Past goings-on

The Couple to Couple League was founded in 1971 and now has over 1000 active teaching couples in the USA and some foreign countries. Although they are volunteers, the teachers receive professional training lasting up to a year. The Oneida County chapter, started in 1981, has held over 50 classes in Natural Family Planning. Jim and Mary Margaret Van Damme are the original Teaching Couple, certified in 1981. Carol and Dave Armitage are the Promoters for this Chapter. Other teachers have moved in and out (the Mitchells and the Wagners) and are fondly remembered for their good works and encouragement.  Joe and Vicky Kraeger live in Lewis County (Port Leyden) and teach mostly in Watertown and Fort Drum. We don't have Chapter meetings and such things, but we do like to hear from our students.

We don't usually give speeches to groups because our charter is teaching NFP; preaching is for ministers, teaching morality is for catechists, and gynecology is for doctors. However, we can supply you with information on these topics, especially if you talk to young adults who could soon fall into the trap of contraception. We do speak briefly to Catholic marriage preparation seminars in Utica. Remember, NFP is the next best thing to marriage insurance.