On this page you can find different resources like handouts, links, articles. You can also check more media resources on our video webpage.
Handouts
Natural Family Planning (NFP) Methods vs. Contraception Handout
This Handout (Natural Family Planning NFP Methods vs. Contraception) is one of the NFP resources available through the Archdiocese of Saint Louis Office of Natural Family Planning. You can find the references for this handout on the second page of the file here.
You can check here other great NFP resources made available through the Saint Louis Natural Family Planning Office.
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NaProTECHNOLOGY versus Artificial Reproductive Techniques
Check out here this effectiveness summary of NaPro (Natural Procreative) Technology versus ART
Infertility & Miscarriage Resources
- Click here to check the Springs in the Desert ministry that accompanies those struggling with infertility by offering a place of respite and solidarity where they can know God’s love for them and discover His unique call to fruitfulness.
- Click here to check The Fruitful Hollow, Catholic Infertility Resource
- Click here to check Sarah's Laughter ministry that offers faith-based Christian support to couples struggling with infertility or the death of a baby
- Click here to check this Catholic Miscarriage Support ministry that offers Practical and spiritual support for Catholics who have lost a child to miscarriage.
- Click here to check A Mom's Peace, a ministry for mothers of miscarried and stillborn souls providing immediate burial services, home support, acknowledgement of life and a remembrance program.
- Click here to check the Apostolate of Hannah's Tears, a faith-based support group for infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy and child loss.
Marriage Ministry Resources
. Click here to check resources from The Alexander House Apostolate that Offering Hope and Healing for Marriage & Relationships.
. Click here to connect with Melissa Tablada a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist.
. You can connect with Zelfa Harb, a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in North Carolina via email. [email protected]
. Click here to connect with Melissa Tablada a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist.
. You can connect with Zelfa Harb, a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in North Carolina via email. [email protected]
Post Abortion Healing Ministries
There is healing and hope available for people suffering from past abortions and the pain and sorrow of abortion need not endure for a lifetime.
. Click here to connect with the Sisters of Life who will walk with you on a journey of healing (Toll free :1- 866.575.0075)
. Click here for Lumina: A Ray of Light In Abortion's Darkness (718 881-8008 or 877 586-4621)
. Click here to check Project Rachel Ministry (888-456-HOPE (4673))
. Click here to connect with the Sisters of Life who will walk with you on a journey of healing (Toll free :1- 866.575.0075)
. Click here for Lumina: A Ray of Light In Abortion's Darkness (718 881-8008 or 877 586-4621)
. Click here to check Project Rachel Ministry (888-456-HOPE (4673))
Articles
Article Why I’m One OB/GYN Who Is Not Prescribing the Birth Control Pill
An article about SPICE to strengthen marital bonding - SPICE UP your relationship
An article about SPICE to strengthen marital bonding - SPICE UP your relationship
Helpful Websites
- Click here to check the Home page of FertilityCare™ Centers of America (FCCA) where you can find national directory of fertilitycare affiliates (Practitioners and NaProTECHNOLOGY Medical Consultants).
- Click here to check the home page for the Pope Paul VI Institute. It contains information about education programs, events, NaProTECHNOLOGY, Creighton Model System, and more.
- Click here to check the home page for NaProTECHNOLOGY. Contains information about the new women's health science and about its foundation.
- Click here to check the home page of Creighton Model FertilityCare™ System.
- Click here to check the home page for the American Academy of FertilityCare™ Professionals.
