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.

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

February 14-23, 2014

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Guest Contributor

Rising Up From the Ashes

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I realize that God’s will for me is to speak out, to tell others that God loves all of us, especially the parts that we hide, that we find difficult to love. Read More
Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Before Today Ends, Find Some Way to Exuberantly Celebrate Who God Has Made You!

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"God, after all, became human. Not an idea, and certainly not a moral code." Read More

‘Femminielli’ Given New Role at Traditional Feast in Naples

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"I didn’t feel like I was in a house taken from others. I felt I was in the Lord’s house, and that it was our home too.” 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