Marriage and Family Life

Natural Family Planning & Fertility Appreciation

For Engaged and Married Couples

Married love offers a matchless privilege to a husband and wife - through their bodily expression of total love, spouses have the potential to bring forth new life!  This is both a great joy and responsibility.  Natural Family Planning (NFP) allows spouses to discern together what is God’s plan for their family, while honoring the life-giving capacity of their marital union.

Learn more! –  learn how to get started, sign up for classes, and discover online NFP resources and community.

For Teens and Single Women

All women can benefit from tracking the signs of their cycles to know their bodies better!  Daily charting helps women to recognize the signs of a healthy cycle, and to note any irregularities such as painful periods, abnormal bleeding, or unusual discharge.  Fertility Appreciation empowers women to monitor their overall health and, if necessary, to share this valuable information with their doctors.

Learn more! - Fertility Appreciation for parents, teens, single women and men, too.


The Office of Marriage and Family Life
Diocese of Columbus
197 E. Gay Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
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