Posts Tagged ‘Humanae Vitae’
United in Prayer: 54-Day Rosary Novena
This June, Couple to Couple League invites all CCL staff, students, volunteers, benefactors, and friends to join together in prayer as we celebrate 55 years of teaching God’s plan for marriage and family life. Beginning June 1 at 12:15 pm ET, we will pray a 54-day Rosary Novena LIVE online, leading up to our anniversary…
Read MoreMyParishNFP.org: A Trusted Resource for Parishes and Clergy
Why should parishes actively promote Natural Family Planning today? The call to promote Natural Family Planning (NFP) is not new. In Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI urged bishops and pastors to make the holiness of marriage and responsible parenthood “one of your most urgent responsibilities at the present time” (HV, 30). Parishes are often the…
Read MoreTheology of the Body Questions & Answers (Part 3)
There are many misconceptions about what the Catholic Church teaches regarding marriage, sexuality, and responsible parenthood. Theology of the Body offers a deeper vision—one that reveals the dignity of the human person, the meaning of the body, and God’s design for love within marriage. This teaching helps us understand not only what the Church teaches,…
Read MoreTheology of the Body Questions & Answers (Part 2)
There are many misconceptions about what the Catholic Church teaches regarding marriage, sexuality, and responsible parenthood. Theology of the Body offers a deeper vision—one that reveals the dignity of the human person, the meaning of the body, and God’s design for love within marriage. This teaching helps us understand not only what the Church teaches,…
Read MoreTheology of the Body: A Vision of Love & Marriage
When people first encounter Natural Family Planning, they often assume it is primarily about charts, cycles, or methods. But at its heart NFP is rooted in something much deeper: a vision of the human person, marriage, and love that the Church calls Theology of the Body. Theology of the Body (often abbreviated TOB) is not…
Read MoreTheology of the Body Questions & Answers (Part 1)
There are many misconceptions about what the Catholic Church teaches regarding marriage, sexuality, and responsible parenthood. Theology of the Body offers a deeper vision—one that reveals the dignity of the human person, the meaning of the body, and God’s design for love within marriage. This teaching helps us understand not only what the Church teaches,…
Read MoreLenten 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…
Read MoreCreating New Pathways
I remember when I saw that 0.4°F rise in temperature on my first chart. Suddenly, Humanae Vitae became very personal. It applied to me. It applied to us. Also, it communicated that I was wonderfully made—according to God’s design. My husband and I were part of a bigger design. Wow. That personal experience – although…
Read MoreFinding Strength in My Perfectly Imperfect Witness
My husband and I just finished teaching another marriage-preparation course yesterday. Every month for the past two years we’ve had the opportunity to witness and talk to young couples about sex and natural family planning. There’s nothing like 40 pairs of eyes staring straight back at you with the look of, “You guys are out-of-your-mind…
Read More50 Reasons to Read Humanae Vitae
From the Blog Archives – in celebration of the Anniversary of Humanae Vitae We just celebrated the 55th anniversary of one of the most ground-shaking, pot-stirring, life-giving documents the Church has released in recent history. In 31 short paragraphs, Saint Pope Paul VI defended the Church’s unchangeable teaching on contraception and laid the groundwork that…
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