The 2021 National Natural Family Planning Awareness Week poster prepared by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. USCCB graphic
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BRAINTREE -- In honor of the upcoming National Natural Family Planning Awareness Week, the archdiocese's Family Life Team will hold free virtual events to promote prayer for families and share information with couples.
Natural Family Planning (NFP) is an umbrella term for various methods used to achieve or avoid pregnancy by observing, recording, and interpreting symptoms of fertility in a woman's menstrual cycle. These methods, also called Fertility Awareness Methods (FAM), respect Church teachings on the unitive and procreative purpose of the marital act and cause none of the side effects of artificial contraceptives.