- Click here to check the home page for the FertilityCare™ Centers of Europe
- Click here to check the home page for the FertilityCare™ Centers of Australia or Oceana near Australia
- Click here to check the Gianna Center for Women's Health & Fertility, an outreach of Catholic Health in NYS
- Click here to check the homepage for Gianna Center in Florida
- Click here for the website for the book "The NaProTechnology Revolution: Unleashing the Power in a Woman's Cycle", with internet appendix
- Click here to check the home page for Morning Star Family Health Center and iNEST research center in Clinton, NJ
- Click here to check the home page for The National Gianna Center for Women's Health and Fertility™
- Click here to check the website of Dr. Thomas W. Hilgers, the co-developer of the Creighton Model FertilityCare System, along with K. Diane Daly, RN, CFCE; Susan K. Hilgers, BA, CFCE; and Ann M. Prebil, RN, BSN, CFCE. His ongoing research with the Creighton Model enabled him to develop the new women’s health science of NaProTECHNOLOGY
Additional Resources for Clergy
Bulletin inserts
Life Affirming Women’s Healthcare
Are you still looking for real solutions to real problems like PMS, repetitive miscarriage, PCOS, hormonal problems, infertility etc...? Do you struggle with infertility and hope to achieve pregnancy in a natural and effective way? Come and learn about the CREIGHTON MODEL FertilityCare™ System and the reproductive science of NaProTECHNOLOGY®, a healthy alternative to IVF. Experience the Freedom of a True Diagnosis & a Natural & Cooperative Approach to Treatment With NaProTECHNOLOGY®. Check here for more information.
Marriage & Infertility
"We often assume parenthood happens easily after "I do," but for many married couples, it does not. If you experience difficulty bringing a child into your family, know that you are not alone. God is with you, and his Church desires to walk with you." For more information about real solutions offered to couples going through this distress, please click here.
Be Empowered!
Discover what every couple needs to know, and what every woman has a right to know. Attend an introductory session about the Creighton Model FertilityCare System. These sessions provide in-depth information on a scientifically based system that helps married couples mutually value, respect and understand their combined fertility by promoting shared responsibility and marital bonding; system that empowers women to manage PMS, Menopause, infertility, and other health problems through NaProTECHNOLOGY, a reproductive science. For more information, contact Marise Frangie 914-393-8907 or [email protected] or check www.cedaroflebanonfcc.com
There is alternative!
There is an alternative to artificial methods of birth control and artificial reproductive technologies. Learn about the Creighton Model FertilityCare System and NaProTechnology, a new reproductive science that is highly effective to achieve and avoid pregnancy, and offers couples who are experiencing infertility the hope of achieving pregnancy while following the teachings of the Church. Check out more here.
SPICE up your Marriage
Marriage is a roller-coaster, not a merry-go-round. It requires dedication, sacrifice, compromise and ongoing effort to make it a lifelong commitment. It is crucial to strengthen the marital bond between husband and wife to provide the best foundation for the family. To learn more about how you can enrich your marriage and add SPICE to it, click here.
More bulletin inserts can be accessed here
Are you still looking for real solutions to real problems like PMS, repetitive miscarriage, PCOS, hormonal problems, infertility etc...? Do you struggle with infertility and hope to achieve pregnancy in a natural and effective way? Come and learn about the CREIGHTON MODEL FertilityCare™ System and the reproductive science of NaProTECHNOLOGY®, a healthy alternative to IVF. Experience the Freedom of a True Diagnosis & a Natural & Cooperative Approach to Treatment With NaProTECHNOLOGY®. Check here for more information.
Marriage & Infertility
"We often assume parenthood happens easily after "I do," but for many married couples, it does not. If you experience difficulty bringing a child into your family, know that you are not alone. God is with you, and his Church desires to walk with you." For more information about real solutions offered to couples going through this distress, please click here.
Be Empowered!
Discover what every couple needs to know, and what every woman has a right to know. Attend an introductory session about the Creighton Model FertilityCare System. These sessions provide in-depth information on a scientifically based system that helps married couples mutually value, respect and understand their combined fertility by promoting shared responsibility and marital bonding; system that empowers women to manage PMS, Menopause, infertility, and other health problems through NaProTECHNOLOGY, a reproductive science. For more information, contact Marise Frangie 914-393-8907 or [email protected] or check www.cedaroflebanonfcc.com
There is alternative!
There is an alternative to artificial methods of birth control and artificial reproductive technologies. Learn about the Creighton Model FertilityCare System and NaProTechnology, a new reproductive science that is highly effective to achieve and avoid pregnancy, and offers couples who are experiencing infertility the hope of achieving pregnancy while following the teachings of the Church. Check out more here.
