About

Our Mission

Our mission is to transform marriages through the Catholic Church's teaching on human sexuality by promoting Natural Family Planning to Catholics and others in the Diocese of Belleville and by supporting those who use Natural Family Planning through education, community and prayer.

 

NFP Coordinators


Matt and Emily Joost
Parish: St. Clare of Assisi, O'Fallon
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Matt and Emily Joost are the NFP Coordinators for the Diocese of Belleville, volunteering through the Respect Life Ministry. They are certified as a Couple to Couple League (CCL) Teaching Couple. Emily is a certified Creighton Model FertilityCare™ Practitioner.  Matt and Emily speak about NFP and Theology of the Body at Pre-Cana weekends  and are available to speak at events in the diocese. 

 

 

 NFP Instructors


Andy and Anndrea Martignoni
Parish: St. Stephen in Caseyville

Andy and Anndrea are a certified CCL Teaching Couple. They have been married since November 2007.

 

Megan Sustar
Parish: Blessed Sacrament in Belleville

Megan was trained and certified as a FertilityCare Practitioner in 2013 in St. Louis, Mo., through the Pope Paul VI Institute.  She has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Duke and a Master of Science in Education from Columbia. She went on to receive her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Saint Louis University.

 

Melissa Coello
Parish: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Herrin

Melissa was trained and certified as a FertilityCare Practitioner in 2017. She has a Master of Science in Nursing degree from Case Western Reserve University and certification as a nurse-midwife – CNM. She is residing in southern Illinois near Carbondale.

 

 

 NFP Speakers


Kevin and Laura McNicholas
Parish: Holy Ghost in Jerseyville, IL

Kevin and Laura were married in May 2006. They have been NFP promoters for several years and they speak about NFP at Engaged Encounter weekends.