CATHOLIC LGBT HISTORY: Gay-Friendly Catholic Parish List Is Published - New Ways Mistry

Contents:

• CATHOLIC LGBT HISTORY: GAY-FRIENDLY CATHOLIC PARISH LIST IS PUBLISHED
• GAY-IENDLY PARISH CALIFORNIA
• U.S. HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVIST WEBSE PROVIS LIST OF 'GAY FRIENDLY' CATHOLIC PARISH

CATHOLIC LGBT HISTORY: GAY-FRIENDLY CATHOLIC PARISH LIST IS PUBLISHED

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.

GAY-IENDLY PARISH CALIFORNIA

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.

U.S. HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVIST WEBSE PROVIS LIST OF 'GAY FRIENDLY' CATHOLIC PARISH

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:. ’ Beg a gay-iendly Catholic parish is now much ls likely to be seen as a ntradictn.

Bernatte’s parish, Severn, Maryland, which had gurated a gay outreach mistry. If you know of a gay-iendly parish, please let know by providg the parish name, cy and state, and webse. The Roman Catholic Church, the largt Christian nomatn the Uned Stat wh an timated 62 ln members, has weled celibate gay and lbian people to s church life but creasgly is beg more tolerant even of this populatn.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church, a text which ntas dogmas and teachgs of the Church, nam “homosexual acts” as “trsilly immoral and ntrary to the natural law, ” and nam “homosexual tennci” as “objectively disorred. ” While the Catholic Church do not nsir “homosexual orientatn” sful and of self, do have a very negative attu toward .