During last Sunday's sermon, Father Michael Oldaker, Pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle parish in Bellevue, praised his congregation for "the way they have obviously embraced Natural Family Planning."“For those who say it’s impossible to practice Natural Family Planning, I say just look at our congregation. It works. And it’s easy. Look at all of these families with just one or two children in our church. I am so proud of you. And you were all able to achieve this without resorting to artificial contraception. Give yourselves a round of applause.”
Father Oldaker attributed the lack of enthusiasm that accompanied the smattering of applause and large number of parishioners sinking down in their seats to good old-fashioned “Catholic humility.”
