The Creighton Model FertilityCare System (CrMS) teaches couples about the inner soul of human sexuality through SPICE.
The inner soul of human sexuality was first introduced to us by Pope John Paul II in his Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio. In order to gain a true understanding of this term, it is best to read his own words:
“In this context the couple comes to experience how conjugal communion is enriched with those values of tenderness and affection which constitute the inner soul of human sexuality, in its physical dimension also. In this way sexuality is respected and promoted in its truly and fully human dimension, and is never ‘used’ as an ‘object’ that, by breaking the personal unity of soul and body, strikes at God’s creation itself at the level of the deepest interaction of nature and person”
FertilityCare charting does to couple communication what the weather does to general communication. Spouses are always able to pass a comment about the fertility observations of the day. And like any comment about the weather, this may or may not lead to further conversation.
Men especially find that the tangible record of fertility simplifies access to the world of womanhood that often remains mysterious.
Clearly, couples who have sincere reasons for avoiding pregnancy need to abstain from genital contact on all days identified as fertile. Contrary to expectation couples who use the CrMS, as do all couples who use methods of Natural Family Planning, find this enhances their ability to communicate their love for one another in more enlightening ways. This behaviour requires true sexual communication (ie: total expression of their sexuality as male and female).
The Creighton Model system opens the door to this relationship enrichment using the acronym SPICE.
The letters stand for:
S = Spiritual,
P = Physical,
I = Intellectual,
C =Creative/Communicative and
E = Emotional
(also including the psychological aspects of the relationship).
SPICE describes how couples relate to one another in the broadest sense. By working on the five areas couples deepen their love and commitment to each other.