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Homily and Personal Reflection Aids for April 2025

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A catalog of Scripture reflections as we journey from Lent to Easter. Read More

Take a Lenten Journey with New Ways Ministry

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Many parish and campus LGBTQ+ ministry groups have used these exercises as part of their spiritual development programs, and they look forward to using the program as a regular part of their outreach.   Read More

Homily and Personal Reflection Aids for March 2025

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A catalog of Scripture reflections to aid your celebration of the upcoming season of Lent. Read More

Acting for LGBTQ Liberation: A Lenten Check-In

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How can our communities join in the pursuit of LGBTQ liberation this Lent? Here are some action items that you can advocate for in your community: Read More

Jesus’ Transfiguration: What a Queer Story!

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What relevance does the Transfiguration have for all of us as disciples of Christ, here in the second week of Lent, and for us as LGBTQ+ Catholics and allies, in particular? Read More

How Adam and Eve’s Fig Leaves Cover Up the Fall’s Real Meaning

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Although intended to hide the sex organs of Adam and Eve, those fig-leaf Fruit-of-the-Looms managed to focus attention on them. The only thing they covered up was the real meaning of the story.  Read More

Sr. Jeannine Gramick: Letters from Pope Francis Are Like “Soothing Hand of a Friend”

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As part of a Lenten reflection, Sr. Jeannine Gramick has written about the meaning of Pope Francis' letters to her and to New Ways Ministry, while also providing some insight about her own spiritual life. Read More

New Book Features Way of the Cross Meditation for Solidarity with LGBTQ People

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With just under a week until the Triduum begins, today Bondings 2.0 highlights a new LGBTQ-specific resources for reflection in this sacred time. Read More

Eating in the Land of the Living

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This year, I ate meat on the first Friday of Lent. Not by accident, like I’d done before. Not justifying it with a technicality (like it was after midnight Friday night when we left the bar, so it was really Saturday). Not feeling out of control, or like I couldn’t stop myself, but on purpose. Purposefully. Read More

For Lent, Take a Journey of Scriptural Reflection for LGBTQ People and Allies

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New Ways Ministry invites you on a Lenten journey of spiritual reflection. Read More