Welcome. God loves you.

Michael O'Brien / March 16, 2024

On Staten Island, LGBTQ groups get their own St. Patrick’s Day parade. Is this inclusion?

There’s no reason why activists and members of the LGBTQ community should still be banned from the main parade.

The 2024 Outreach LGBTQ Catholic ministry conference will be held at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., from August 2-4. Stay tuned or join our email list for more information.

Richard J. Clifford, S.J. / March 14, 2024

Richard J. Clifford, S.J.: Is the story of Sodom and Gomorrah about homosexuality? No.

The sexual assault on the two angelic servants is certainly not a warning against homosexuality, and all attempts to interpret the narrative in that direction seriously misread the story.

Jason Steidl Jack / March 8, 2024

Review: “Queerness in the Catholic Church” presents the realities of LGBTQ lives

The book’s incarnational, Catholic approach leads us out of ignorance and exclusion to the queer peripheries where everyone is welcome and heard. 

James Alison / March 4, 2024

James Alison: God “detoxifies” our experience of shame and reveals to humanity its sameness

Because God actually likes us and wants us to enjoy life with him, God occupied the space of death and shame so as to detoxify those realities for ever.

The Outreach Guide to the Bible and Homosexuality

Resource

Building a Bridge

Film

Documentary about James Martin, SJ and LGBTQ Catholic Ministry. The film is now available internationally via iTunes.

Resource

La Teología Queer y la Teología Feminista

Video Spanish

Fr. Julian Cruzalta, teólogo, explica el concepto de teología queer y el concepto equívoco de los “desechables” o “basurables.”

Gaudete Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Our Lady of Lourdes Parish