Family Foundations
Evangelizing with NFP and the Gospel of Life
Written by Anne Marie Stroud. Originally published in Family Foundations. Having initially come from two different faith backgrounds, Brendan and Heather Murphy found the Catholic Church teachings on NFP were an ecumenical foundation that brought them closer together. It was through the loving evangelization of an NFP instructor that they came to embrace the teaching…
Read MoreNFP as a Husband and Programmer
Written by Jim Volpe. Originally published in Family Foundations. As the husband, the documentation aspects of NFP have always fallen to me to handle. Whether it was a book of charts, or a pencil and the back of an envelope, or software that was installed from a CD, or an app in my pocket, recording…
Read More5 Resources for Newlyweds
Written by Sharon Drees. Originally published in Family Foundations. My husband, Brian and I have been married for sixteen years. While the early days of our marriage were mostly “roses and lilacs” as we say in our family when referring to the ideal state of life, it didn’t take long before we realized that “happily…
Read MoreTruly Living the NFP Lifestyle
Written by Anne Marie Stroud. Originally published in Family Foundations. NFP is always countercultural, but today’s young married couples face pressures from media, friends, and even family to contracept and close the door to life. There’s definitely a gap that needs to be filled in showing newlyweds the goodness of self-gift through NFP and openness…
Read MoreA New Path – Tools of the New Apostolic Age
Written by Katie Zulanas. Originally published in Family Foundations. We’ve pondered before the beautiful picture of the resurrected Lord as a gardener waiting for Mary Magdalene to recognize Him. He is holding a spade—a tool for working. This past year has been a labor of love updating our CycleProGo app to be reintroduced as the…
Read MoreCCL’s Latest in NFP Charting
Written by Mike Manhart. Originally published in Family Foundations in 2023. As you read this, Peak Day – CCL’s newest version of our mobile charting tool – is available. This represents the latest iteration of CCL’s long-time effort to make charting easy and available to all. In the 1970’s CCL charts were all paper, then,…
Read MoreSacrifice, Lent and Practicing NFP
Written by Katie Zulanas As we enter into Lenten season 2023, I have been meditating on many Saints who remind us that Lent is a chance to “begin again.” With prayer and fasting, our 40 days can give us a time and a place to invite Christ into our hearts in a way more fruitful…
Read MoreBeginning Again This Lent
Written by Katie Zulanas We invite you to join us in our meditations of the stations with thoughts from the saints. Our overall theme this year and this Lent will be “Begin Again,” inspired by Saint Francis de Sales who tells us: “It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no…
Read MoreSurprising Opportunity to Witness
Written by Amanda Rohwedder. Originally published in Family Foundations in 2021. Food is a connector. God could have chosen anything to provide us nourishment and He chose food and the meal. After the experience of solitude during the pandemic, many of us longed to simply share a meal with family and friends . Now, with…
Read MoreMay Your Legacy Give Glory to God
Written by Jason Staas. Originally published in Family Foundations in 2022. Considering the lives of the Saints, it is easy to get caught up in the legacy of their thoughts, words, and deeds. For example, the heroic act of virtue of St. Gianna Molla in choosing the life of her daughter over her own, or…
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