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Thanksgiving: So Much to Be Grateful For!

November 24, 2022/5 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

We've gathered the New Ways Ministry family of staff, volunteers, and board members to share their items of gratitude for the past year. Read More

Only the Foreigner Returned: LGBTQ+ Catholics on the Synodal Path

October 9, 2022/0 Comments/in New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Scriptural Reflections, Synod on Synodality /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

This synodal process has exposed me in a new way to just how often LGBTQ+ Catholics are the foreigners who returned. Read More

This Fall, Deepen Your Catholic LGBTQ+ Knowledge with New Virtual Programs

September 3, 2022/0 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Higher Education, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

This fall, New Ways Ministry invites you to a series of virtual programs centered on deepening knowledge about how to be a Catholic LGBTQ+ advocate. Read More

Transgender Woman Calls Meeting with Pope Francis an “Important Message” for Pride

July 1, 2022/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Pope Francis has met with a group of transgender women this month, one of whom remarked on how the encounter was an "important message" during Pride. Read More

New Ways Ministry Issues Synod Report on LGBTQ Catholics and Allies

June 11, 2022/3 Comments/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Yesterday, New Ways Ministry released its report on what LGBTQ people and allies are saying during the synodal process. The report is now available to read and share widely. Read More

In Historic First, Leader of Vatican’s Synod Office Addresses LGBTQ Audience

April 12, 2022/1 Comment/in Hierarchy, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

In an historic first, a Vatican official spoke to an audience of LGBTQ Catholics this past Sunday, encouraging them to participate in the synodal process while also learning about their experiences. Read More

Vatican Official to Give New Ways Ministry Lecture on Synodality & Reconciliation

February 28, 2022/0 Comments/in Hierarchy, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

New Ways Ministry is pleased to announce that Sr. Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ, Undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, will be delivering the 2022 Father Robert Nugent Memorial Lecture. Read More

New Ways Ministry Opposes Milwaukee Archdiocese’s New Anti-Transgender Policy

January 20, 2022/9 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s new anti-transgender guidelines are not only pastorally ineffective but also personally damaging in so many ways. Read More

Sister Jeannine Gramick Feels “Gratitude and Joy” for 50 Years of LGBTQ Ministry

January 11, 2022/5 Comments/in Hierarchy, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Pope Francis, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Sister Jeannine Gramick, co-founder of New Ways Ministry, has shared about her experiences and hopes as she marks 50 years in LGBTQ ministry. Read More

Pope Francis Thanks Sr. Jeannine Gramick for Her 50 Years of LGBTQ Ministry

January 10, 2022/4 Comments/in Hierarchy, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Pope Francis /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Pope Francis has written a supportive letter to Sr. Jeannine Gramick, co-founder of New Ways Ministry, describing her work as in "'the style' of God." Read More

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