This week on Connecting the Diocese, Fr. Sam Martin interviews Kayla Hoecherl, the diocese’s new Natural Family Planning (NFP) coordinator, about her background as a nurse, camp director at Crossroads Adventure Camp, wife and mother, and how she was called into the role. Kayla explains NFP as learning the body’s language to both achieve or postpone pregnancy, addresses common objections (effectiveness, burden on women), and shares questions from a college women’s retreat about anatomy, cycles, and coming off birth control. She highlights the ways the office currently supports engaged and married couples and is looking to grow into youth education, adoption guidance and other new resources. The episode concludes with a weekly meditation for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, reflecting on John 14, the calling of deacons, the longing for union with the Father, “living stones,” and hope for salvation.
01:07 Meet Kayla
01:28 Faith and Camp Roots
02:25 Nursing to NFP Calling
06:14 What Is NFP
08:09 Common NFP Concerns
14:20 Retreat Questions
19:57 NaPro and Catholic Clinics
22:28 Motherhood and Faith
29:18 Diocesan NFP Office
30:49 Fertility Care Mission
31:20 Adoption Support Path
31:59 Postpartum Help Resources
33:29 Become an NFP Instructor
35:40 When Spouses Disagree
40:16 Adventure Camp Formation
44:37 NFP Segment Wrap Up
47:01 Easter Readings Setup
47:55 Way Truth Life
48:33 Deacons Prayer Word
51:27 Longing for the Father
55:51 Living Stone Church
58:28 Hope of Salvation
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