There are couples who want to help others in their Church. There are also priests who desire to help couples follow Church teaching on love, marriage and sexuality. These priests who desire the right kind of natural family planning (NFP) instruction for their engaged and married couples might consider making the NFPI course required for their engaged couples preparing for marriage.
Some folks believe that you should not teach the engaged anything about NFP. But where else will they learn about spacing their babies naturally through eco-breastfeeding? This is part of God’s plan which involves little instruction and no abstinence. Where do they learn about being generous in having children? Where do they learn about the covenant theology of marriage (a way to teach the theology of the body that the couple can easily remember)?
Try to find a priest who wants to make a good NFP course a normal requirement for his engaged couples and become an NFP teaching couple. Unfortunately, if your priest does not make the course required, then you will probably have no one to teach. Church bulletin announcements rarely bring in anyone to your classes. The teacher training is free and can be done online.
For more information about becoming an NFPI teacher, contact NFPI.
For learning the method well, read carefully Natural Family Planning: The Complete Approach—doing the work as you progress—or take the online home study course.
This is a vitally important ministry. To learn why, watch this video.
Sheila Kippley
Natural Family Planning: The Complete Approach
Breastfeeding and Catholic Motherhood
The Seven Standards of Ecological Breastfeeding: The Frequency Factor