Natural Family Planning

The Office of Marriage & Family Life promotes Natural Family Planning (NFP) as a highly effective, maritally enriching, spiritually enlightening, emotionally uplifting, sexually fulfilling and moral means of planning one's family.

The Office of Marriage & Family Life currently promotes and sponsors classes in two methods of NFP instruction in the archdiocese:

1. The Sympto-Thermal Method, as taught by the (a) Couple to Couple League, (b) Northwest Family Services, (c) Novuscor and (d) Natural Family Planning International
2. The Creighton FertilityCare System

If taking these courses for marriage preparation requirements, please note that all of these courses require at least 4 months of instruction before your wedding, so early registration is important.  Read below for further description and registration information on the different options available to you.

***For Marriage Preparation, you need only to complete ONE of the options below. ***

Sympto-Thermal Method
The Sympto-Thermal Method involves observation of several signs of fertility that change in response to the hormones of the woman's menstrual cycle.  These observations include changes in cervical mucus, basal body temperature, and changes of the cervix. Hence, the reason it is called the "sympto-thermal" method.  You can learn the Sympto-Thermal method through one of the organizations listed below.

Couple to Couple League
NFP Courses with the Couple to Couple League (CCL) are taught in a classroom setting by a trained married couple in a series of three meetings at monthly intervals. For registration  information, please click on the NFP Schedule. (http://www.denver.ccli.org/).

Natural Family Planning International
Natural Family Planning International  NFPI Courses are taught in metro Denver by a trained married couple in a series of three monthly classroom meetings plus a follow-up meeting. In addition to the Sympto-Thermal Method, NFPI also teaches the Ecological Breastfeeding method of NFP. For registration information please visit www.nfpidenver.org and/or call K.L. & Ann Berry at 303-758-4442. 

Northwest Family Services
NFP Courses with Northwest Family Services (NWFS) are currently being offered by Carolyn Hochanadel in the Fort Morgan/Eastern area of Colorado.  This course is taught through a series of three classes and follow-up meetings.  For more information and to register please contact Carolyn at 970-867-5879 (It is best to call in the evenings).

Novuscor-Software
Fertileview is a fertility software application that allows you to chart you personal fertility signs. Understanding your biological fertile and non-fertile signs through observations of temperature and cervical fluid the software helps you to chart and interpret according to your fertility goal. For further information or how to purchase visit www.Novuscor.com or for the marriage preparation program offer go to www.Cath.Novuscor.com. You may also contact sales@novuscor.com or call 303-858-0488. ***Novuscor can ALSO be used as a mucus-only method***

Creighton FertilityCare System
The Creighton FertilityCare System is a model of Natural Family Planning that involves an introductory session in group-setting and as many as eight private and individualized follow-ups over the course of a year, based on your personal needs. The method relies on a detailed observation of external cervical mucus as the main indicator of fertility. There are several trained Creighton practitioners in the Archdiocese of Denver who work on an individual basis.

For more information contact one of the following practitioners:

Aurora:
Britta Conway, FCPI 303-752-3789
Kathleen Morroni, FCPI 303-471-1308
Terri Vyner, FCP 720-870-3246
Joann Washburn, FCPI 720-323-0754

Boulder
Sarah Stillings, FCPI 303-895-1097

Brighton
Jennifer Willians, FCPI 720-837-7195

Broomfield:
Desirae Trujillo, FCPI 303-590-8741

Colorado Springs:
Kris Hardesty, CFCP 719-571-3472

Denver:
Christina Coughlan-Watson, FCPI 720-232-4478
Haley Foresman, FCPI, 720-352-3541
Amanda Soto, FCPI (bilingual) 720-998-2009

Highlands Ranch:
Carrie Keating, FCP 303-471-8624
Teresa Clark, FCPI, 720-205-4521, tlc.creighton@gmail.com

Littleton:
Caitlin Burnett, FCP 303-791-9393
Linda Hannon, FCP 303-933-3339

Parker:
Olivia Demsko, FCPI 303-997-4599
Ann Walker, FCP 719-649-3223

To learn more about the Creighton FertilityCare System, please visit their Website at: www.fertilitycare.org

CCL Home Study Option & NWFS On-line Option
If necessary, and with your pastor's approval, Natural Family Planning courses are offered in a home-study format and on-line study format.  If you are interested in either of these options, please call the Office of Marriage and Family Life at 303-715-3259.