St. Wilgefortis Archives - New Ways Ministry

‘Lower Than the Angels’: Queer Bodies in Church History

MacCulloch’s research exposes the various ways the Church has struggled to understand gender identity. Read More

“We—LGBTQ+ people, women, and many others—are protected by the same queer armor that God granted to Wilgefortis to fulfill her destiny." Read More

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