Pro-Life

Several decades ago, Clarence Vetter’s brother, a priest, approached Clarence and Betty with the news that NFP classes were coming to their area. Betty was pregnant with their second child when the couple was trained in CCL’s Sympto-Thermal method. They started charting postpartum and the rest is history. A nun later approached the couple, asking…

Chris and Carrie Borgerding from the Diocese of Atlanta recently participated in their annual Parish Ministry Fair. The couple had a table in the parish hall with about 80 other ministries. They stayed before and after each of the three weekend Masses to answer questions and give information about CCL and its offerings. Carrie believes…

Stacey Nagle, in the Diocese of Denver, CO, had the opportunity to share about CCL and NFP with a new local physician. This NaPro trained physician recently opened her own practice and began reaching out to parishes in the area to announce her business.  Adrian and Stacey Nagle’s pastor received the information and passed it…

Jennifer and Ivan D’Souza recently met with their Diocesan family life representative. Vincent Reilly is the new Faith, Family, and Discipleship Managing Director in the Diocese of Greensburg, PA. Prior to their meeting, Vincent had already spoken with a local CCL teacher and had reached out to the CCL Parish Rep. He was eager to…

Kelly and Annette Righetti of the Diocese of Santa Rosa in California spent some time reaching out to both the English and Spanish speaking communities of their parish. The weekend of July 1st and 2nd, the Righettis set up a bilingual NFP display at Saint Eugene Cathedral was the bilingual NFP display before and after…

Ronald and Andrea Gronsky of the Diocese of Oakland, CA gave a one-hour NFP presentation to their parish RCIA class via zoom in March. Their presentation included a screen-sharing program that Ron put together and had a Q&A session. The presentation was very well received by the candidates, and they each asked questions or gave…

Jennifer and Ivan D’Souza used their imagination and a host of resources when creating their NFP promotion displays. Jennifer said the indoor display was from a “CCL/NFP/Theology of the Body table my husband and I presented at our Diocesan Catholic Women’s Conference. The table was a great success in terms of the interest it generated.…

Promoters Sandy Kubacki and Colleen Karwisch, from Ohio, have been working together for years to make sure all the parish bulletins in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati are covered with NFP announcements. Through their teamwork, they can keep all the parishes, contacts, and bulletin schedules organized. Colleen shared how she and Sandy started small but easily…

Seth & Elizabeth Timpe of Colorado, USA, successfully combine the roles of CCL Teaching Couple and Promoters by keeping both in mind as they go about their ministry of spreading the good news about Natural Family Planning. “Part of something my husband and I do is always give the NFP presentation at the local Marriage…