Family Life

Upcoming Events:

“Our Place at the Table” A Retreat for LGBT Catholics, their parents, pastoral ministers, and interested persons.

September 19-21, 2014

Aston, PA For more information, click here.

“The Holy Land: Ancient and New” An LGBT-Friendly Pilgrimage with Sr. Jeannine Gramick

February 14-23, 2014

For more information, click here.

Latest news

Italian Priest: Church Can Become a Home for Everyone

Father Pino Piva served as the editor of a new collection of essays documenting the transgender experience within the Catholic Church. Read More

St. Teresa of Ávila: A Powerful Icon for LGBTQ+ Catholics

“What do you think we must be like if we are not to be considered bold by God and the world?”  Read More

Diocesan Employee’s Rainbow-Swastika Post Sparks Controversy

An Italian bishop's secretary changed his profile picture on WhatsApp to an incendiary image using the Pride flag. Read More

Resources

  • Always Our Children – The U.S. bishops’ 1997 pastoral message to parents of lesbian/gay children and to pastoral ministers. To lesbian/gay people, the bishops said, “In you God’s love is revealed.” Read online and order copies here.
  • Fortunate Families – An organization of Catholic parents with LGBT children who journey together with a message of hope and unconditional love for families, and seek justice for their children.
  • LGBTQ Children in Catholic Families: A Deacon’s View of Holy Family Sunday – by Deacon Ray Dever
  • What Makes the Holy Family–and Our Families–Holy? – by Joseanne and Joseph Peregin of Drachma Parents (Malta)
  • The Ups and Downs and Ups of a Parents Support Group- by Paula Mattras
  • Being Elizabeth: The Call to Being a Parent of an LGBT Person – by Louise Laferia of Drachma Parents (Malta)
  • List of LGBT-Friendly Parishes and Faith Communities
  • List of LGBT-Friendly Catholic Colleges and Universities