Diocesan Resources
Responding to Humanae vitae's call to minister to married couples: The Diocese of Phoenix (2017)
Responding to Humanae vitae's call to minister to married couples: The Diocese of Phoenix, History of the NFP Center, 1974-2005 by Peggy Frei, RN
The Holy Spirit must have been hovering over St. Francis Xavier Church in the Fall of 1974. It was then that many parishioners and patients had begun to ask Dr. Sam De Francesco about natural, Church-approved methods of family planning. Generously responding to their requests, “Dr. D.” started the Phoenix Natural Family Planning Center (PNFPC) by instructing clients in monthly lectures at St. Joseph’s Hospital. In many ways, Dr. D. personally responded to Paul VI’s appeal to “men of science” to help married couples live God’s plan for their marriages!