About Catholic Doula Program©

 Welcome to Catholic Doula Program©
Mission Statement:  To provide a Christian/Catholic based doula training program based on the 7 Gifts of the Holy Ghost and Faithful to the Teachings of the Catholic Magisterium. All religions are welcome. We provide training to doulas in physical, comfort, and spiritual techniques to help mothers have a great and blessed pregnancy! We are totally 100% pro-life. Learn about all our doula courses on this new page click here. Our childbirth preparation course for parents is here (St. Gianna Childbirth Prep) and new St. Anne Breastfeeding for parents is also here. 

What's a Doula? Can I earn enough to support myself?

A doula is a trained "life" coach that helps mothers with pregnancy, birth, and postpartum issues in a non-medical way.
Many doulas can support themselves on a doula salary; others will do doula work as a secondary job; it depends on what your personal goals are for helping mothers with birth. Also, you may want to talk to doulas in your area and see how well they are doing. It does take some time to establish any independent business.
Potential for each birth ranges from $500-$1000 a birth and if you take 4 births a month--multiply. Some doulas do less births a month. You can also offer postpartum doula services as an option for mothers after birth. Bereavement doulas usually offer services for "pro-bono"/free.
We have a Catholic Postpartum Program© course info here. Postpartum doulas range from around $20-$25 an hour and up depending on what area of the country you serve.

I feel called to be a doula; but is this a certification program? Do I receive a certification when finished? 

Yes, you will be a Certified Catholic Doula© when finished with our program. We have several graduates now. We are NOT part of DONA or CAPPA as their requirements are slightly different and DONA.org is a workshop only program. We at Catholic Doula Program are mostly an online program; but we are starting to do workshops. If you want a real live workshop in your area; please contact us.
We also have a new Policies Page here. Thank you for looking at our program.
To learn about our Fast-Track Program click here.

What's the History of Catholic Doula Program©? Do you have graduates? How many students are in your current program?

The history of Catholic Doula Program goes back to around 2013 actually; we had thought of the program and tested some of it on a few friends. We decided to wait to make it a full doula program until March 1, 2014 when we had our first enrollment in our program. We have gone through some revisions now and we are grateful for Lina Martin to help us with the first beginnings of this program. We have 7 graduates as of end of 2015!  We currently have around 30 plus students in our online program.
We now have one postpartum graduate and one new birth doula graduate as of 5-1-2016.
We recently had a in person one-day workshop and successfully graduated 2 students from our program. Who's the founder of Catholic Doula Program©? Catholic Doula Program was founded by Julie Larsen and she consulted with Lina Martin to help get the program going back in early 2014. See Team Members info below.

So, what's in a module?--please ask for free sample! Do I have to attend births? What are the certification requirements (see steps for certification-birth doula)? Please see Birth Doula Page for more information!
We also have Fast-Track Doula Program with combo postpartum coming soon. Check it out here.

BLOOM Program info

Prayer to Infant Prague:
INFANT OF PRAGUE NOVENA PRAYER   O Jesus, Who has said, "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened," through the intercession of Mary, Your Most Holy Mother, I knock, I seek, I ask that my prayer be granted.
(Make your request)
O Jesus, Who has said, "All that you ask of the Father in My Name, He will grant you," through the intercession of Mary Your Most Holy Mother, I humbly and urgently ask your Father in your name that my prayer will be granted.
(Make your request)
O Jesus, Who has said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away but My word shall not pass away," through the intercession of Mary Your Most Holy Mother, I feel confident that my prayer will be granted.
(Make your request) PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Divine Infant Jesus, I know You love me and would never leave me. I thank You for Your close Presence in my life. Miraculous Infant, I believe in Your promise of peace, blessings, and freedom from want. I place every need and care in Your hands. Lord Jesus, may I always trust in Your generous mercy and love. I want to honor and praise You, now and forever. Amen

Jennifer Buckley

Grader/Friend /Doula in Training

Christy Doulamom

Main Helper Board member

About to become a certified doula with our program!

Julie Larsen (CD, Madriella, Hypnobabies Hypno-Doula)

Owner of Catholic Doula

Traditional Catholic Doula and Mother

Nicole Kline Certified Catholic birth doula and postpartum doula in training

Grader

Friend

Go to our Program Pages:
Birth Doula Info Page, Certification and Books; and Other Doula Programs: Special Needs, Teen Program, Postpartum Doula and Rebozo plus Workshops!

Birth Doula Information Page

Birth Doula Certification Requirements and Book Requirements

Link to Special Needs Doula Program

Link to learn about BLOOM Program