When we box up our Nativity scenes this year, let’s also pack away our illusion of a picture-perfect, porcelain Holy Family. Read More
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Take advantage of today to celebrate this original vision of the Holy Family, and to give thanks for the queer, complicated, loving network of human relationships that magnify your joys and ease your adversities. Read More
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"On this Holy Family Sunday as we look upon those sparkling manger scenes in our homes and churches, we need to recall that this family from 2,000 years ago was also marginalized in many ways." Read More
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Remember that the Holy Family themselves were not the standard or “normal” family either. Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/holy-family-07-ivan-grixti.jpeg?fit=500%2C708&ssl=1708500Maka Black Elkhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngMaka Black Elk2022-12-29 01:00:072022-12-27 17:44:34Finding Sanctuary in Queer Holy Families When the Church Falls Short
Despite the depictions on countless greeting cards and stained glass windows, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus did not truly resemble a stereotypical modern, white, suburban family. Read More
Against its many critics, theologian Brian Flanagan writes a defense of the Vatican's 2020 Nativity scene that has lessons for LGBTQ Catholics and allies, too. Read More
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On this feast day of The Holy Family, I want to shout to our Church leaders to review the viability of Church teaching when it comes to same-sex activity, to own at least partial responsibility for the hate and ignorance and pain that my son and countless others have had to overcome, and to examine whether this teaching is enhancing souls and is consistent with Jesus’ message of love and inclusiveness. Read More
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Onthe Sunday after we commemorates Christ’s birth, the church celebrates “The Feast of the Holy Family.” Whoever had the idea of putting the “Feast of the Holy Family” right after Christmas on the liturgical calendar, well, that’s dirty pool, if you ask me. Here's a guide to survive this special feast. Read More
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On the last Sunday in December, Catholics around the world will celebrate the Feast of... Read More
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A bishop has criticized a Nativity scene which features two Joseph figures while omitting Mary, calling it "sacrilege" and an "attack on the Christian Faith." Read More
https://i0.wp.com/www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Nativity-Josephs.jpg?fit=1199%2C899&ssl=18991199Robert Shine, Managing Editorhttps://www.newwaysministry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/logo_nwm-1.pngRobert Shine, Managing Editor2017-12-08 01:00:382018-06-29 11:13:28Bishop Calls Nativity Scene with Two St. Joseph’s an “Attack on Christian Faith”
