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Natural Family Planning

Natural Family Planning (NFP) provides information so that you, as a couple, can learn to understand and appreciate your fertility.

Online NFP Registration

Optional Charting Methods

Frequently Asked Questions

What is NFP?

During each cycle a woman experiences times of fertility and infertility accompanied by specific signs. Natural Family Planning is the practice of observing and charting these fertility signs to determine accurately when a woman is fertile and when she is infertile. When you want to achieve pregnancy, NFP helps you identify the most fertile time. When you want to delay pregnancy for a just cause, abstain from genital contact during the fertile time.

NFP Brochure

NFP can be used in ANY cycle regardless of the woman's circumstances, including regular cycles, irregular cycles, breastfeeding, pre-menopause, or low fertility. Natural Family Planning is up to 99% effective in spacing births. To learn more, visit the NFP brochure for more information.

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Church Teaching

• The Church reminds us of God’s design, a plan he has in mind for all of us. Part of this design for married couples is their intimate physical bond.
• The physical intimacy inherent in the marital act must conform to God’s purposes in marriage. To do so, couples must maintain, as inseparable, two aspects of the marital act. These are the unitive and procreative aspects of the marital act.
• The unitive refers to how each physical encounter with one’s spouse must be an occasion where both embrace each other emotionally and physically as a loving, caring couple.
• The procreative refers to how each physical encounter with one’s spouse must be an occasion where the marital act is exercised in a manner open to new life.

Helpful Links

• USCCB NFP Program

Helping married couples to deepen conjugal love and achieve responsible parenthood is part of the Church's total pastoral ministry to Catholic spouses. Fulfillment of this ministry includes both education and pastoral care. This means "instilling conviction and offering practical help to those who wish to live out their parenthood in a truly responsible way" (Familiaris consortio, 35).

• Natural Womanhood

The Complete Guide to Fertility Awareness.  Discover natural alternatives to birth control that won’t hurt your body! Learn the pros and cons of fertility awareness, and the best way to learn a fertility awareness method.

 

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Contacts:

Jason Whitehead, MA
Director of Evangelization and Catechesis
Director of St. Junipero Serra Institute
Director of Marriage and Family Life
817-945-9350

Monica Martinez
Administrative Assistant
817-945-9354

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