July 21 - 27, 2024

Love Beyond Measure

Natural Family Planning

Supporting God's gifts of love and life in marriage

 


Message from Bishop Robert Barron
Chairman of the bishops' Committee
for Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth
 

 

Celebrate and reverence
God's vision of human sexuality

Natural Family Planning Awareness Week is a national educational campaign. The Natural Family Planning Program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops develops a poster each year with basic supportive materials. It is the individual dioceses, however, that offer a variety of educational formats in the local church to focus attention on Natural Family Planning methods and Church teachings that support their use in marriage.

The dates of Natural Family Planning Awareness Week highlight the anniversary of the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae (July 25) which articulates Catholic beliefs about human sexuality, conjugal love, and responsible parenthood. The dates also mark the feast of Saints Joachim and Anne (July 26), the parents of the Blessed Mother. Pope Francis has designated that feast as World Grandparents Day, a fitting commemoration during National NFP Awareness Week! For further information, contact @email.