Natural Family Planning: Central Illinois

03/08/2010

A new show on NFP: looks like it's on locally at 9:30 PM on Fridays, but check to be sure! Set those DVRs for EWTN!!

Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) featuring Catholic Q and A, a Catholic Document Library, an Audio Library, Catholic News, programming information for EWTN Television and WEWN radio

01/13/2010

A slightly dubious post: on the one hand I support NFP research of any kind, and maybe some of you may actually be interested....on the other hand, the juxtaposition of "low-tech" vs. "high-tech" has me thinking that Clearblue Easy is footing the bill.....

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01/12/2010

"What I see in our communities is an absolute failure to move beyond the idea that hormonal birth control is the be-all and end-all.....Women are going to sexual health clinics and being laughed off by the doctors and clinics for looking for alternatives."

Frustrated with side effects or uncomfortable with the daily flow of hormones into their bodies, some Canadian women have stopped using the tiny birth-control pills that ushered in an era of reproductive freedom.

12/14/2009

An interesting blog some of you may be interested in following. I'll also recommend the Facebook group "Natural Family Planning". Google has been good to me lately....

I’m the former Family Planning Coordinator for the Catholic Diocese of Madison in Southwest Wisconsin. I started this blog in 2007 as an effort to infuse a fresh approach to promoting non-contraceptive ...

12/12/2009

Maybe this could be an idea for our Diocese? On November 10-11, 2009, the Couple to Couple League co-hosted a Clergy Seminar with the Archdiocese of New York and their Respect Life Office at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers. There were over 70 clergy in attendance. Here is one attendee's reaction to the event:

Meditations on theology and Catholic spirituality by a pilgrim seeking his vocation.

12/11/2009

Did anyone see a news story on WEEK last night (12/9, 6pm news) having to do w/breast cancer? I had it on mute, but they kept showing images of mammograms, then birth control pills! I've been looking for it online....would be surprised if it was truly a news piece about the connection....

11/30/2009

I've been re-reading "Fertility, Cycles and Nutrition" by Marilyn Shannon. What a great book! Any of you read this, or other books, that have helped your health or fertility?

11/16/2009

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