Saturday, June 10, 2006

New Natural Family Planning program appeals to iPod generation

The Couple to Couple League will unveil its updated natural family planning program and materials during the convention at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway in late June.

The changes will hopefully appeal to a younger audience who is used to colorful media presentations, iPods and the Internet and who want simpler rules to follow for natural family planning, CCL executive director Andy Alderson said during a telephone interview from his office in Cincinnati. "We have really tried to add some spice," he said.

The materials will include a new DVD presentation for users, Web-based training for teachers and users and a new book. Materials will incorporate Pope John Paul II's teaching on the theology on the body. The number of classes has been reduced from four to three in order to address couples' busy schedules, Alderson said.
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Alderson said previously many of the couples who attended the four sessions of NFP classes were older couples who already "bought in" to the concept. Now some dioceses, including Denver and Fargo, N.D., and some pastors require engaged couples to attend the classes before they get married. [snip] Arkansas Catholic

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