those whom Spanish is their first language.
Natural Family Planning (NFP) Methods vs. Contraception (pdf) - this document explains how effective NFP is compared to popular contraceptives.
How Birth Control Works (pdf) - Did you know that many hormonal forms of contraception actually end a newly conceived life or that they are a Group 1 carcinogen? Learn how some popular forms of birth control actually work.
These articles are available for you to use in your educational efforts.
Why Natural Family Planning Differs from Contraception
Responsible Parents Are Open to Life
Marriage: The Gift of Love and Life
My Slogan: “Practice Saved Sex!”
Celebrating the Richness of Church Teaching
NFP Saved My Health—Naturally!
Natural Family Planning
It’s worth it. Join the Revolution!
Fr. Mike Schmitz – Catechism in a Year Excerpts – The Catechism expresses the Church’s beautiful understanding of Natural Family Planning and God’s plan for marriage and family. These 2 excerpts highlight paragraphs of the Catechism that delve deeply into this beauty.
Natural Family Planning is not only helpful to married and engaged couples. Teen males and females can be introduced to NFP with age-appropriate material to learn more about their changing bodies and to respect and understand how God designed them. Below is a list of NFP articles on various topics written by NFP co-coordinator Emily Joost.
- Is NFP Relevant Today?
- NFP in a Pandemic
- Teaching Our Youth
- A Letter to Young Adult Women
- What a Single Guy Needs to Know About Natural Family Planning
- Goals
- A Person Is a Person No Matter How Small
- Challenging Reflection for the Lenten Season
For more dynamic content, additional articles and events, check out our NFP Belleville page on Facebook!