March 2025 - Natural Family Planning | Fertility Awareness

Life Lessons From The Last Supper

The Last Supper, by Leonardo Da Vinci, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy Isn’t it is beautiful how, when you least expect it, an image can set off a train of thought you never anticipated? Not long ago, while in adoration in my parish church, St. Mary of the Assumption, an altar carving I have looked…

Love Resides in Truth

I love how good children’s literature can reveal such profound truths about the human person and how we ought to live. Stories such as The Three Little Pigs, The Tortoise and the Hare, and The Midas Touch illustrate the values of hard work, persistence, and generosity. These are lessons that we, adults, ought to keep…

Sharing the Blessings

“We joke our relationship started over a bad beer,” shared Jess about her first date, at a Texas pizza joint, with now-husband Sam. “I was nervous when we ordered drinks and panic-ordered a beer I wasn’t familiar with. Sam could tell I wasn’t enjoying it and switched beers with me.” Jess and Sam are physical…

Lenten Stations to Begin Again

We find ourselves in Lent once more. It is a time to pause and to begin again. Saint Francis de Sales once said: “It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.” His wise words provide…

A Newlywed Story

On October 12, 2024, McKenna and John Lunger danced the last slow dance of their wedding to “Forever” by Noah Kahan. “Our close friends and family joined in,” they said. “We both knew how special the day was. We got to look around and see how happy everyone was, dancing and feeling the intimacy of…

Healthy Fasting Tips for Lent

NFPers are no strangers to the idea of abstinence, healthy fasting and self-control. Lent is a beautiful liturgical season. The entire Church joins together in self-denial in a focused way. We, seasoned NFP veterans, can be something of an example for those to whom such practices are less familiar. Just as NFP worth doing is…

Sharing in God’s Grace

Mark and Colleen Pressprich, married for eleven years, live in Michigan with their five children. Mark is a practicing urologist and Colleen is a homeschool mom and Catholic children’s book author. They have been a Couple to Couple League NFP teaching couple since 2013. The Pressprich’s talk with Celine about cycle tracking, increased communication, and…