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, taught by the Couple to Couple League and Northwest Family Services, and 2) The Creighton FertilityCare System.  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.  You need only to complete ONE of the options.

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, basil body temperature, and changes of the cervix. Hence, the reason it is called the "sympto-thermal" method. 

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 four meetings at monthly intervals. For registration information, please call the NFP Hotline at 303.715.3239 or click on the NFP Schedule. For further information on the Couple to Couple League, please see the CCL website at http://www.denver.ccli.org/

CCL Home Study Option
If necessary, and with your pastor's approval, this course can also be taken in a home study format over the course of six months. If you are interested in the home study option, please call the Office of Marriage and Family Life at 303-715-3259.

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).  

NWFS On-Line Option
In extreme circumstances, and with your pastor's approval, this course can also be taken in an on-line study format. If you are interested in the on-line course, please call the Office of Marriage and Family Life at 303-715-3259.

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. In addition to the Sympto-Thermal Method, NFPI also teaches the Ecological Breastfeeding method of NFP. For registration information, please go to www.nfpidenver.org and/or call Ann and K.L. Berry at 303-758-4442.

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:

Linda Hannon: 303-933-3339

Carrie Keating: 303-471-8624

Terri Vyner: 720-870-3246

To learn more about the Creighton FertilityCare System, please visit their website at: http://www.creightonmodel.com