First impressions: cars, cars towing caravans, motor-homes, minibuses all driving across a potholed track on the Boughton House estate near Kettering in Northamptonshire heading for the huge car parks designated as long-stay, disabled, day parking. Next, a vision of tents by the thousands, row upon row, stretching far across the fields to my left, a…… Continue reading Quest at Greenbelt 2015
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Expanding LGBT Ministry Across Westminster – And Beyond!
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has urged that the successful model of the Farm Street Masses specifically welcoming LGBTI Catholics be “rolled out” across his Westminster archdiocese, and indeed across “the nation” (in Catholic Church terms, that rather oddly means “England and Wales”. Scotland has a completely independent bishops’ conference, and Northern Ireland falls under the Primate…… Continue reading Expanding LGBT Ministry Across Westminster – And Beyond!
“Following Faithfully: The Catholic way to choose the good”
After much free and honest talk—what Pope Francis in his final address to the Synod on the Family last October praised as “a spirit of collegiality and synodality”— and the revelation of significant divisions among the world’s bishops, we now await the ongoing discussions in preparation for the second session of the Synod on the…… Continue reading “Following Faithfully: The Catholic way to choose the good”
Conference 2015: First Impressions (Terry Weldon)
Once again, I thoroughly enjoyed our annual conference, “The Bible: Friend or Foe?”. I was stimulated by our keynote speaker, Keith Sharpe’s thoughts on the Bible and LGBT people, and moved by the personal testimony of out other guest speaker, Ruth Sharpe, chief executive of Stonewall, and her challenges in coming out as Catholic. I…… Continue reading Conference 2015: First Impressions (Terry Weldon)
A Patron Saint for Quest?
Terry Weldon writes: After the Gala Dinner at Quest Conference 2013 (Chichester), I delivered a short talk on Queer Saints and Martyrs in Church History. As a after – dinner address, I tried to keep it light – hearted, pointing in particular to some of the oddities and fun bits in the history. There was,…… Continue reading A Patron Saint for Quest?
LGBT Catholics and “Catholic Teaching”
The difficulty with what is frequently described as “Catholic teaching” as it affects lesbian and gay people, is that what is popularly presented and widely known, is extremely selective, and viewed exclusively in the context of genital acts. The full teaching however, is more complex. It is well known that it is dangerous to quote isolated…… Continue reading LGBT Catholics and “Catholic Teaching”
Family Synod Working Document Disappoints Global Rainbow Catholics
The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics, an international coalition (including Quest) that will be meeting in Rome at the start of the 2015 family synod, has expressed disappointment with the synod “Lineamenta” (or working document), that was released yesterday. LGBT Catholics Find Little Encouragement in Family Synod Document The “working document,” released today, that will guide…… Continue reading Family Synod Working Document Disappoints Global Rainbow Catholics
A good friend of ours
Timothy Radcliffe, head of the Dominican Order and a professor of theology at Oxford and author of many books including ‘What Is the Point of Being A Christian?’ has been chosen by Pope Francis as consultor to the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. He is a much loved friend of Quest and been a speaker…… Continue reading A good friend of ours
Gay Catholics look forward to Mass celebrated by Cardinal Nichols
This is not the first time that Cardinal Nichols has met with the LGBT Catholics Westminster Pastoral Council at Farm Street. None-the-less, it is the first time that it has been publicly announced and so is seen as an important occasion. The Cardinal will preside over the 6.15 Mass at Farm Street on May 10th. …… Continue reading Gay Catholics look forward to Mass celebrated by Cardinal Nichols
Discernment by Pope Francis
Pope Francis, right, meets with a delegation of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious at the Vatican. Credit Pool photo by L’Osservatore Romano The Vatican’s misguided investigation of American Catholic nuns seemed thoroughly steeped in chauvinism from its inception three years ago by the church’s male-dominated bureaucracy. Rome’s move against widely respected churchwomen was puzzling…… Continue reading Discernment by Pope Francis
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