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
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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
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Megan Sustar 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 |
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.



Matt and Emily Joost
