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U.S. bishops' Natural Family Planning Awareness Week campaign begins

July 20, 2026 · 1 min read

“Designed by God, Guided by Love, Open to Life” is the theme of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) 2026 Natural Family Planning (NFP) Awareness Week campaign.

The bishops' annual NFP campaign, taking place July 19-25, highlights God’s design for married love, the gift of life, and the Church’s teaching on NFP methods.

To educate people on the matter, the NFP Program of the USCCB develops a poster each year with supportive materials to be displayed in parishes, hospitals, NFP classrooms, marriage preparation sites, doctors' offices, family life centers, and campus ministry centers.

In 1981, the Catholic Church in the U.S. worked to strengthen efforts to make NFP and Church teaching more widely known and used. To further the mission, the bishops’ conference established the NFP Program.

The program, which is a part of the USCCB’s Secretariat for Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth, releases resources for dioceses and organizations to use including the posters, homily notes, social media files, and ideas for celebrating and promoting NFP.

The campaign encourages parishes to provide introductory sessions on the science and ethics of NFP…

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თამარ დოლიძეIt is good that they organize such a campaign, especially that they also prepare posters for churches and medical institutions. Here in Georgia, they don't talk much about it, but the theme "created by God, guided by love, open to life" is very correct.

Κώστας ΘεοδώρουIt is good that they put such topics on posters and distribute them in parishes and hospitals. In our Greece, we also don't talk about it much, when we should. "Designed by God, Guided by Love, Open to Life" sounds simple and right to me, as if it says exactly what the Church teaches.

Михаил БеловУ нас в России тоже про это почти не говорят в приходах, а зря. Тема «Designed by God, Guided by Love, Open to Life» понятная, без лишних слов. Хорошо, что делают плакаты и материалы — может, и у нас когда-нибудь начнут чаще на молебнах или на подготовке к венчанию об этом напоминать.