"Next Steps: Developing Catholic Lesbian/Gay Ministry"
Facilitated by Francis DeBernardo
Celebrating 32 Years of Ministry in the LGBT Catholic Community!
©2009 New Ways Ministry
4012 29th Street - Mount Rainier, MD 20712
Tel. 301-277-5674
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ABOUT NWM
Welcome to New Ways Ministry,
a gay-positive ministry of advocacy and justice for lesbian and gay Catholics and
reconciliation within the larger Christian and civil communities.
Through research, publication and education about homosexuality, we foster dialogue among groups and individuals, identify and combat personal and structural homophobia, work for changes in attitudes and promote the acceptance of gay and lesbian people as full and equal member of church and society.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
NEWS & PRESS STATEMENTS
These Catholics institutions seek to welcome and integrate lesbian and gay students into the learning community.
Statement of Francis DeBernardo, Executive Director, New Ways Ministry
McNeill will receive New Ways Ministry's bridge building award on Sunday, October 4, 2009, at the Desmond Tutu Center, New York City.
See Photos from NWM pilgrimage to El Salvador
New Ways Ministry staff and friends traveled to El Salvador on February 27th to March 6th to meet community organizations and to visit holy sites.
"War and the Soul"
Facilitated by Richard Rohr, OFM
A retreat for gay men who are resigned priests and former religious
"War and the Soul"
Facilitated by Richard Rohr, OFM
A retreat for gay men who are resigned priests and former religious
and Dr. John Perito
Honoring John McNeill, 2009 Recipient
Archbishop Rembert Weakland’s public acknowledgement of his gay sexual orientation is a gift to lesbian/gay Catholics, to all who work for their inclusion in the faith, and, indeed, to the entire church. What a relief it is finally to have a bishop publicly witness to what many Catholics have long known and accepted: that some of our bishops and priests are gay men, that many of them struggle not only with their sexual orientation, but with the hierarchy’s official repression, and that they bring an array of personal, spiritual, and intellectual gifts to the faith community. Because lesbian/gay Catholics must often struggle with understanding and then acknowledging their sexual orientation as they develop, the most important gift that their experience gives to the church is how vital and liberating it is to tell the truth. Given past decades of sexual abuse cover-ups, that is a gift that many bishops certainly need.
John McNeill to Receive 2009 Bridge Building Award
On Archbishop Rembert Weakland's Memoirs
Archbishop Rembert
Weakland