2 questions....NFP and priest "gratuity"

Re: 2 questions....NFP and priest "gratuity"

• bibliophile2010 member

  

  September 2012

  1. Lots of people have self-taught successfully using Taking Charge of Your Fertility. I, however, always recommend that people take a class. Northwest Family Services offeres an online sympto-thermal class (it is approved by my diocese), and I believe Billings has online classes as well -- hopefully, TeaforMe will pop in to answer more definitively. I think some Creighton instructors can arrange things long-distance as well, but I'm not positive about that.
  
  2. I'd say money: $100-200. Some people prefer including a gift card to a favorite restaurant or a bottle of wine or the like or a mixture of the above.
  
  Welcome, good luck, and stick around!

  

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• Calypso1977 member

  

  September 2012

  ditto biblio on all points, except id give a higher fee if there is significant travel and/or hotel involved for the priest.

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• agapecarrie member

  

  September 2012

  I think lots of NFP classes are not necessarily "offered" by the diocese, but are more indepenedant.

  Try www.omsoul.com to find a teacher

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• professorscience member

  

  September 2012

  You can also use www.boma-usa.org to find a Billings instructor.

  
  

  I agree on the priest payment.  We paid our priest $150 and got him a $50 giftcard to his favorite restaurant.

  

  
  

  
  

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• Resa77

  

  September 2012

  Ditto everyone else, and good luck OP!

   

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• lalaith50 member

  

  September 2012

  You can also try http://register.ccli.org , they have several in LA, but I'm not sure how close to New Orleans. They also offer a home study course, http://ccli.org/productsservices/nfp-instruction/home-study-course.php

  You can also read a summary of the differences between some of the methods here:

  https://sites.google.com/site/theknotcatholicweddings/nfp-natural-family-planning

  

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• TeaForMe member

  

  September 2012 edited September 2012

  I don't have much more to add to the discussion, but everyone above has given great links for finding an NFP teacher. It sounds like you have started researching types of NFP so you probably know already that there are several methods for you to choose from, most notably Sympto-Thermal (what CCL and "Taking Charge..." will teach you), Billings Ovulation Method or Creighton Method. There are other methods as well (like Something of the Americas... I don't remember the exact name, and Marquette).
  
  If you're ready to jump right in and pick one, the site Agapecarrie recommended (one more soul) is great for finding a teacher. Otherwise, the Couple to Couple leage website can get you to a CCL teacher or, my favorite, boma-usa.org will connect you with a Billings teacher. I highly recommend going with a teacher to learn a method. Yes, it is possible to self-teach, especially with Sympto-thermal and really a lot of the learning is kind of on your own anyway, but I would say the majority of people end up having a question about their cycle/fertility at some point and having a qualified teacher to help guide you is extremely beneficial. I don't just say that because I'm a BOM teacher, either We started out as self-taught but found it was so much easier to have a teacher to help out!
  
  If you have any questions about the different methods or anything, don't hesitate to ask us! We are weirdos who loooove talking about NFP, but be careful because we can get a little defensive and feisty about which method is "the best" (Billings, of course )

  
  
  

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• Resa77

  

  September 2012

  Totally unrelated, but Tea, I miss your old ticker!  I love the new one, too, but the old was just cracked me up!

   

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• TeaForMe member

  

  September 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_2-questionsnfp-and-priest-gratuity?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:615Discussion:d57500e6-707e-479a-9b8c-d3a0374048d6Post:eefdeaef-5ef0-4d82-8296-31e3eec22f96">Re: 2 questions....NFP and priest "gratuity"</a>:
  [QUOTE]Totally unrelated, but Tea, I miss your old ticker!  I love the new one, too, but the old was just cracked me up!
  Posted by Resa77[/QUOTE]
  
  Ha ha ha! The dinos vs humongous baby? Yeah, it was silly and I kind of miss it too :)

  
  
  

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• mjlav1901

  

  September 2012

  Wow thanks so much for all the feedback!  It really was helpful!

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• Jasmine&Rajah member

  

  September 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_2-questionsnfp-and-priest-gratuity?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:615Discussion:d57500e6-707e-479a-9b8c-d3a0374048d6Post:1337f777-8828-42ea-a35e-deebe04bbfbf">Re: 2 questions....NFP and priest "gratuity"</a>:
  [QUOTE]We are weirdos who loooove talking about NFP, but be careful because we can get a little defensive and feisty about which method is "the best" (Billings, of course ;) )
  Posted by TeaForMe[/QUOTE]
  
  <em>Whatever</em>, Tea.  *Flips hair and revels in cross-checking CM and temperature.*
  
  ;-)

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• sigmaurse member

  

  September 2012

  You can buy the book for the symptothermal method for self teaching. They have 2 versions, one for people taking a class and one for people learning on their own through the couple to coupld league. 

  

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