Many of New York Cy’s most outwardly gay-iendly parish are ncentrated Manhattan, a center of both gay culture and efforts to build a gay-iendly Catholicism.
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- CATHOLIC LGBT HISTORY: GAY-FRIENDLY CATHOLIC PARISH LIST IS PUBLISHED
- NEW WAYS MISTRY LIST LLECTS GAY-IENDLY 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.
NEW WAYS MISTRY LIST LLECTS GAY-IENDLY PARISH
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. 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.