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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