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Natural Family Planning Awareness Week

July 19-25, 2009

NFP Week Parish Resources

Parish Planning Packet

Homily/Liturgy Notes

Prayers & Petitions

Bulletin Blurbs

Bulletin Inserts:

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Married Love & The Gift of Life

Q&A format, the bishops explain Church teachings on conjugal love and responsible parenthood and the methods of natural family planning, which support these teachings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Natural Family Planning:

Key to Intimacy

In this Catholic Update we’ll explain just what NFP is, and why the Church embraces it.

Natural Family Planning Awareness Week is a national educational campaign.

The Natural Family Planning Program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops develops a poster each year with basic supportive materials. It is the individual dioceses however, that offer a variety of educational formats in the local church to focus attention on Natural Family Planning methods and Church teachings which support their use in marriage.
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.

 

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Family Planning & Humanae Vitae!

 

 

 

 

Parish Planning Ideas

Important Church Documents

Contraception and the Regulation of Birth

Humanae Vitae

 

Other NFP Related Articles

Natural Family Planning and Self Mastery

Answering Four Common Questions

Mythbusters: The Skinny on NFP

Discerning Family Size

Humanae Vitae, Frequently Asked Questions

Practice Saved Sex

What is NFP?

A Boost for NFP

 

Parish & Family Prayers

Litany to Mary Mother  of Life in English or Spanish

Annunciation Novena

Saints Anne & Joachim in English or Spanish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the following links for additional tools to bring NFP to your parish!

 

 

Host an NFP Session by contacting your local provider

 

 

Plan a Parish Event

Invite a speaker feature a great presentation or powerful testimony or plan a date night for couples:

 

 

A Night at the Movies for Parish Couples

Featuring ~ FIREPROOF: The Movie with a Marriage Message

What happens to a marriage when the passion starts to fade? Or when the spouses turn to a friendly co-worker and internet pornography to fill in the gaps?
A new movie, FIREPROOF, explores these questions through the story of firefighter Caleb Holt and his wife Catherine. As the couple moves towards divorce, Caleb’s father challenges him to undertake a 40-day experiment called “The Love Dare.” Will Caleb’s efforts to re-kindle his marriage succeed?
 

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Have a Parish Family Night

Have a Family Night at the parish. Show a good family movie and provide popcorn and snacks—it’s easy to put on and truly fun for families to attend!
For extensive movie listings, reviews and ideas, visit the USCCB, Office for Film and Broadcasting, which is responsible for reviewing and rating theatrical motion pictures, previewing and evaluating television programming as well as providing the Catholic public with information about the role of the entertainment and news media in influencing societal and personal values:
www.usccb.org/movies
 

 

Start a Study Group

 

 

Bring All In God's Plan to your Parish!