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One of the goals that Bishop Olmsted expressed when he first came to Phoenix was to have NFP couple representatives in each parish to assist pastors in promoting NFP and to be NFP liaisons for the laity.. Read more »
Office of NFP will host Education Phase I Creighton Model Fertility Care Practitioner (Teacher) Training Program
Co-Sponsors: Dr. Deidre Wilson, D.O, NFPMC and Dr. Clinton Leonard, Ob/Gyn
Oct 22-23, 25-30, 2010
9am-6pm
Diocesan Pastoral Center
Room 157
400 E. Monroe St
Phoenix, AZ 85004. Read more »
In November, 2009 three major health stories appeared in the Washington press in less than two weeks that were an occasion to pause and reflect.. Read more »
Deidre Wilson D.O. will present an informative lecture on Natural Procreative Technology (NaPro). Read more »
Repairing Same-Sex Attraction. Read more »
U.N. Links Population Control and Climate Change. Read more »
Would you like to help answer Bishop Thomas Olmsted’s call to provide all couples marrying in the Diocese of Phoenix with a full course in Natural Family Planning?
Can you commit to a 12 week course of study, either on-line or in the classroom, and to teach approximately 3 full courses per year?
Would you prayerfully consider training to become a certified Sympto-Thermal NFP instructor?. Read more »
How Cohabitation Is a Sin Against Social Justice. Read more »
AIDS and Condoms: The Science. Read more »
Despite the best intentions and actions of a husband and wife, sometimes they are unable to conceive on their own and need some assistance.. Read more »
Across the country, young Catholic men are responding to that challenge by forming purity groups to offer prayer, support and fellowship. Read more »
In the past 40 years, breast cancer rates have increased steadily, especially among younger women in more developed countries.. Read more »
Following the public debate on "emergency contraceptives" (ECs) is bound to be confusing.. Read more »
Emergency Contraception Fails to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion. Read more »
Books and web sites.. Read more »
Naprotechnology is proving to be very effective in treating couples with infertility.. Read more »
Effectiveness Study on Two Internet-Based Natural Family Planning Methods. Read more »
Diocesan Pastoral Center: 400 E. Moroe St
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Register On-line
Natural Family Planning is safe, healthy, effective and environmentally friendly.. Read more »
GENEROUS & RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD. Read more »
A Conference to Honor the 40th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae, Friday, was held November 7 and Saturday, November 8 , 2008.
This is a conversion story. My wife and I are converts from an offshoot of Catholic Christianity called Fuddledom.. Read more »
In IVF, children are engendered through a technical process, subjected to "quality control," and eliminated if found "defective.". Read more »
Technologies Compatible with Catholic Teachings, Reproductive Technologies under Discussion (neither "approved" nor "disapproved"), and Reproductive Technologies in Disagreement with Catholic Teachings.. Read more »
That Humanae Vitae and related Catholic teachings about sexual morality are laughingstocks in all the best places is not exactly news. Even in the benighted precincts of believers, where information from the outside world is known to travel exceedingly slowly, everybody grasps that this is one doctrine the world loves to hate.. Read more »
I am a journalist and a convert. That sounds like an oxymoron.. Read more »
My experience of marital sexuality has been a mixture of pain and redemption. The pain comes, in part, from the natural struggle of two lovers to “tune in” to each other’s needs. It also comes from my own immaturity and some unrealistic expectations.. Read more »
One of the many blessings of the prophetic encyclical of Pope Paul VI, HUMANAE VITAE, was its call for new research to provide couples with improved methods of family planning that are natural, healthy and good (ethically and spiritually).. Read more »
Even today, there are a lot of misunderstandings and myths about modern natural family planning methods. In this article, we identify the top 10 myths and tell you their realities.. Read more »
Natural Family Planning (NFP) is an umbrella term for certain methods used to achieve and avoid pregnancies. These methods are based on observation of the naturally occurring signs and symptoms of the fertile and infertile phases of a woman's menstrual cycle.. Read more »