What Is Natural Family Planning? Is a complete overview of modern Natural Family Planning, describing methods of NFP, its advantages, potential problems with other forms of family planning, and resources for NFP training.

When a couple realizes that contraception is a bad choice, what can they do next? Patty Schneier faced this crisis, and shares her hard-earned wisdom.

Here is everything you wanted to tell your married child, and everything you wish your parents had told you about marriage. First Comes Love is a collection of the very best the Church has to offer to help couples have long and very happy marriages. Drawing from Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, Christopher West, Emily Sederstrand, Steve Wood, St John Chrysostom, and many others, this publication offers articles, quotes, personal testimonies, graphs, prayers, and recommendations. Subjects include finding the right mate, the blessings of children, the value of Natural Family Planning, how chastity works inside of marriage, and infertility; everything a young couple needs to get their marriage onto a solid foundation.

In The Gospel of Life, Pope John Paul II presents a detailed “blueprint” for building the Civilization of Love, which is the only effective way to overcome the Culture of Death. He explains how to replace a culture of using people with a culture based on love, and points out that contraception and abortion are fruits from the same tree.

One More Soul’s English Pamphlet Packet contains one each of the pamphlets published by One More Soul and other company’s on topics such as contraception, natural family planning, breast cancer, chastity, and abortion a total of 45. A great way to find radically pro-life resources for your ministry. A $15.30 value.

Within the Theology of the Body, John Paul II composed wonderful teachings on the Song of Songs and on the story of Sarah and Tobias from the book of Tobit. In this book Christopher West takes these treasures and embeds them in stories of people he has known who received healing for their distorted sexual values. This is the best book on sexuality I have ever read.

Why Use Natural Family Planning, taken from the book Called to Give Life, systematically presents the good consequences for couples using NFP.

The use of contraception creates multi-faceted problems from physical, emotional, spiritual harm to familiar and social distress. We pray for healing of the pain suffered by real people and the healing in every area to transform our society. We want to promote the civilization of love, one life at a time and build a culture of life.

In accord with the Code of Canon Law, I hereby grant the Nihil Obstat for the Novena Prayer “Novena for Healing from Contraception.”

Reverend Steve J. Angi
Vicar General
Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio

May 3, 2023

The Imprimatur (“Permission to Publish”) is a declaration that a book or pamphlet is considered to be free of doctrinal or moral error. It is not implied that those who have granted the Imprimatur agree with the contents, opinions or statements expressed.

In “Prove it God” Patty Schneier speaks as a Catholic woman and mother in our modern times. She tells her personal story of how God worked in her heart to turn her away from contraception and toward Natural Family Planning.

Based on Proverbs 31, Beloved and Blessed gives more tools for building marriages. Includes “developing intimacy” and “responsible parenthood”, with discussion questions for married couples or group reflection.

This novel tells the intertwining stories of the lives of Emily Greer and her great-grandmother Katherine. Well-written and hard to put down. it is about the love of husbands and wives, the love of parents for their children, and the agonizing moral choices we sometimes face. It is also about real people—not perfect people but ones who are trying—and about being witnesses to a culture of life in a world shadowed by the culture of death.

In Family Planning Choices five couples tell why they rejected contraception, switched to Natural Family Planning, and how their lives were blessed.

Fertility Cycles and Nutrition explains how nutritional supplements and basic dieting practices can help with health concerns such as regulating menstrual cycles, fertility problems, PMS, and many others.

A physician shares about God’s plan for sex and marriage, giving basic principles on how couples can love each other freely, faithfully, openly, and generously, resulting in great and lasting joy.

Really satisfying sex only happens when two people love each other in ALL areas of their lives and not just in bed. This book offers wonderful tools to help a couple achieve what the author calls “infallible loving,” and the tremendous benefits of married love as it was meant to be.

Video: A great intro to Natural Family Planning. It includes medical background from two doctors, spiritual background from a priest, and a lot of helpful info and encouragement from NFP users.

Love and Fertility is an illustrated how-to manual of the Ovulation Method of natural family planning, complete with charts & stickers. The female fertility cycle is compared to the plant growth cycle, and simple, direct instructions are given for achieving or postponing pregnancy.

Statement the bishops of the United States on marriage, responsible parenthood, and the methods of Natural Family Planning.

The One More Soul Booklet Packet contains one each of the booklets published by One More Soul covering topics such as contraception, breast cancer, teen abstinence, and Natural Family Planning. This is a great way to learn radical pro-life strategy. A $15.45 value. 1. Breast Cancer, Abortion and the Pill 2. The Christian View of Sex: A Time For Apologetics, Not Apology 3. Discerning Just and Serious Reasons for Postponing Pregnancy 4. How The Pill & Other Contraceptives Work 5. Of Human Life 6. Sensible Sex 7. Teaching Fertility Awareness class materials 8. Why is Contraception Immoral? 9. How Faith Communities Can Create an NFP Culture 10. Parish Talk on Contraception 11. Civilization of Love Tools 12. Postfertilization Effects of Oral Contraceptives and Their Relationship to Informed Consent.

A Catholic wife and mother describes the wonderful outcomes when she switched from “picking and choosing” among the Church’s teachings to wholehearted acceptance. She also gives practical pointers for helping other people in her situation.

A series of articles published by Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix, encouraging his priests and married couples to enthusiastically accept and promote Natural Family Planning, and to understand and reject the evil of contraception. This is a great read for any pro-family warrior who needs a little encouragement. (Don’t we all!) It also clearly and forcefully lays out just why and how we need to spread the Church’s life-giving teaching about family life. For decades Contraception has been a powerfully divisive issue for the Catholic Church. Bishop Olmsted sheds light on this difficult topic from his wide pastoral experience, from theology, and from history. He urges married couples and pastors to courageously embrace the Church’s wisdom about sexuality.

A set of 16 charts in a handy booklet form. These charts are recommended for use with The Art of Natural Family Planning Student Guide.

An excellent short summary of the Billings Method of Natural Family Planning, describing the basics of the method and the advantages it has, particularly in comparison to contraception.

What Catholics Should Know About NFP contains information on Natural Family Planning in clear, concise form, using an attractive mix of text and line drawings. It is particularly good at contrasting the benefit to a marriage from NFP with the problems caused by contraception.

Practically speaking, widespread use of contraception has led directly to massive increases of divorce and abortion. Personal union and yearning for fertility are written physically into the structure of sexual relations, and shutting down one of these aspects hurts the whole relationship.There are practical, workable steps we can take to regain the overflowing life that God desires for us.

In this talk, Jason speaks to a group of engaged couples on the benefits of using chastity within marriage. Full of vital information, yet filled with characteristic humor, Jason’s talk will help every couple, whether newly engaged or already married. The use of Natural Family Planning (NFP) within marriage is beautifully discussed.

Radio talk show host Ed Horadko hosts a discussion with Fr. Habiger in which they compare the harms of contraception and the benefits of natural family planning for society and the family.