Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School Archives

Canonical Resolution in LGBTQ Employment Dispute Could Have Major Implications

June 30, 2021/1 Comment/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth /by Beth Mueller Stewart

The Archdiocese of Indiana and a local Jesuit high school remain in a standoff in a canonical case after an Indiana court dismissed a civil suit against the archdiocese. Read More

Report: Cardinal Tobin Asked by Vatican to Intervene in Indianapolis Church Worker Dispute

March 5, 2021/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Brian Kaufman

A leading U.S. cardinal has been asked by the Vatican to negotiate a canonical dispute between an archdiocese and a local Catholic high school. The dispute erupted after the archbishop removed the school's Catholic affiliation over its failure to comply with the archbishop's request for a married gay teacher to be fired. Read More

The BEST Catholic LGBTQ News Stories of 2019

December 31, 2019/2 Comments/in New Ways Ministry, Pope Francis /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Here are the top ten BEST Catholic LGBTQ news events of the past year. As you will see, there has been a lot to celebrate these past 12 months! Read More

Amidst Indianapolis Employment Disputes, Local Catholic Sees Hope and Freedom

September 2, 2019/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Schools & Youth /by Guest Contributor

As the new school year starts here in Indianapolis, two Catholic high schools are missing key faculty and staff who were terminated this past year because of their same-gender marriages. A third Catholic school lives under sanctions by the local archbishop for refusing to discriminate. But in these unjust situations, I find there is a certain freedom and a hope coming forth, too. Read More

The chapel at Brebuef Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis

Jesuit School Files Vatican Appeal After Archbishop Strips It of Catholic Designation

August 8, 2019/5 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A high school that lost its Catholic designation for refusing to terminate an LGBTQ employee at the archbishop's request is appealing that decision before the Vatican. Meanwhile, the archbishop has barred the school from holding school-wide Masses. Read More

New Ways Ministry Criticizes Archdiocese of Indianapolis for Firing LGBTQ Teacher

June 25, 2019/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Another LGBTQ teacher at an Indianapolis Catholic high school has been fired because of an ultimatum presented by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis: fire the teacher or lose the right to call the school “Catholic.” Coming just days after another Catholic high school in the same city lost its ability to call itself “Catholic” for refusing to fire another LGBTQ teacher, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, for the good of the Church, to stop and re-consider its punitive policies. Read More

New Ways Ministry Praises Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School Leaders

June 22, 2019/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The leaders of Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis have taken a courageous step by standing by their teacher who is involved in a civil same-gender marriage. Read More

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