by Sheila St. John | May 5, 2019
It is only fitting that in this 50th Anniversary Year of Humanae Vitae, the recipient of the CANFP Calegari Award be none other then its fearless defender, Professor Janet E. Smith. Attendees of the HV HERO Gala erupted in applause in enthusiastic approval upon the...
by Janet E. Smith | May 5, 2019
It’s been quite the ride, Humanae Vitae, being chosen in a sense by God to defend this document. I always feel like just this little person that is handing ammunition to the troops, and the troops have just done an incredible job getting it out there. There are many...
by Joan Noyes | May 4, 2019
Attending the HV50 Conference in July 2018 has given me occasion to reflect on my 22 years as a member of CANFP and what it has meant to me. Not only was I strengthened and enriched at the HV50 Conference but I was also able to visit with old friends and colleagues...
by Michael Knapp, DO | May 4, 2019
I always considered myself pro-life. I was born and raised in a Catholic family, receiving all the Sacraments in a timely fashion. My Father was ordained a permanent Deacon when I was in high school. I attended a Catholic grade/high school and university. I married a...
by Deacon Henry J. Knapp | May 4, 2019
I had just graduated from college when Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae (HV) was released, ironically on the day after my birthday. Unfortunately, HV was far from my radar screen. I vaguely recall a bunch of controversy concerning HV back then, but I didn’t pay...
by Joan Noyes | May 4, 2019
1968-A letter penned by a Pope Written with love to give the world hope Poorly received by a world in despair- Most folks thought the Church just didn’t care. Here we are now fifty years later With all our contraception is the world any better? Or has our poverty of...
