Always Our Children Archives - New Ways Ministry

Bishop Gumbleton: Remembering a Prophet Pioneer of Catholic LGBTQ+ Equality

April 5, 2024/12 Comments/in New Ways Ministry /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

With great sadness and great gratitude, New Ways Ministry mourns the passing of our dear friend, Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton. Read More

Next Steps: Catholic Church Teaching About LGBTQ Pastoral Ministry

August 14, 2020/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Since the 1970s, Catholic Church leaders have issued strong calls for pastoral ministry to LGBTQ people, yet so few Catholics know about this tradition. Read More

Always Our Children: 20 Years Later

October 1, 2017/2 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Twenty years ago today, on October 1, 1997, the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Marriage and Family issued "Always Our Children: A Pastoral Message to Parents of Homosexual Children AND Suggestions for Pastoral Ministers." What did this document contribute to the discussion of LGBT issues in the Catholic Church? And what is its impact today? Read More