Faithfully Yours: Discover Natural Family Planning
Throughout the year the United States Catholic Council of
Bishops (USCCB) has certain awareness weeks (by the way the USCCB is not just
made up of Bishops, but is made up of many priests, religious, and mostly lay
people who work on the staff). Anyways, some weeks it is vocation awareness
week or Catholic Schools week, etc. Well, this week it is Natural Family Planning Awareness week. Maybe you are aware of
this because there were some articles in the Catholic Spirit about it, but
chances are you read about it and didn’t think much about it. However, when I
was reading the Catholic Spirit I was very impressed with an article written by
Stacia Poeschl about her and her husband’s experience with practicing NFP. I
will not go into the details of the story, but it is definitely worth a read
and you can find it right here. The USCCB also has some testimonials from
couples about their experience with NFP, and you can find them here.
In all of
these stories the thing that seems to be the main message is how NFP has helped
the couples fall even more in love with each other, and also how it is not a
burden, but rather a gift for their marriage. The reason why this is the week
for NFP awareness is because today, July 25th, is the 44th
anniversary of Humanae Vitae which articulates Catholic beliefs about
sexuality. Also, tomorrow,
July 26th, is the memorial of Saint
Joachim and Saint Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary. So, if you have
time take a look at some of these articles and also thank God for the gift of
human life.
Throughout the year the United States Catholic Council of
Bishops (USCCB) has certain awareness weeks (by the way the USCCB is not just
made up of Bishops, but is made up of many priests, religious, and mostly lay
people who work on the staff). Anyways, some weeks it is vocation awareness
week or Catholic Schools week, etc. Well, this week it is Natural Family Planning Awareness week. Maybe you are aware of
this because there were some articles in the Catholic Spirit about it, but
chances are you read about it and didn’t think much about it. However, when I
was reading the Catholic Spirit I was very impressed with an article written by
Stacia Poeschl about her and her husband’s experience with practicing NFP. I
will not go into the details of the story, but it is definitely worth a read
and you can find it right here. The USCCB also has some testimonials from
couples about their experience with NFP, and you can find them here. 
In all of
these stories the thing that seems to be the main message is how NFP has helped
the couples fall even more in love with each other, and also how it is not a
burden, but rather a gift for their marriage. The reason why this is the week
for NFP awareness is because today, July 25th, is the 44th
anniversary of Humanae Vitae which articulates Catholic beliefs about
sexuality. Also, tomorrow,
July 26th, is the memorial of Saint
Joachim and Saint Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary. So, if you have
time take a look at some of these articles and also thank God for the gift of
human life.
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