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- CATHOLIC LGBT HISTORY: GAY-FRIENDLY CATHOLIC PARISH LIST IS PUBLISHED
- BRETHREN MENNONE COUNCILA NONPROF GROUP MTED TO PROVIDG MUTUAL SUPPORT FOR FAI WH GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND TERSEX MEMBERS. THIS CLUS LGBTQ PEOPLE, FAI AND ALLI, TO WORSHIP, TE, AND PROVI MUTUAL SUPPORT.
CATHOLIC LGBT HISTORY: GAY-FRIENDLY CATHOLIC PARISH LIST IS PUBLISHED
Our lay-led mistry embrac dividuals who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, qutng/queer, tersex, asexual and their fai and iends. Gay-Friendly Catholic Parish List Is Published.
Twenty years ago this month, New Ways Mistry published s first list of “Gay-Friendly Parish, ” Catholic fah muni that had begun the procs of beg welg of gay and lbian people. Also clud that list were seven lleg whose Catholic stunt muni were known to be gay-iendly. Today there are well over 200 parish listed, and a separate list for “Gay-Friendly Catholic Colleg and Universi” ntas over 100 schools.
Many of those parish were muni who had attend gay/lbian mistry workshops offered by Fr. Nugent, who had worked many years parish mistry, was eager to make parish plac where gay and lbian people felt wele and uld participate openly muny life.
BRETHREN MENNONE COUNCILA NONPROF GROUP MTED TO PROVIDG MUTUAL SUPPORT FOR FAI WH GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND TERSEX MEMBERS. THIS CLUS LGBTQ PEOPLE, FAI AND ALLI, TO WORSHIP, TE, AND PROVI MUTUAL SUPPORT.
It allowed gay-iendly parish to know that they were not alone their outreach efforts. The gay-iendly parish list received a uple of “boosts” recently when Fr. Siarly, The Natnal Catholic Reporter featured New Ways Mistry’s gay-iendly parish list on their “Field Hospal” blog, which chronicl ntemporary parish life.
” Twenty years later, New Ways Mistry still learns about new gay-iendly parish much the same way. “To be listed, parish mt wele gay Catholics a public way, via a bullet announcement or a project or support group that v gay Catholics and their fai to participate.
There are many more parish where gay Catholics are ma to feel wele. DeBernardo believ that the recent crease parish beg gay-iendly is likely a rult of the fluence of Pope Francis:.