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Modern Methods of Natural Family Planning
Experts representing a variety of methods of natural family planning offer a a brief introduction into the options available for healthy, effective, natural methods of monitoring and tracking fertility.
Lynn Keenan, MD
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Dr. Lynn Keenan, President of CANFP, Vice President of the International Institute for Restorative Reproductive Medicine, is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF Fresno, and Board Certified in Sleep and Internal Medicine. She is the mother of four adult children.
Pam & Walter Birdsall
Pam and Walt Birdsall from Napa, California, have been a teaching couple with Couple to Couple League since 2010, and working in marriage preparation and enrichment ministries for over 25 years. Married 38 years, they have six adult children and 14 grandchildren.
Diane Daly
Diane is a wife, mother and grandmother, RN and co-developer of the Creighton Model Fertility Care Services. She is a supervisor of the Department of Fertility Care Service at Mercy Hospital St. Louis, Director of the St. Louis Archdiocesan Office of NFP and a faculty member of the PPVI Institute education program and other education programs nationally and internationally.
Sue Ek
Sue Ek has been executive director of the United States headquarters of the Billings Ovulation Method® since 2001. She has been a Billings Method™ trainer and supervisor, and coordinated the publication of A Preachable Message book and CD which are tools for clergy to preach about Humanae Vitae. A resident of St. Cloud, MN, her work has taken her to Malaysia, Europe, India, Australia, Mexico and Canada.
K.C. Schnitker
KC Schnitker is a certified NFP instructor and the executive director of Family of the Americas Foundation. She is passionate about sharing the Church’s teachings on marriage and has developed a simple and effective way for instructors to promote Humanae Vitae and NFP. KC has been married to Ed for 25 years and is the mother of seven children.
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2018 Calegari Award Recipient: Professor Janet E. Smith, PhD
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...
Excerpt from Professor Smith’s Acceptance Remarks at the HV HERO Gala
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....
Reflecting on Two Decades of CANFP Membership
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...
CANFP Featured on EWTN
As a guest of ETWN, Sheila St. John reveals how the California Association of Natural Family Planning is educating people on the effectiveness, benefits, and methods of natural family planning. Hosted by Jim and Joy Pinto, part 1 of 2. Sheila St. John is the Executive Director of the California Association of Natural Family Planning.