NFP: Sweetness and Light by Sara Fox Peterson
By Sara Fox Peterson • Feb 5th, 2010 • Category: Columnists, Sara Fox Peterson
So NFP is great, right? (more…)
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NFP: Freeing Our Consciences by Sara Fox Peterson
By Sara Fox Peterson • Dec 3rd, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Sara Fox PetersonIn the very first column I wrote for CatholicMom.com (Natural Family Planning – Why Not?) I mentioned that the issue of freedom of conscience (more…)
NFP: What If It’s Too Late? by Sarah Fox Peterson
By Sara Fox Peterson • Nov 6th, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Sara Fox PetersonLearning the truth about the sex, marriage and family planning can be one of the most difficult and painful aspects of converting (or reverting) to Catholicism – particularly if you or your spouse has already been sterilized. (more…)
NFP: What’s the Difference? by Sara Fox Peterson
By Sara Fox Peterson • Oct 2nd, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Sara Fox PetersonImagine two hypothetical couples, each with the same number of children, the same financial and material resources, the same psychological stresses (more…)
NFP: Medical “Exceptions” by Sara Fox Peterson
By Sara Fox Peterson • Sep 4th, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Sara Fox PetersonPeople who speak publicly about the Church’s teachings on sex and marriage will tell you that one of the question they hear most often is, (more…)
Waiting by Sara Fox Peterson
By Sara Fox Peterson • Aug 7th, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Sara Fox PetersonThe slide presentation I use as an introduction to NFP when I am teaching a group of couples includes a wonderful slide titled The Beauty of Waiting. (more…)
An Open Question
By Sara Fox Peterson • Jul 3rd, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Sara Fox PetersonWithin weeks of giving birth to my second child the questions started:
“Will you have another?”
“When?”
“How many are you planning to have?” (more…)
Catholic Contraception?
By Sara Fox Peterson • Jun 5th, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Sara Fox PetersonThere seems to be concern among some faithful Catholics that NFP is often treated as a kind of Catholic contraception – that it is routinely used, and even promoted, as a morally acceptable way (more…)
Contraception, Lies and the Truth
By Sara Fox Peterson • May 1st, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Sara Fox PetersonI recently asked my husband why using NFP to avoid pregnancy sometimes feels so much less certain than using a contraceptive. (more…)
Five Things I Wish You Knew
By Sara Fox Peterson • Mar 27th, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Sara Fox Peterson
1. NFP is difficult to self-teach. (more…)
Natural Family Planning – “Why Not?”
By Sara Fox Peterson • Mar 20th, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Sara Fox Peterson
It is a widely discussed fact that approximately 90% of married Catholics today do not follow the Church’s teachings on family planning. (more…)
The million dollar question: Does NFP work?
