LGBTQ-Friendly Parishes & Faith Communities

Parishes and faith communities included in this listing have been recommended as places of welcome for LGBTQ people.

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Our “Next Steps” program, intended for both new and existing ministries, helps individuals and communities discern what next steps are possible for them to create more welcoming pastoral environments. More information is available here.

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Alabama

Decatur: Annunciation of the Lord

Montgomery: St. Bede

Homewood: Our Lady of Sorrows

Arizona

Glendale: St. Thomas More

Mesa: St. Bridget

        Phoenix: St. Francis Xavier;  St. Patrick; Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery

Tucson: Our Mother of Sorrows; Ss. Peter and Paul; St. Odilla; St. Pius X, St. Thomas More Newman Center

California

Anaheim: Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church

Berkeley: Holy Spirit Parish; St. Mary Magdalen

Burney: St. Francis of Assisi

Carlesbad: St. Patrick

Camarillo: Padre Serra Parish

Claremont: Our Lady of the Assumption

El Cajon: St. Luke

Encino: Our Lady of Grace

Escondido: St. Timothy

Fremont: St. Joseph-Mission San Jose

       Fresno: St. Anthony Claret

Fullerton: St. Philip Benizi

Goleta: St. Mark University Parish

Hawthorne: St. Joseph (Spanish)

Hayward: All Saints

La Cañada Flintridge: St. Bede the Venerable

La Puente:  St. Louis of France

Lemon Grove: St. John of the Cross

Long Beach: Our Lady of Refuge; St. Matthew

        Los Altos: St. Simon

Los Angeles: Blessed Sacrament; Christ the King; Mother of Good Counsel; St. Agatha; St. Anselm; St. Camillus Center-LA USC Medical Center (Spanish); St. Paul the Apostle, St. Dominic (Eagle Rock)

        Manhattan Beach: American Martyrs

North Hollywood: St. Jane Frances de Chantal; St. Patrick

Oakland: Our Lady of Lourdes; St. Columba

Oceanside: St. Thomas More

Orangevale:  Divine Savior

        Palm Desert: Christ of the Desert Chapel

Palm Springs:  St. Theresa; Our Lady of Guadalupe; Our Lady of Solitude

Pasadena: Assumption of the B.V.M.

Redondo Beach: St. Lawrence Martyr

Redwood City: St. Matthias

Ross: St. Anselm

Sacramento: St. Francis of Assisi, St. Ignatius

San Carlos: St. Charles

San Diego: Ascension; St. John the Evangelist; St. Jude Shrine; Catholic Community of UC, San Diego, St. Catherine Laboure; St. Brigid

San Dimas: Holy Name of Mary

San Francisco: Most Holy Redeemer; Old St. Mary’s Cathedral; St. Agnes; St. Dominic; St. Ignatius; St. Teresa of Avila

        San Jose: Holy Spirit; Santa Teresa

San Luis Obispo: Nativity of Our Lady

San Ramon: St. Joan of Arc

San Raphael: Church of San Raphael & Mission San Rafael Archangel

Santa Barbara: Our Lady of Guadalupe, San Roque

        Santa Clara: Mission Santa Clara

Santa Clare: GALA

Santa Cruz: Holy Cross

Santa Monica: St. Monica

Spring Valley: Santa Sophia

South Pasadena: Holy Family

Stanford: Catholic Community of Stanford University

Valinda: St. Martha

Vernon: Holy Angels Church of the Deaf

        Vista: St. Francis of Assisi

Walnut Creek: St. John Vianney

West Hollywod: St. Ambrose; St. Victor

Whittier: St. Mary of the Assumption

        Woodland Hills:  St. Mel

Colorado

Avon: St. Edward

Colorado Springs: Sacred Heart;  Our Lady of the Pines, Benet Hill Monastery

Denver: Christ the King; Mount Carmel; St. Dominic; Holy Family

Genessee: St. Frances Cabrini Shrine

Highlands Ranch: Pax Christi

Lafayette: Immaculate Conception

Lakewood: St. Bernadette

Littleton: Light of the World; St. Francis Cabrini

Connecticut

Guilford: St. George’s

Hartford: Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center; St. Patrick-St. Anthony

