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Catholic Schools Week: One LGBTQ+ Campus Minister’s Journey to Affirming Work

January 29, 2024/1 Comment/in Employment Issues, Personal Stories, Schools & Youth /by Guest Contributor

I can’t repair injustice in the Church alone, but I can choose to work in places that are more affirming, and depart from the most hostile spaces. Read More

New Article Highlights Tensions in LGBTQ+ Pastoral Ministry at Catholic Colleges

January 14, 2023/3 Comments/in Higher Education, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth /by Angela Howard-McParland

A recent piece in the National Catholic Reporter suggests that both Catholic and Protestant colleges are often serving as this liminal space where queer students experience acceptance, as well as the contradiction of anti-LGBTQ+ theological underpinnings. Read More

What I Wish I Could Tell My Students

April 27, 2020/7 Comments/in Employment Issues, Higher Education, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Guest Contributor

One student posed a question along these lines: “Where are all the queer campus ministers? Why aren’t they standing up to administration when queer students are targeted or excluded?” Read More