Personal Stories Archives - Page 15 of 25

“Bondings 2.0” Announces New Digital Forum to Expand the LGBTQ Catholic Conversation

March 30, 2020/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Arts, Books & Culture, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Scriptural Reflections, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

One of the great joys for "Bondings 2.0's" editors and writers in these last seven years has been the community of readers and commenters which has developed. Now we seek to expand that conversation. Read More

Coming Out of the Tomb of Fear, Shame, and Loneliness

March 29, 2020/4 Comments/in Personal Stories, Scriptural Reflections /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

"The tomb I built around me kept me in safety, but I was dying from fear, shame, and loneliness." Read More

Through Music, Gina Chavez Shares Her Story of Being Queer, Catholic, and Married

March 26, 2020/0 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Marriage & Family, Personal Stories /by Catherine Buck

Musician Gina Chavez is queer and Catholic, and she wants the world to know her story. Read More

Having Our Eyes Opened to Encounter Jesus

March 22, 2020/3 Comments/in Personal Stories, Scriptural Reflections /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Are we willing to call out to Jesus to cure us of our varied kinds of blindness? Read More

Diocesan Magazine Features Stories of a Married Gay Church Worker and a Sex Therapist

March 20, 2020/0 Comments/in Employment Issues, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A diocesan magazine in Germany recently featured three perspectives on LGBTQ issues in the church, one from a gay pastoral worker, one from theologian, and one from a sex therapist. Read More

Thirsty for Living Water

March 15, 2020/2 Comments/in Personal Stories, Scriptural Reflections /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

If only the Samaritan woman were like all the other women in the town… if she had had a reputable past… if she subscribed to the social and moral mores of Samaria, and held her tongue, especially in the company of men, she would not have encountered Jesus. Read More

Transfiguration = Coming Out

March 8, 2020/0 Comments/in Personal Stories, Scriptural Reflections /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

"When I think about the transfiguration I see Jesus on that mountain revealing a very secret, special, and essential part of himself his disciples." Read More

Unexpected Grace: How a Welcoming Parish Softened One LGBTQ Catholic’s Heart

March 7, 2020/2 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Brian Kaufman

An LGBTQ parishioner in Washington, D.C. has experienced a spiritual renewal in which they discovered a warm and loving environment at his local Catholic parish that softened their hardened attitudes toward the church. Read More

Lead Us Not Into Temptation

March 1, 2020/1 Comment/in Personal Stories /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Times of testing often come with the shame that always brings along a kind of self-hatred. Read More

Come Back to Me

February 26, 2020/3 Comments/in Personal Stories /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent's 40 days, when we try to pay closer attention to God's gifts of love, mercy, and forgiveness. Read how several Catholic LGBTQ people and Allies have experienced that love and mercy in so many unique ways. Read More