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23 Years of Teaching NFP

The Volpes in the Philadelphia suburbs have taught NFP for 23 of their 25 years of marriage, a statistic they can hardly believe. “It’s almost like I don’t need motivation,” says Jim. “The motivation is so inherent.” Jen learned about NFP when she converted from Methodist to Catholic in college. “My grandfather was a Methodist…

A Gift and a Mission

For Maria and Xavier Martinez, learning Natural Family Planning was more than discovering a method. It changed the way they understood marriage, deepened their appreciation for each other, and opened their hearts to a mission they now share with other couples. Maria and Xavier, who live in Minnesota and have two daughters, help with outreach…

Carrying the Mission Forward

When Regina and Alfred Nicolini became a certified Couple to Couple League Teaching Couple in 2025, they joined a tradition stretching back more than five decades. They are among CCL’s newest volunteers, teaching classes while raising a young daughter and balancing the demands of work, mission and family life. Yet in many ways, their story…

The Ripple Effects of NFP

Carlos and Victoria DeBayle are a testament to the fact that NFP has ripple effects into the rest of marriage and that it is a great tool for giving your marriage the best chance for success. When Carlos and Victoria met in a Catholic group in college, they didn’t hit it off. “I was very involved, he saw me…

The Fruit of a Yes

When Carmen and Alejandro learned NFP wasn’t a requirement for engaged couples in the archdiocese of Miami because there weren’t enough teaching couples, they signed up to become teachers themselves. “We prayed about it and said we could, so we did,” they said. “NFP is an important part of our faith that isn’t shared enough.…

The Hidden Fruits of Teaching NFP

To our past and present volunteers: thank you for 55 years of teaching and promoting NFP. Every class, presentation, or conversation you have about NFP is directly connected to God’s plan and purpose for marriage. This connection brings about the fruits of communication and cooperation as couples come to understand fertility as a shared responsibility…

Being Pro-Life & NFP

Brenda and Gregg grew up in faithful Catholic homes and heard of NFP early on. Learning the nuts and bolts of it expanded their understanding of being pro-life. The couple’s main concern before taking an NFP class was efficacy. “A lot of these families that practice NFP have a lot of children,” they remember thinking. They add, “But as you…

Growing in Faith and Trust through NFP

Through Natural Family Planning, Joe and Lori grew in their faith and trust in God. Their understanding of what it means to be pro-life grew alongside that trust and they have built their family of seven from that foundation. The Trechters Like many couples, Joe and Lori Trechter grew into understanding what “pro-life” means. When…

Sweet Surrender

Just the other day my daughters and I were chatting in the kitchen. As it often does, the conversation can ebb and flow as we prepare food or work on projects. On this day the topic shifted to their birth stories, and they listened attentively to the unique details of each of their arrivals into…

An Ongoing Conversion of Heart

When Al and Beth Budelier met at a Lenten noon Mass nearly 20 years ago, they had no idea how profoundly God would use that moment to shape their lives. What began as a simple encounter soon unfolded into a story of ongoing conversion—conversion to one another in marriage, to deeper trust in God’s plan,…