Natural Family Planning/
Fertility Awareness

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What is Natural Family Planning (Fertility Awareness)?

Natural Family Planning (NFP), or fertility awareness, is a term used to describe the various methods that are available to learn the natural times of fertility and infertility in a woman’s cycle.  A couple can use this information to achieve or postpone pregnancy. 

How Does it Work?

Barring any medical complications, men are always fertile.  Woman, however, have natural times of fertility and infertility in each cycle.  NFP/Fertility Awareness  works by monitoring certain biological indicators of a woman's fertility such as cervical mucus and body temperature.   By charting these observations, the fertile window in a woman's cycle can be determined.

Where Can I Learn More?

To learn more about the different methods of Natural Family Planning, use the links below.  You can also call the Office of Marriage & Family Life at (225) 242-0323.

Couple to Couple League
Creighton Model
Billings Ovulation Method
Northwest Family Services
Marquette Method

NFP 101: The Basics of Natural Family Planning

Interested in learning more about NFP but not sure where to start?  This class offers a general introduction to Natural Family Planning including basic Catholic Church teaching on human sexuality, the science of fertility, and an overview of different methods available.

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July 26, 2018 at 6:30 pm
Catholic Life Center, Main Auditorium

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The sexual revolution of the 1960’s has had profound consequences on the culture and morality of societies throughout the world.  Fifty years ago, at the height of the sexual revolution, Pope Paul VI issued his prophetic encyclical, Humanae Vitae alerting the Church and society to the dangers of this revolution and especially the potentially harmful consequences of contraceptives. Now, a beautiful film, entitled, Sexual Revolution: 50 Years Since Humanae Vitae, seeks to examine the effects of the free-love experiment of the hippie generation as well as the sacred view of life-giving sexuality outlined in Humanae Vitae. This beautiful documentary closely examines the history of the parallel developments of the Pill and modern Natural Family Planning (NFP) by telling the little known story of the founding doctors – Dr. Gregory Goodwin Pincus and Drs. John & Evelyn Billings - who were once colleagues but eventually chose completely divergent paths.

This event is jointly sponsored by the Offices of Marriage and Family Life, Evangelization & Catechesis and Youth & Young Adult Ministry.

NFP 101: The Basics of Natural Family Planning

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