The Archdiocesan Office of Natural Family Planning offers several ministries to assist those dealing with infertility, miscarriage or infant loss, and those hoping to achieve a pregnancy as well as families seeking to grow through adoption.  


NaPro Technology:  A Proven, Successful Approach to Naturally Achieving Pregnancy

Natural Family Planning has other applications in addition to avoiding pregnancy or spacing children. For example, couples who struggle with infertility have been successful in achieving pregnancies even after artificial reproductive technologies were recommended elsewhere and have failed them. Women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome, ovarian cysts, endometriosis, migraine headaches, PCOS, and other reproductive health problems also have been helped. For more information on this new women's health science, visit: NaProTECHNOLOGY: The Contemporary Approach to Women’s Health Care.


Adoption Grant Opportunity

 

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Since it's inception in 2009, the Archbishop Robert J. Carlson Adoption Grant has awarded over $325,000 to 57 grant recipients--allowing over 50 children to be adopted into their forever families. This grant, offered through the Archdiocesan Office of Natural Family Planning, is available to couples who want to build their family through this loving choice. According to The Balance.com, the average cost of private adoption through an agency can be up to $45,000. The grant helps adoptive parents offset some of the cost of adding their new child to their family through adoption. 

Read several of the Grant Awardee Stories here.

The grant is funded primarily through private donations and fundraising. To make a donation, please contact the office or donate here.

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Grant applications are due every November 1.

Download Adoption Grant Application and Policies

For more information about the grant, contact the Office of Natural Family Planning at 314-997-7576 or email s[email protected]


Adoption:  A Loving Alternative

Couples wishing to open their homes and families to a child through adoption are invited to contact Good Shepherd Children and Family Services (also known as Catholic Services for Children & Youth). The Catholic Charities agency has worked in the St. Louis Area for more than 200 years offering foster and adoptive care assistance as well as many other services for families. Visit the agency online at www.goodshepherdstl.org or call 314-854-5700.


Infertility Support Ministry

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Couples facing problems with fertility don't have to walk this journey alone. Faith tells us that our lives are ultimately in God's hands. Along our way, he sends us help in carrying our burdens. As you work toward acceptance of this challenge, our Enkindle Infertility Ministry is here to offer hope while seeking peace.  

  • Enkindle Rosary - Jesus exhorted us that "For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.” (Mt 18:20). On the first Wednesday of the month, join us LIVE on our Facebook Page to gather in prayer for the intention of those touched by infertility or loss.

Helpful Resources:

  • Springs in the Desert - A Catholic organization that accompanies women and couples struggling with infertility and loss by offering a place of respite and solidarity, where they come to know God’s love for them and discover that He is transforming their suffering into fruitfulness. 
  • Red Bird Ministries - A Catholic organization that systematically guides individuals and couples through the complexity and trauma that happens with the loss of a child from pregnancy through adulthood.

 

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