Natural Family Planning International

What others have said about the NFPI manual.

Just today, Feb. 25, 2014:  Great book. Super helpful. Thank you so much for offering a downloadable version, was what I needed right at that moment! …although, next time I think I’ll get the hardbound, easier to read and share. 🙂

My fiancee would like to use NFP once we are married, and your downloadable manual has already been a huge help to us. We found the manual thorough yet easy to understand, and appreciate the inclusion of the subjects of morality and theology.

The NFP manual I downloaded off your website is so easy to follow.  My husband and I have been using an IUD for the last six years after the birth of our second child.  We had tried NFP at the beginning of our marriage, but were disappointed with the little support we received when trying to learn NFP.  We were introduced to the Billings Ovulation Method through our Diocese and were not even aware that the Sympto-Thermal Method existed.  We got pregnant 4 months into our marriage and didn’t even finish the 3rd class. While our little bundle of joy came to us sooner than we had planned we accepted her with great joy!!! However, because of a lack of understanding of the basic tenants of our Catholic faith, we had fallen away. My husband and I, by the grace of God, have recently come back into the Catholic faith and are excited to fully participate!

I appreciate this manual so much! I have obviously been living in my body my whole life and somehow this manual has made my body seem like a whole new world of wonderful functions that God planned as only God can. The biology and theology included is immensely helpful! I see how God really did think of everything and that His plan is perfect. It makes me feel like I really am part of a bigger plan and that’s a really good feeling!

Excellent manual! Thank you so much for providing this manual online and at such a reasonable cost.

I used the NFP method once before and it worked well.  I am looking forward to using it again as a form of natural birth control.  Thank you so much for offering the manual free to everyone who needs it!!!

When I read your manual and the covenant theology, it was like it just logically laid out exactly how I felt about the issue of birth control and what I had felt God speaking to me, but couldn’t explain. My husband read about one page of your manual, and that was it. We are never using birth control again. He understands that it is unbiblical and ethically wrong, and, just like that, my 3-year prayer is answered. I can’t thank you enough for what you do, and I will continue to help you get the word out about NFP and God’s plan for sexuality in marriages.

Natural Family Planning: The Complete Approach ought to be mandatory training for every couple who wants to get married in the Catholic Church. There is a wealth of information here that Catholics simply do not know about. I try to get information about Natural Family Planning International out to as many people as possible. This site is invaluable. Over and over I see people talking about NFP without eco-breastfeeding or proper sexual morality. Everyone (Catholic or not) needs to hear about this. Thank you once again for all of your wonderful work.

Thank you for putting the manual out there.   I’m tired of trying to remember to dig for the book when the charting is not perfectly “normal”. Now with it on my Nook there will be no excuses! My husband and I wrestled with the issue of NFP for 20 years of marriage.  I am happy to say that now that we have both decided on an unswerving coarse of obedience to the Church’s teachings, the blessings have become so apparent within our marriage.

Sheila Kippley
Natural Family Planning: The Complete Approach is available in ebook.  About half the commercial sales of this manual are by ebook (Nook, Ingram, iBookstore).  To learn NFP well, take the NFPI home study course which costs less and provides more information than most other online NFP courses.

The following is from an NFPI teacher:

“We taught NFPI class yesterday to a young couple who had had a surprise pregnancy using a single-sign method….This difficult event in their lives led them to seek temperature instruction… One spouse, a convert to the Faith, was pleased with the theology/Bible content of the course.  They also brought with them a woman who had received single-sign instruction—she wanted to hear about the temperature sign, too. Another woman in the class was a Protestant who somehow located us for NFP instruction, and she was grateful for the breastfeeding information and the interesting theology in addition to the method instruction.
It gives us instructors great peace of mind knowing that we are giving a complete/total NFP presentation including faith aspects, ALL the signs of fertility {mucus, temperature and cervix} plus ecological breastfeeding. They receive a nice coil-bound book and an online place for printing free charts and to get feedback anytime.  Thanks NFPI.”
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Anyone can learn NFP by taking the NFPI Home Study Course.  You learn the complete NFP program and it is costs much less than other NFP online programs.  One receives immediate feedback via email while learning.  This is called getting more for less.

Couples are most appreciative of the NFPI Home Study Course.  They gain a lot of information regarding NFP and eco-breastfeeding, but, more importantly, they learn Church teaching regarding marriage, children, and family planning.

The NFP Home Study Course is inexpensive compared to other programs, but offers a wealth of information.  With NFPI’s home study course, you get more for less!  Here are some couples’ comments.

We really enjoyed learning about this and talking with each other about what we have learned during the course.

This course has been so interesting and I have learned so much from you.  I will definitely recommend you to friends and family.  But most importantly our priest.

Thank you SO much for everything and being so knowledgeable. We will definitely use Natural Family Planning after marriage. I really appreciate your responding to all e-mails so quickly.

This course was very educational.  I learned things about myself that I never knew before.  Thank you so much.

Thanks so much for your help and your quick responses in the course; we really enjoyed it!

The online course has been very beneficial to me in more ways than I thought would be possible.  I definitely learned more about my religion and how the Church sees and feels about the marital act.  The course definitely has opened my eyes and reshaped and refocused my path to future family planning.

We appreciate all your help and how responsive you have been.  The course has been great and the NFP process seems really strong.

The course is an informative guide to accurately monitor one’s cycle. It accommodates a busy schedule and the material is clear and easy to understand.

I believe this course has very valuable information.  We have also made the decision to discuss with local priests about offering the class for the local Catholic churches in part of pre-marital counseling.  I only wish I had learned this information years ago, especially the ecological breastfeeding prior to my first child. [This person works at a clinic which does “not offer, recommend or refer for abortion, abortifacients or birth control.” The NFPI course and NFPI materials will be free at this clinic. She is now going through teacher training to teach NFP at the clinic.]

We truly wish that others would see NFP as we do.  I know that a man and a woman can benefit tremendously from this method, following God’s teaching and pro-creating.  This course is healthy, simple, convenient and thorough.  We have started charting.  We both know how much we love each other, and each month will be our relationship story replayed over and over again.

Sheila Kippley
NFPI Home Study Course