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The Outreach Guide to the Bible and Homosexuality
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National LGBTQ Task Force
OrganizationFocused on LGBTQ matters in general, but hosts an annual conference that include faith break-ot discussions.
Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Youth Ministry
Book Deacon Ross MurrayChristian-not-Catholic resource to help create a program that affirms LGBTQ youth in their faith and their identity, accepts and equips leaders for ministry to the LGBTQ community.
A Home for All: A Catholic Call for LGBTQ Non-Discrimination
Book Robert ShineA Home for All: A Catholic Call for LGBTQ Non-Discrimination makes the case for why and how Catholics should support non-discrimination initiatives for LGBTQ people in both church and society. This publication is a brief 60-page book written by Francis DeBernardo and Robert Shine, respectively New Ways Ministry’s executive director and associate director. The book was created for Catholics in the pews, pastoral ministers, and educators to understand why their Catholic faith promotes equality for LGBTQ people, despite some church leaders’ opposition.
Search Me: A Way of the Cross in Solidarity with the LGBTQ Community
Book John T. KylerSearch Me: A Way of the Cross in Solidarity with the LGBTQ Community acknowledges shared human experience as a means to grow in relationship with God.
Search Me: A Way of the Cross in Solidarity with the LGBTQ Community
BookSearch Me: A Way of the Cross in Solidarity with the LGBTQ Community acknowledges shared human experience as a means to grow in relationship with God. Each of the traditional stations of the cross, the events leading up to Jesus’ death and resurrection, are paired with reflections from members of the LGBTQ community.
Somewhere, a Place for Us retreat for LGBTQ Catholics
OrganizationWhat does it mean to be LGBTQ+ and Catholic? That will be the focus of a five-week online spiritual retreat this fall presented by AGLOChicago and Loyola University’s Institute of Pastoral Studies (IPS). The program will reflect on how to reconcile and unify these often-competing identities.
Coming Out and Coming Home
Book Stan "J.R." ZerkowskiThe story of a gay church employee in the Diocese of Lexington, KY, and his unforeseen and unplanned journey into local and national LGBTQ ministry. With a foreword written by Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv.
Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know about Life and Love and How It Can Revitalize Christianity
FilmAn exploration of the gifts and virtues that LGBTQ people bring to the church.
Remaining Home in Faith: Telling the Stories of LGBTQ People & the Catholic Church
VideoMichael O’Loughlin joins HRC Religion and Faith Director, Michael Vazquez, for a one-on-one interview about the untold stories of HIV and AIDS and the Catholic Church & what the work for LGBTQ inclusion in the Catholic Church looks like today.
The LGBTQ conversation is a sign of new life in the church
Article Elizabeth LefebvreAn analysis of whether the church is changing its tone regarding LGBTQ issues.