SPICE up your Marriage
Marriage is a roller-coaster, not a merry-go-round. It requires dedication, sacrifice, compromise and ongoing effort to make it a lifelong commitment. It is crucial to strengthen the marital bond between husband and wife to provide the best foundation for the family. To learn more about how you can enrich your marriage and add SPICE to it, click here.
More bulletin inserts can be accessed here
A Preachable Message Book
§ A Preachable Message is designed to help clergy preach about the sometimes difficult topic of natural family planning. This book features an introduction by Cardinal Timothy Dolan and offers ideas from bishops and priests throughout the US, Canada and Mexico. For additional information, please check here.
The first part of this book contains interviews with priests who do preach on NFP and who want to reassure their fellow clergy that these fears are unfounded. In general, the message of NFP is well-received and bears fruit in happier marriages.
As Archbishop Charles Chaput shares, “They will find that the Lord gives them the strength to communicate this teaching in the right way, to speak it clearly. And I believe they will be astonished at the response that such preaching generates in the lives of the faithful.” Priests shouldn’t worry that if they preach this message that they will lose people. Instead they should worry that “if priests don’t preach the Church’s message about contraception, heaven loses people. . . . Should we stop teaching the truth because it is difficult? Of course not.”
§ The Saint Louis NFP Office has lot of clergy resources available on their website. You can click here to check it.
§ The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has new resources for clergy. To view their website, you can click here.
§ The Pope Paul VI Institute in Omaha, Nebraska offers every year their Love and Life Unlimited conference to ponder, promote, proclaim the Catholic vision of reproduction health care. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or call (402) 390-9168
To get more information about the Creighton Model System, NaProTECHNOLOGY and its developer Dr Hilgers, you can check the website of the Pope Paul VI Institute for The Study of Human Reproduction here
The first part of this book contains interviews with priests who do preach on NFP and who want to reassure their fellow clergy that these fears are unfounded. In general, the message of NFP is well-received and bears fruit in happier marriages.
As Archbishop Charles Chaput shares, “They will find that the Lord gives them the strength to communicate this teaching in the right way, to speak it clearly. And I believe they will be astonished at the response that such preaching generates in the lives of the faithful.” Priests shouldn’t worry that if they preach this message that they will lose people. Instead they should worry that “if priests don’t preach the Church’s message about contraception, heaven loses people. . . . Should we stop teaching the truth because it is difficult? Of course not.”
§ The Saint Louis NFP Office has lot of clergy resources available on their website. You can click here to check it.
§ The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has new resources for clergy. To view their website, you can click here.
§ The Pope Paul VI Institute in Omaha, Nebraska offers every year their Love and Life Unlimited conference to ponder, promote, proclaim the Catholic vision of reproduction health care. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or call (402) 390-9168
To get more information about the Creighton Model System, NaProTECHNOLOGY and its developer Dr Hilgers, you can check the website of the Pope Paul VI Institute for The Study of Human Reproduction here
Humanae Vitae 50 Years Later: History of Dissent and Defense
Janet Smith, Ph.D., a seminary professor and internationally-known author and speaker, provides important context for why Humanae Vitae is considered the most controversial, and one of the most important, encyclicals promulgated by the Church in modern times. She discusses how this document written by Blessed Pope Paul VI served to prophetically warn the world of the dire consequences associated with artificial contraception and faithfully witness to the beauty of God’s plan for sex within marriage. Click here to listen to part of it and order it.
Janet Smith, Ph.D., a seminary professor and internationally-known author and speaker, provides important context for why Humanae Vitae is considered the most controversial, and one of the most important, encyclicals promulgated by the Church in modern times. She discusses how this document written by Blessed Pope Paul VI served to prophetically warn the world of the dire consequences associated with artificial contraception and faithfully witness to the beauty of God’s plan for sex within marriage. Click here to listen to part of it and order it.