Sr. Luisa Derouen Archives - New Ways Ministry

Can Church Teaching Change? LGBTQ+ Advocates Say Yes

October 2, 2023/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Higher Education, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Religious Liberty, Same-Gender Blessings, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Ariell Watson Simon

“Can the church change?” That question is the headline of a new article in U.S. Catholic. Author Don Clemmer attempts to answer this question, which is often asked by many LGBTQ+ Catholics longing to see the church embrace more inclusive teachings. Read More

Catholic Sister Says Bishop Invoked Her Name in Misleading Way on Transgender Healthcare

July 19, 2023/0 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

A Catholic sister long involved in transgender ministry has said a bishop made misleading claims about communication between them as the U.S. bishops discussed potentially ban gender-affirming care in Catholic hospitals. Read More

U.S. Bishops Vote for Process that Could End Gender-Affirming Care at Catholic Hospitals

June 22, 2023/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Hierarchy, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The U.S. bishops voted unanimously at their spring assembly last week to begin revisions of their medical guidelines that could lead to gender-affirming care being offered at Catholic hospitals. Read More

Nuns, Bishops, and Athletes All Opine about L.A. Dodgers’ Catholic LGBTQ+ Controversy

June 5, 2023/5 Comments/in Politics & Human Rights, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The controversy involving the Los Angeles Dodgers' decision to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI) for their charitable work has continued with seemingly everyone weighing in, from women religious to baseball players to bishops. Read More

From “A” to “D-“: How Catholic LGBTQ+ Leaders Grade Pope Francis At Ten Years, Part II

March 15, 2023/1 Comment/in Anti-LGBTQ Criminalization, Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Higher Education, Marriage & Family, New Ways Ministry, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Schools & Youth, Synod on Synodality, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today’s post, the second of two parts, features responses from leading LGBTQ+ Catholics, theologians, pastoral ministers, and reform advocates about how the first ten years of Pope Francis' tenure has gone. Read More

Across U.S., Catholic Educators Criticize Wave of Diocesan Anti-Transgender Policies

October 12, 2022/3 Comments/in Gender Identity, Gender Policies, Healthcare, Higher Education, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Bobby Nichols

Catholic educators are saving lives as they build communities of welcome for LGBTQ+ students despite some dioceses' attempts to enact transgender-exclusionary policies. Read More

Escaping the Cruelty of the Flock: Rethinking the Parable of the Lost Sheep

September 11, 2022/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Scriptural Reflections /by Guest Contributor

LGBTQ+ people have so much to give our Church if only we would receive you as the precious people of God that you are. Read More

Transgender Catholics’ Pains and Joys Highlighted in New Profile

March 14, 2022/2 Comments/in Gender Identity, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Personal Stories, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Angela Howard-McParland

For transgender Catholics, the church is often a source of both deep pain and profound joy, according to an Associated Press profile of several transgender Catholics in the United States. Read More

New Video and New Podcast Detail LGBTQ Ministries of Catholic Nuns; And More News

May 29, 2021/0 Comments/in New Ways Ministry /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Today's post features stories of how two nuns minister to the LGBTQ community, as well as other news. Read More

Nun Tells Catholic Hospitals: “Transgender Persons Are the Body of Christ, Too”

February 11, 2021/1 Comment/in Gender Identity, Healthcare, Parish Life & Pastoral Care /by Mac Svolos

"Transgender persons are the body of Christ too," wrote Sr. Luisa Derouen, OP, a member of the Dominican Sisters of Peace, in a recent column in which she called for Catholic hospitals to provide more equitable healthcare. Read More

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