        Middlebury and Southbury:  MiddSouthCatholic

New Haven:  St. Thomas More Chapel & Center

Delaware

North Wilmington: Holy Child

        Rehoboth Beach: St. Edmond

Wilmington: St. Joseph, Sacred Heart Oratory

District of Columbia

Washington: Holy Trinity; St. Matthew Cathedral, St. Patrick

Florida

Cocoa Beach: Our Savior

Daytona Beach: Our Lady of Lourdes

Flagler Beach: Santa Maria del Mar

Fort Lauderdale: Blessed Sacrament, St. Anthony; St. Maurice

Fort Myers: St. John XXIII

Gainesville: Queen of Peace

Jupiter: St. Peter

Pensacola: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart

Key West:  Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea

Tampa: Sacred Heart

Georgia

Atlanta: Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

       Decatur: St. Thomas More

Idaho

Boise: St. Mary (English/Spanish)

Illinois

Berwyn: St. Mary of the Celle

Chicago: Immaculate Conception; Old St. Patrick; Our Lady of Lourdes; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel; St. Clement; St. Gertrude; St. Gregory; St. Peter; St. Pius V; St. Sylvester (Spanish); St. Teresa of Avila; St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Agatha, Old St. Mary’s , St. Vincent de Paul, St. Michael (Old Town); St. James (S. Wabash)

Country Club Hills: St. Emeric

Evanston: St. Nicholas, United Catholic Youth Ministries, Sheil Catholic Center/Northwestern Univ.

Inverness: Holy Family

Johnston City: St. Paul

Morton Grove: St. Martha

Oak Park: Ascension-St. Edmund; St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy; St. Giles

        Plainfield: St. Mary Immaculate

Schaumburg: St. Marcelline

       Woodstock: Resurrection

Indiana

Dyer: St. Maria Goretti

Evansville: All Saints

Franklin:  St.Rose of Lima

Indianapolis: St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Gabriel the Archangel, St.Pius X

Iowa

Coralville: St. Thomas More

        Des Moines:  Holy Trinity, St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church & Student Center

Atchison:  Mt. St. Scholastica Convent

Kentucky

Covington: Mother of God

Lexington: Historic St. Paul , St. Peter Claver

Louisville: Cathedral of the Assumption; Epiphany, St. William, Our Lady of Lourdes

Louisiana

New Orleans: St. Augustine

Maine

Portland: Sacred Heart-St. Dominic, Our Lady of Hope

Maryland

Baltimore: Corpus Christi; St. Francis of Assisi; St. Ignatius; St. Matthew; St. Vincent de Paul,  Most Precious Blood, Blessed                            Sacrament, St. Anthony, St. Dominic, St. Athanasius, Shrine of the Little Flower, St. Joseph’s Monastery Parish

Capitol Heights: St. Margaret of Scotland

Columbia: St. John the Evangelist

        Ellicott City: Church of the Resurrection, St. Paul

Frederick: St. Katherine Drexel

Gaithersburg: St. Rose of Lima

Glen Burnie:  Christ the King

Hagerstown: St. Ann

Odenton: St. Joseph

Severn: St. Bernadette

Massachusetts

Amherst: Newman Catholic Center

Boston: St. Joseph; Paulist Center; St. Anthony Shrine; St. Cecilia

Brimfield: St. Christopher

Buzzard’s Bay: St. Margaret’s and St. Mary’s

Cambridge: St. Peter

East Longmeadow: St. Michael  

Haydenville: Our Lady of the Hills

Lexington: Sacred Heart Saint Brigid

Medford: Catholic Community at Tufts University

Monson:  St. Patrick

Newton: St. Ignatius

Norwood: St. Timothy

Provincetown: St. Peter

Plymouth: Mary, Queen of Martyr’s Parish

Sharon: Our Lady of Sorrows

Springfield: Sacred Heart, Holy Cross

Wayland:  Good Shepherd

Westford: Blessed Trinity Parish

Whitinsville: St. Patrick

Michigan

Ann Arbor: St. Mary’s Student Parish

Detroit: Christ the King; Gesu Parish; St. Leo; Ss. Peter and Paul

        Grand Rapids: Cathedral of St. Andrew

Livonia:  St. Edith

Rochester Hills:  St. Irenaeus

St. Ignace: St. Ignatius Loyola

Westland: Ss. Simon and Jude

Minnesota

Blaine: St. Timothy

Bloomington: St. Edward

Brooklyn Park: St. Gerard Majella

Eden Prairie:  Pax Christi

Maple Grove: St. Joseph the Worker

Minneapolis: Ascension; St. Frances Cabrini; St. Joan of Arc, Basilica of St. Mary

