The CCL Home Study Course

For those couples who do not have a local CCL Teaching Couple, or for those whose schedule prevents them from attending a local class series, CCL offers the CCL Home Study Course. You can learn NFP in the comfort of your home and at your own pace with this easy-to-follow course on the Sympto-Thermal Method. You receive all the necessary materials you need plus a valuable service — our professional review of your charts until you are confident in your NFP skills.

What materials and services are included?
THE ART OF NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING Student Guide — NEW in 2008! The CCL user manual presents the Sympto-Thermal Method within the beautiful context of Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. The Student Guide follows CCL’s classroom presentation, thus, is easily used as a home course manual. Produced in full-color and with many graphics and illustrations, and with practice exercises for each new concept presented, this manual presents the Sympto-Thermal Method in logical, easy-to-understand lessons, with answers provided in the appendix for convenient self-checking.

ONE DIGITAL BASAL TEMPERATURE THERMOMETER — For taking a woman's waking temperature each morning.

OVER A YEAR'S SUPPLY OF CYCLE CHARTS — For recording a woman’s daily fertility observations.

A YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION TO CCL'S BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE — Family Foundations, our popular and award-winning magazine that keeps you up-to-date on NFP and provides support you’ll find helpful as you adopt the NFP lifestyle.

ACCESS TO MEMBER CONNECTIONS — A members-only area of the CCL website with archived magazine issues, Frequently Asked Questions, information about medications and fertility signs, a Forum to talk to other NFP users, and more!

FERTILITY, CYCLES & NUTRITION by Marilyn M. Shannon — CCL’s popular book that explores the link between nutrition and body balance and healthy fertility cycles. Explains how many cycle irregularities can be eliminated or alleviated through better nutrition or improved body balance; invaluable to NFP couples.

THE CCL VIRTUAL LIBRARY — a CD packed full with all of CCL’s brochures and booklets on related topics like Church teaching, marriage, and unnatural birth control methods, a complete year of Family Foundations, select audio talks from CCL conventions, and links to a host of helpful websites on Catholic teaching, Theology of the Body, Natural Family Planning, breastfeeding, and more.

PERSONAL CHART REVIEW AND ACCESS TO A CONSULTANT — in addition to the materials just listed, you'll also receive a valuable service — our professional review of your cycle-charts. As soon as you've finished charting your first cycle, you send us a copy. We'll review your charting and offer helpful comments. You do the same for as many cycles as needed. A consultant will also be available to answer any questions you may have. Keeping your membership current continues this valuable service.

What are the advantages of the CCL Home Study Course?

CONVENIENCE — You learn it on your own…in the comfort of your own home…at the pace which meets your schedule.

QUALITY INSTRUCTION — The easy-to-follow lessons in the Student Guide provide you a complete and thorough understanding of all aspects of the Sympto-Thermal Method, as well as introduce you to the richness of Catholic Church teaching on marital love as explained in Pope John Paul II’s renowned Theology of the Body. The CCL Home Study Course has been thoroughly tested by couples just like you — and it works!

QUALITY MATERIALS — The materials that comprise the CCL Home Study Course were completed revised and updated in late 2007 based on CCL’s 35+ years of experience teaching NFP . . . these materials are absolutely the latest and most up-to-date materials and information on the Sympto-Thermal Method available.

PERSONAL CONSULTATION — This is a unique feature of the CCL Home Study Course; it's not just materials, but service! You will be assigned a personal consultant who is available to answer your questions and offer advice until you are confident in your NFP knowledge.

CONTINUED FOLLOW-UP — With your one-year subscription to Family Foundations and access to Member Connections, you will be constantly in touch with the latest NFP findings, and will have NFP support at your fingertips.

What is the cost of the CCL Home Study Course?

The CCL Home Study Course is $150.00 + $9.00 flat rate for shipping and handling, and provides you with lifelong knowledge of your fertility cycle. The only ongoing costs to practice NFP would be for new chart booklets every few years (sold at $4.00 for two booklets, a total of 32 charts), and an occasional new thermometer ($14.00).

These costs are a fraction of what a couple would spend on artificial birth control over the course of their fertile years.

Satisfaction Guaranteed

We are so convinced you'll be happy with the CCL Home Study Course that if, after looking over the materials, you are not satisfied that the CCL Home Study Course is a very complete and usable way to learn Natural Family Planning, then return all materials within 30 days to receive a complete refund of the price of the Course.

To order, visit our online store, or call the CCL Order Department at 1-800-745-8252.