Family Life Education: Our Hope for the Future

• Date & Time: October 4, 2025, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Location: Knock House Hotel, Knock, Co. Mayo, F12 R6Y5 (and by Zoom)
• Cost: Conference (in person/Zoom) €60, Buffet Lunch €30; Discount for students and old age pensioners €55 (with valid ID)

The Natural Family Planning Teachers Association of Ireland (NFPTAI), in association with the European Institute of Family Life Education (EIFLE/IEEF), is hosting a conference as part of the EIFLE/IEEF Annual General Meeting from October 3-5, 2025. Open to everyone, it focuses on cherishing family as society’s foundation, respecting life from natural conception to deepen married love, and emphasizing holistic education and lifelong learning for family growth. The event protects Christian values in family, life, and education to ensure societal well-being.

• Speakers are experts in living, teaching, and learning that “God’s way is nature’s way.”
• The schedule includes an optional Mass at 8:00 AM in the Apparition Chapel at Knock Shrine, registration from 8:30 AM, conference start at 9:15 AM, buffet lunch at 1:00 PM, lectures ending by 3:30 PM, and optional activities from 3:30-5:00 PM: a complimentary tour of Knock Shrine Museum and Creation Garden or a fertility charting workshop.
• Continuous Professional Development (CPD) points are available: 6 internal CME for medical, nursing, and education professionals.
• Registration is available via Eventbrite.
• Evening dinners on Friday and Saturday are available for delegates not staying at the hotel, payable directly to the hotel.

Accommodations:

• Knock House Hotel: Conference rate for dinner, bed, and breakfast (quote booking reference)
• Alternatives: Drum Haven Bed & Breakfast, Cara Guest House, Magdalen Lawless Bed and Breakfast, Little Way Centre

List of Speakers

• Kay O’Dwyer (Creighton Model Practitioner, NaPro and Fertility Care Centres Ireland): NaPro Fertility Care for Life, followed by a workshop on fertility charting.
• Dr. Fidelma Healy Eames (Education, Career and Wellbeing Consultant, Director and Lead Educator with Study and Careers; former Government Senator and Educator): Enabling the learning of Christian values.
• Sinead Strong (Founder of Catholic Mothers Ireland): The vocation and true meaning of being a Catholic mother.
• Michelle Kelly (General Manager of Pure in Heart Ireland): Our fractured understanding of human sexuality, and the needed remedy.
• Patrick McCrystal (Director of Human Life International): Marriage, are you ready?

Register here.