EXCLUSIVE: LGBT Bar Association Director Offers Glimpse of Historic Vatican Meeting
“We implore the Holy See to take a stand against criminalizing LGBTQ+ individuals. “
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Why We Left, Why We Stay: ‘I remain one foot in and the other outside the threshold’
I neither leave nor remain. I am in limbo. Ten years teaching, six years studying in school, a decade ministering, hundreds of students taken on retreat, dozens and dozens of LGBTQ students lives’ made more livable for the safe space my classroom provided them: these are but a few of the numbers that mattered most to me before the day I was told I could no longer teach or remain in my position as Campus Minister because I was married to another woman.
‘Transforming’ Illustrates the Richness of Trans-Inclusive Faith Communities
Austen Hartke’s book, “Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians” examines gender through a Christian lens and is a timely work in an historical moment where transgender rights are under attack.
New Book Documents LGBTQ Discrimination in Canadian Catholic Schools
Despite Canada’s advances toward LGBTQ equality, a scholar’s new book on Catholic schools revealed how involved the Church is in discrimination.
Why I Stay: “Jesus wants me to stay”
” I stay because, whereas once I was deeply ensconced within the church, I am now on the outside looking in and I am forced to see through my own eyes and experience, in my own flesh, what my LGBTQ brothers and sisters have long seen and experienced because of this institution.”
Why I Left, Why I Stay: ‘Jesus Had Been In My Heart All Along”
A journey away from the Church, and then back again with renewed and stronger commitment and purpose.
Parents’ Voices Are Crucial in Creating Safer Catholic Schools
“The majority of parents are now empowered to speak truth to the knee-jerk reactions of nervous administrators. Their voice is growing. “
Why I Returned and Why I Stayed: Jesus Serves Pasta at the Heavenly Banquet
“The image of a servant Lord bringing my mother plates of steaming pasta and filling glasses of red wine made me smile.”
Home for the Holidays?
Though we are surrounded by images of perfect family celebrations for Thanksgiving and Christmas, it is impossible to ignore the pain so many of us hold inside, as we go about our business, doing our best to maintain the positive outward appearance that the season seems to demand. My heart goes out to those families who struggle through the holidays.
The Courage to Be Me
I first attended a Courage meeting when I was 24 years old and a student in the Master of Theological Studies program at the University of Notre Dame.I was told I could find like-minded Catholics to support me in the struggle against my sexuality.