Christian Basi is a free lance writer for Family Foundations, a magazine distributed by the Couple to Couple League, a Catholic organization dedicated to Natural Family Planning.
Family Foundations has asked him to write a cover story for their July/August issue that focuses on Catholic dads and the challenges and joys they experience in raising their family and passing the Catholic faith to their children.
He has asked that I post an announcement here to find dads willing to contribute their stories.
Specifically, he is looking for Catholic dads who practice Natural Family Planning (NFP) and would be interested in discussing the following topics/questions:
- What has been one of your greatest challenges as a father practicing NFP? (Defending the practice? Explaining the Catholic teaching to your children? or??)
- How has/did using NFP affect how you addressed sexuality with your children as they grew up?
- How have you discussed your convictions with your children in such a way that they did not reject it or go away from the church?
Please contact Chris Basi at BasiC@missouri.edu.
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Why is it always necessary to discuss NFP and family life? The two are not directly related. Catholic dads will have challenges and joys in raising their family with or without NFP.
But I suppose as the Couple to Couple League is "dedicated" to NFP and families are therefore secondary, that is understandable.
I hear you, David. I don't qualify myself – we don't need NFP for fertility help, and we have discerned that complete openness to God's hand in our reproductive lives is how we are proceeding.
I must say that Couple to Couple does a lot of good work, and the members I have met have provided a strong and faithful witness to Christ and His Church.