What Is NFP?
Natural Family Planning (NFP) is a powerful tool for engaged couples preparing for marriage and married couples to learn how to monitor their reproductive health and either achieve or postpone pregnancy by practicing periodic abstinence. An NFP course teaches couples how to observe the signs of fertility and apply simple rules to space their children without using drugs or devices. For more information on NFP visit the USCCB Natural Family Planning Page, and Natural Family Planning Outreach. For information on the benefits of NFP, visit Catholic Couples NFP.
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Here in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati we offer NFP courses in a variety of approved methods. Details of each method are available on the websites linked below.
NFP Awareness Week
NFP Awareness Week is July 24 – 30, 2022. This year’s theme, selected by the USCCB, is “Called to the Joy of Love.” The dates of Natural Family Planning Awareness Week highlight the anniversary of the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae (July 25), which articulates Catholic beliefs about human sexuality, conjugal love, and responsible parenthood. The dates also mark the feast of Saints Joachim and Anne (July 26) the parents of the Blessed Mother, grandparents of Jesus. Pope Francis has instituted the fourth Sunday in July (this year the 24th), close to the feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, as World Day for Grandparents, a fitting commemoration during National NFP Awareness Week.
For more information, please see the following links:
- USCCB Website
- Poster English, or Spanish
- Media Kit (social media & web graphics)
- FABM Update (share with health professionals)

Couple to Couple League

Creighton Fertility Care

Billings Ovulation Method Association
Pure and simple! Based on 50 years of ongoing scientific research, the Billings Ovulation Method is a highly effective, yet simple way to postpone or to achieve pregnancy and monitor reproductive health without drugs or devices. The Billings Ovulation Method can work effectively for women, whether they are coming off of hormonal contraceptives, breastfeeding, weaning, or approaching menopause. Regardless of the particular situation, the four simple rules of the method are the same for everyone.

NFP INTERNATIONAL
NFPI provides client and teacher education in the Cross-Check Method (also called “STM”), a multi-indexed method of NFP. Mr. and Mrs. Kippley are “NFP pioneers” and the co-founders of the CCLI. They are among the devoted Catholics who developed NFP methods in the United States.

MARQUETTE METHOD
MUCN-INFP provides education in the Sympto-Hormonal Method (SHM) also called the “Marquette Method” (MM) This approach integrates the basic information of cervical mucus with the added feature of an electronic hormonal monitoring device.

CONTACT US


Contact Me For:
- NFP and Chastity outreach events
- General questions about Natural Family Planning and Chastity
- Information and support on issues of sexual morality, reproductive technology, and other related topics
Bio: My role is to promote and teach the virtue of chastity, primarily with young adults and couples in the first 5 years of married life. I hope to facilitate connections to Christ - the Way, the Truth and the Life - and share the good news of the beauty of God’s creative design and purpose for sexuality and marital intimacy. It is a blessing to help young people lay strong foundational stones on which to build their lives and marriages.
A Little About Me: I am a husband, father, and a registered nurse with 30 years of experience in pediatrics both in the clinical setting and at home with 9 kids. I graduated from Cedarville University with a BA in biology and a minor in biblical studies, and then received a degree nursing. My wife and I have been NFP instructors for 18 years. During our training, it was the teachings of the Catholic Church, in particular Humanae Vitae, that drew us into full communion with the Body of Christ at the Easter Vigil in 2005.
Favorite Saint: St. John the Baptist and St. Frances de Sales
Favorite Bible verse: “Brethren, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus,” Phil 3:13-14


Contact Me For:
- A resource for leadership formation on marriage and sexual moral ethics
- Questions on Natural Family Planning
- Support to any married couples facing the cross of infertility and miscarriage
Bio: My role at the Center is to offer leadership formation on marriage and family and all related topics, including Natural Family Planning in Spanish and English. It is a great joy to work with newly engaged and married couples and teach my Catholic faith at the same time.
A Little About Me: My husband Samuel, who is managing director of Hispanic Evangelization, and I married in 2010 and we are blessed with two children, Peter Julian and Zoe Anastasia. I love playing with my kids, making pilgrimages to Marian shrines, listening to and playing classical music, reading novels, and making/eating guacamole (my favorite food).
Favorite Saint: Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Elizabeth of Hungary and St. John Paul II (three way tie!)
Favorite Bible verse: "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word," (Luke 1:38)