Celebrating 35 Years of Ministry in the LGBT Catholic Community!
From Water to Wine: Lesbian/Gay Catholics & Relationships
Seventh National Symposium on Catholicism & Homosexuality
WORKSHOP SPEAKERS
African Americans and Lesbian/Gay Issues: Developing Relationships
JOSEPH A. BROWN, SJ is a professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and an associate member of the Newman Catholic Center staff. Active as a lecturer in the areas of African American spirituality, history and culture, he has published poetry, prayer services, and articles on black Catholic spirituality, theology and literature.
Gay Priests: Coming Out While Staying In
REV. FRED DALEY is the pastor of All Saints Church, Syracuse, NY. His pastoral experience includes serving as regional vicar, director of vocations and seminarians, inner city ministry, ministries for the poor, and church reform. One of the nation’s few openly gay priests, Fred is developing the first shrine in memory of another openly gay priest, Fr. Mychal Judge, OFM, who died in the September 11th attacks.
EQUALLY BLESSED is a coalition of four Catholic organizations committed to LGBT equality in our Church and the larger society with a combined experience of 115 years of ministry and advocacy. These four organizations will be represented by Marianne Duddy-Burke, Executive Director of DignityUSA; Dwayne Fernandes, Associate Director of New Ways Ministry; Mary Ellen and Casey Lopata, co-founders of Fortunate Families; and Nicole Sotelo, Director of Communications and Programs at Call To Action.
ORLANDO ESPIN is professor of theology and religious studies at the University of San Diego, where he also directs the interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Latino/a Catholicism. An author or editor of nine books, he specializes in the study of popular religion and culture, and is regarded as a founder of U.S. Latino/a theology.
Young Adults, LGBT Issues, and the Catholic Church: A Relationship with a Future?
JAMIE MANSON received her Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School where she studied Catholic theology and sexual ethics. She is an affiliate faculty member at Fairfield University and has a weekly column, Grace on the Margins, in the National Catholic Reporter. As a lay minister, she has worked extensively with New York City’s homeless and poor populations.
Accidental Lesbians: Catholic Marriage Through a Gender Change
CELESTINE AND HILARY RANNEY-HOWES are both lifelong professional theater designers and have been married for 33 years. Hilary authored the article, “To Be or Not to Be: A Catholic Transsexual Speaks,” which describes her conversion to Catholicism and her gender transition. She is involved with several transgender rights organizations.
From Spotless Bride to Working Partner: Relationships, Marriage, and the Church
SUSAN ROSS is Professor and Chair of the Theology Department at Loyola University Chicago. She authored For the Beauty of the Earth: Women, Sacramentality and Justice and Extravagant Affections: A Feminist Sacramental Theology, as well as numerous journal articles and book chapters. She is currently President-Elect of the Catholic Theological Society of America.
Lesbian Nuns: Journeys of Integration
SANDY YOST, CSJ is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy and is Vice President, External Relations, of the Board of Directors of the American Society for Engineering Education. She participated in the several New Ways Ministry projects for and about lesbian religious. Sandy authors a blog called "nunsuch - the adventures of a techie nun," at techienun.org.
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