NFP Archives

Serving the Church, Impacting Others

By Savanna Duca for Family Foundations magazine. If Crystal Wen wasn’t an eye doctor, she’d be an OB-GYN. An optometry professor in awe of human creation, she realized early on that teaching Natural Family Planning (NFP) was a way she’d love to strengthen her marriage and serve the Church. Her husband Matthew agreed wholeheartedly. “We…

Finally…It’s “Go Time!” for CCL New Projects

By Katie Zulanas, CCL Executive Director. Originally published in Family Foundations. I have been looking forward to shouting “It’s Go Time!” for months now — and I can hardly believe we are finally here! We have not one, but TWO new products to help us share the gift of Humanae Vitae.“ I have chosen you…

“Promote CCL” October 2023 Round-Up

October was the month our TC’s and Promoters let us know about their work in their local Dioceses! Amazingly, not only do they promote, offer their usual NFP courses live and online, and lead hundreds of chart reviews for their students, but they also manage to make themselves available for presentations and various events where they…

Discerning in Love and Generosity

By S. J. Duca. Originally published in Family Foundations. Discerning responsible parenting starts with prayer, but practical steps are handy too. Gabi and Marshall Boyland, an NFP teaching couple in Boise, Idaho, have a plethora of tips. The couple fell in love during college at Montana State University. While Gabi was initially skeptical about NFP,…

A Lesson in Not Thinking Small

By S. J. Duca. Originally published in Family Foundations. You’re more likely to find Krista and Jake Lasko hiking, teaching, or mentoring than watching the newest Mission: Impossible movie this summer. The couple share a contagious enthusiasm for the real— being active and fully present to each other and their community. In rural western Colorado,…

Sharing NFP for 43 years – and Counting

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…

“Promote CCL” September 2023 Round-Up

It is amazing how the actions of just one person can be the catalyst to something even bigger. A CCL TC sent an email to her diocese to have them forward on to all parish secretaries, and one secretary emailed the TC back to express her support of NFP. The secretary then personally reached out…

Dads, Daughters and NFP

Written by Jim Volpe. Originally published in Family Foundations. My dad has two sons, so I always had first-hand experience being a father to boys. When my first daughter was born, I wasn’t sure I knew what to do. I was still figuring out women at the time, having only been married 3 years, but…

Getting the Word Out About NFP

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…

Co-Creation With God

Growing up, I would often ask my mom to “Just tell me what you want me to do, and I’ll do it.” She would remind me, instead, that she wanted me to look around and see what needed to be done and who needed a hand. I wanted a checklist; she wanted me to develop…