        St. Paul:  Lumen Christi Catholic Community; St. Thomas More, St. Stanislaus

Jackson:  Christ the King

Missouri

Kansas City: Guardian Angels; Holy Family; St. James ; St. Francis Xavier

         St. Charles: St. Cletus

St. Joseph: St. Francis Xavier

St. Louis: St. Cronan; St. Margaret of Scotland; St. Pius V; St. Francis Xavier College Church

Montana

Billings: Holy Rosary; St. Pius X

Nebraska

Omaha: Sacred Heart, St. John Parish (Creighton University) , St. Pius X

Nevada

Henderson: St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic 

Las Vegas: Christ the King; Guardian Angel Cathedral

Reno: Our Lady of the Snows

New Hampshire

Pelham: St. Patrick

New Jersey
Berkeley Heights:  Little Flower

Clifton:  St. Philip, St. Clare

Dumont: St. Mary’s | Dumont

Hillsborough: St. Joseph

Hoboken:  Our Lady of Grace

Lawrenceville: St. Ann

Long Beach Island: St. Francis of Assisi

Maplewood: St. Joseph

Marlton:  St. Joan of Arc

Monmouth: Church of the Precious Blood

Pompton Lakes: St. Mary

Randolph: Resurrection

River Edge:  St. Peter the Apostle

Scotch Plains: St. Bartholomew

Sicklerville:  St. Charles Borromeo

South Plainfield: Sacred Heart

Stirling:  Shrine of St. Joseph

Turnersville: Sts. Peter and Paul,

Upper Saddle River:  Church of the Presentation

Wayside: St. Anselm

New Mexico

Albuquerque: Holy Family, San Felipe de Neri , Immaculate Conception

Espanola: Sacred Heart of Jesus

New York

Albany: St. Vincent DePaul, St. Francis of Assisi

Baldwinsville: St. Augustine

Bellmore: St. Barnabas the Apostle

Bellport: Mary Immaculate

Binghamton: St. Francis of Assisi

Brooklyn: Immaculate Heart of Mary; St. Andrew the Apostle; St. Athanasius; St. Augustine; St. Boniface

Buffalo: St. Joseph University Parish, St. Katharine Drexel

Deer Park: Ss. Cyril and Methodius

Elmira: St. Mary

Fairport: Church of the Assumption

Henrietta: Good Shepherd

        Ithaca: St. Catherine of Siena

Manhattan: Blessed Sacrament, Church of the Ascension; Holy Name of Jesus; St. Francis de Sales; St. Francis of Assisi; St. Francis Xavier; St. Ignatius Loyola; St. Paul the Apostle

Pittsford: Church of the Transfiguration

Rochester: Blessed Sacrament; St. Mary (Downtown); St. Monica; Chapel of St. Basil the Great (St. John Fisher University)

Saratoga Springs: St. Peter

Schenectady:  St. Luke

Sherrill: St. Helena

Syracuse: All Saints; St. Lucy; St. Patrick & St. Brigid

Utica: Historic Old St. John’s; Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Vernon: Holy Family

Wading River: St. John the Baptist

Wantaugh: St. Frances de Chantal

        Webster: St. Rita

West Islip: Our Lady of Lourdes

Westbury: St. Brigid

North Carolina

Apex: St. Andrew the Apostle

Chapel Hill: Newman Catholic Community at UNC

Charlotte: St. Peter

Durham: Immaculate Conception

Fayetteville: St. Patrick

Raleigh: St. Francis of Assisi, St. Raphael the Archangel

Ohio

Akron: St. Bernard

        Centerville:  St. Leonard Faith Community

Cincinnati:  Bellarmine Chapel, Xavier University; St. Francis de Sales; St. Francis Seraph

Cleveland: Blessed Trinity; St. Malachi; St. Martha; St. Augustine

Columbus: St. Francis of Assisi

Fairlawn: St. Hilary

Mentor: St. John Vianney

Shaker Heights:  St. Dominic

Solon:  Church of the Resurrection

University Heights: Church of the Gesu

Westlake: St. Ladislas

Willoughby Hills: St. Noel

Oregon

Beaverton: Spirit of Grace Roman Catholic & Lutheran Community

Portland: St. Andre Bessette; St. Andrew;  St. Phillip Neri; St. Ignatius

Pennsylvania

Bryn Mawr/Villanova:  St. Thomas of Villanova

Danville: St. Joseph

        Latrobe: St. Vincent Basilica

Philadelphia: Old St. Joseph; Old St. Mary; St. John the Evangelist; St. Vincent de Paul

