Jeannine Gramick Archives - New Ways Ministry

“Love Tenderly”: New Book Tells the Stories of Lesbian and Queer Nuns

January 14, 2021/0 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, New Ways Ministry, Personal Stories /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

“Lesbian nuns are the Church’s pearls of great price. They are treasures that have been hidden in our convent fields for centuries that are now being unearthed." Read More

For All the Saints (Part 1)

November 1, 2019/8 Comments/in Personal Stories /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A few days ago, Bondings 2.0 asked its readers: “If you could canonize any LGBTQ person or ally, living or dead, Catholic or not, fictional or real, who would it be, and why?” Read More

CATHOLIC LGBT HISTORY: Catholics Meet on Gay Role in Clergy

September 30, 2018/3 Comments/in LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

It seems like you can't open a Catholic periodical or look at a Catholic news website today without the subject of gay priests being discussed somewhere. But almost 30 years ago, the topic of gay clergy, as well as lesbian sisters and gay religious brothers, was so unique that a day-long conference about these categories of people was the subject of articles in both The New York Times and The Washington Post. Read More

The Untold Story of Nuns’ Support of LGBT People

January 5, 2018/16 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

A story about LGBT ministry in the Catholic Church that needs to be told, re-told, and re-told again: Catholic nuns have been LGBT people's strongest supporters among institutional church people. Read More

CATHOLIC LGBT HISTORY: Gay-Friendly Catholic Parishes List Is Published

July 29, 2017/3 Comments/in Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

“This Month in Catholic LGBT History” is Bondings 2.0’s feature to educate readers of the rich history—positive and... Read More

LGBT Pilgrimage to Ireland, Land of Rainbows and Wedding Bells–Part 1

April 30, 2016/0 Comments/in New Ways Ministry /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Today’s post is Part One of a two-part series on New Ways Ministry’s pilgrimage to... Read More

Reforming Doctrinal Investigations Could Help Church Grow on LGBT Issues

April 25, 2016/0 Comments/in Hierarchy /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

An international group of theologians, bishops, priests, and pastoral ministers who had been investigated by the... Read More

Bringing Life Out of What Seems Lifeless

April 6, 2014/0 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections /by Sr. Jeannine Gramick

Periodically in Lent, Bondings 2.0 will feature reflections by two New Ways Ministry staff members: Matthew Myers,... Read More

Father Robert Nugent, New Ways Ministry’s Co-Founder, Passes Into Eternal Life

January 2, 2014/33 Comments/in New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

With confidence in the promise of the Resurrection, but also with hearts heavy with sorrow,... Read More

Patiently Waiting for the Desert to Bloom With Abundant Flowers

December 15, 2013/9 Comments/in Scriptural Reflections, Theology & Church Teaching /by Sr. Jeannine Gramick

For the four Sundays of Advent, Bondings 2.0 will feature reflections on the day’s Scripture readings by... Read More

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