NFP National 2010 Profile Report

Diocesan Natural Family Planning Ministry National 2010 Profile Report with an Overview of Data from 2000-2009 

In January 2011, 197 dioceses were invited to participate in the annual Diocesan Natural Family Planning Ministry National Profile (Profile) survey. Ninety dioceses returned the Profile questionnaire, which provides broad data trends from 2010 diocesan NFP program efforts. 

As in previous years, the following 2010 data indicates that NFP programs continue to fluctuate from robust to weak. There is no significant change from the composite trends from 2000-2009. The most dramatic improvements occur in individual diocesan NFP programs where the bishop provides visible public support (which includes funding) and spiritual encouragement to the NFP staff and their efforts.  

In 2010, the majority of dioceses include NFP in their marriage preparation guidelines (98%). Despite this good effort, in reality most newly married couples fail to take full advantage of Natural Family Planning in their conjugal life. This assumption is strongly suggested when the number of marriages in the Church (170,1721) are compared with the number of individuals (13,8322) that took a class/instruction in NFP.

2010-Diocesan-NFP-Profile-with-Appendix-2000-to-2009-report.pdf