Natural Family Planning (NFP) provides a medically safe, healthy, and very low cost method for planning your family.  It is proven to be 99% effective in postponing pregnancy and is 100% natural and safe from health risks or harmful side effects.  It is also very effective for couples having a hard time achieving pregnancy.  All religious bodies including the Catholic church accept the use of NFP by married couples.  Couples that use this method of family planning have been statistically shown to have a divorce rate of less than 5%.

Introduction to Natural Family Planning Classes (Sympto-Thermal Method as taught by the Couple to Couple League)
These are one hour sessions that fulfill the requirement for couples preparing for marriage at St. John Church.
Held in Room 203A & B at St. John Family Center
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

• Sunday, September 28, 2008
• Sunday, February 8, 2009
• Sunday, April 19, 2008
• Sunday, September 20, 2009

For more indepth study, go to the Couple to Couple Leage website www.ccli.org. for a Home Study course.   

The Couple to Couple League
The Couple to Couple League International, Inc. is a nonprofit organization founded in 1971 to provide quality Natural Family Planning services throughout the world in order to strengthen the family, the basic unit of society. 

The instructors teach as volunteers and receive no compensation for the courses.  The cost for the class covers the materials for the course and a 1 year membership to the CCL Family Foundations Newsletter.

For More Information
Please contact the Parish Office at 653-2377

• For more information on NFP check out the website, www.ccli.org 
• For a free CD about NFP entitled Marriage and the Eucharist, go to the Mary Foundation website, www.catholicity.org
• For another excellent free CD entitled Contraception, Why Not?  go to OMsoul.com or contact Frank and Lisa Kudwa at 810-653-8303