God designed marriage as an "intimate partnership of life and love". In God's design, marriage is a unique union of one man with one woman "for the whole of life". Marriage is oriented to the good of the spouses and to the creation and nurture of new human life. Making decisions therefore, about when and how many children to have in marriage is a sacred responsibility that God has entrusted to husband and wife. This is the foundation of what the Church calls, "Responsible Parenthood" -- the call to discern God's will for your marriage while respecting His design for life and love.

The Catholic Church supports the methods of Natural Family Planning (NFP) because they respect God's design for married love. In fact, NFP represents the only authentic approach to family planning available to husbands and wives because these methods can be used to both attempt or avoid pregnancy. (From the US Conference of Catholic Bishops website)

The Natural Family Planning program is for single and married couples who have concerns about reproductive issues.  This is an opportunity to learn about the dangers of contraception and also the natural, effective, medical and moral alternative to planning your family.

Please contact Hannah Parent at [email protected] for more information.