Bridge Building Award Archives

Join New Ways Ministry’s Webinar with Fr. James Martin on “The Synod and LGBTQ+ Issues”

September 6, 2023/0 Comments/in New Ways Ministry, Synod on Synodality /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

New Ways Ministry invites you to "The Synod and LGBTQ+ Issues: A Conversation with Fr. James Martin, S.J.," which will be held on Zoom on Thursday, September 14, 2023 from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. Eastern U.S. Time. Read More

Remembering Casey Lopata Who Had a Loving Father’s Eyes

May 13, 2021/4 Comments/in Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

At a New Ways Ministry workshop that Casey attended, I once asked participants for their favorite scripture verse or passage which gave them strength for the journey of LGBTQ ministry. Casey’s answer was: “Human beings look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7). Casey’s life was an example of striving to live into that virtue. He always tried to look at people the way God looked at them—with loving parental eyes. Our church is a better place because he lived that way. Read More