        Pittsburgh: St. Joseph the Worker

Wallingford:  St. John Chrysostom

Wilkinsburg: St. Mary Magdalene

Rhode Island

Providence: St. Raymond 

Warren: St. Mary of the Bay

       Warwick: Sts. Rose & Clement

Wickford: St. Bernard

Tennessee

Memphis: St. Patrick,  Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

        Nashville: Christ the King

Texas

Austin: St. Austin

Dallas: Holy Trinity

El Paso: All Saints

Houston: St. Anne; St. Theresa

       Odessa: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

San Antonio: Holy Rosary,  Mission San Jose, Chapels at St. Mary’s University

Virginia

Arlington: Our Lady Queen of Peace

Glen Allen: St. Michael the Archangel

Mechanicsville: Church of the Redeemer

Richmond: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart; Sacred Heart Parish

Roanoke: St. Gerard

Triangle: St. Francis

Virginia Beach: St. Nicholas

Washington

Seattle: Christ Our Hope; St. Benedict; St. James Cathedral; St. Joseph; St. Mary’s

Spokane:  St. Aloysius

Tacoma: St. Leo

Bridgeport: All Saints

Shepherdstown:  St. Agnes

Wisconsin

De Pere:  St. Norbert College Parish

Madison: Our Lady Queen of Peace

Menomonee Falls: Good Shepherd

Milwaukee: St. Bernadette; Good Shepherd; Prince of Peace; Trinity-Guadalupe ;  Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Benedict the Moor ; St. Sebastian

Wauwatosa: St. Pius X

Cheyenne:  Holy Trinity

Salt Lake City:  The Cathedral of the Madeleine

Waverley, New South Wales:  St. Charles Borromeo

Canada

Montreal: Holy Cross

Montreal: L’Église Saint-Pierre-Apôtre

Ottawa: St. Joseph

Toronto: Our Lady of Lourdes

England

Bristol: St. Nicholas of Tolentino

Buckden: St Hugh of Lincoln at Buckden Towers

Grimsby, Cleethorpes, Immingham: Most Holy and Undivided Trinity

London: Church of the Immaculate Conception

York: Bar Convent (Middlesborough Diocese LGBT+ Ministry)

Paris:  St. Sulpice, St. Eustache

Mexico City: Parroquia del Verbo Encarnado y la Sagrada Familia

Northern Ireland

Belfast: Clonard Monastery Parish

Balleyfermot, Dublin:  Our Lady of the Assumption

Donore Avenue, Dublin: St. Therese of the Child Jesus

Kimmage Manor, Dublin: The Holy Spirit Parish

South Africa

Johannesburg: Holy Trinity Catholic Church

Vatican City:  St. Peter’s Basilica

Arizona

Scottsdale: Franciscan Renewal Center

California

Bermuda Dunes:  St. Clare of Assisi

Pleasanton: Catholic Community of Pleasanton

San Diego: Mary Magdalene Catholic Community

San Francisco:  Dignity/San Francisco

District of Columbia

Communitas

Palatine:  Agape

Springfield:  Holy Family Inclusive Catholic Community

St. Mary-of-the-Woods:  Church of the Immaculate Conception at the Sisters of Providence Motherhouse

Iowa

Coralville: Full Circle Small Faith Community

Maryland

Baltimore, Annapolis, Thurmont: Living Water Inclusive Catholic Community

Greenbelt: Greenbelt Catholic Community

Relay: Catholic Community at Relay

Michigan

Grand Rapids: Marywood

Kalamazoo: Lambda Catholics

Minnesota

Minneapolis: Spirit of St. Stephen’s Catholic Community

Stirling: Emmaus Christian Community

Ohio

Brecksville:  Community of St. Bridget

Cleveland:  Community of St. Peter

Dayton:  Living Beatitudes Community

Oregon

Portland: Journey Koinonia Catholic Community

Pennsylvania

Bethlehem: St. Francis Center for Renewal, Monocacy Manor

Drexel Hill: St. Mary Magdalene Community

Pittsburgh: Dignity/Pittsburgh

Virginia

Arlington: NOVA Catholic Community

McLean: PAX Community

Washington

Lacey: Holy Wisdom Inclusive Catholic Community

Wisconsin

Madison: Holy Wisdom Monastery

Wauwatosa: Mary of Magdala, Apostle to the Apostles

Ireland

Dublin:  Orlagh in the City

Korea

Seoul: Alpha Omega