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A Rosary for LGBTQ People

Fr Don Greene, MSSD Chaplain of the San Diego chapter of DIGNITY USA, has written 20 reflections on the Mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary for LGBTQ people. In his introduction to the reflections Fr Don writes: “The Rosary for LGBTQ People is designed to add prayerful time to the LGBTQ person’s – or allied…… Continue reading A Rosary for LGBTQ People

IDAHO(BIT) 2020

A Worldwide Celebration of Sexual and Gender Diversities Deposition from the Cross. Good Friday in a Time of Virus. Image by Vywcheslav Okun, SJ With Covid19 has come a unified sense of vulnerability across the country and across the world. Our stories have something in common with those of our neighbours, immediate and abroad, and…… Continue reading IDAHO(BIT) 2020

COVID-19 – Impact on the LGBT community

Our friends at the LGBT Foundation are undertaking a “survey is being carried out to help us identify how LGBT communities in the UK areContinue reading COVID-19 – Impact on the LGBT community

Pope sends help to Trans community

New Ways Ministry reports on Bondings 2.0 that Pope Francis has sent his personal almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the official charged with dispensing charitable contributions from the pope, to assist a transgender community which had appealed to a parish priest for assistance during the coronavirus pandemic. A group of trans people, mostly from Latin America…… Continue reading Pope sends help to Trans community

Alone Together: a guide to isolation and social distancing from those who know

  https://www.alonetogether.org.uk/ These online resources are offered to help people live through the coronavirus pandemic. Their special quality is that they don’t come from theories; they all come from those with experience of social distancing or isolation, people who have lived this reality either intentionally like monks and nuns or against their will like hostages…… Continue reading Alone Together: a guide to isolation and social distancing from those who know

Praying Eucharistically in the “Lockdown” with James Alison

The site linked below is James Alison’s invitation to an experiment in this time when many Christians of all denominations are unable to attend Church services, perhaps for several weeks or even months. In this experiment, James is putting his presbyteral orders at our service by offering a structure to enable a new way of…… Continue reading Praying Eucharistically in the “Lockdown” with James Alison

“How to apply for asylum” guide update

The Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group (UKLGIG) has updated its ‘How to Apply for Asylum’ guide. The guide is available in 9 languages and it explains the process and possible types of evidence for asylum claims based on being LGBTQI+. The translations are available in PDF format and videos have been created to go alongside…… Continue reading “How to apply for asylum” guide update

Fr. James Martin Releases New Video on Top 5 Questions About LGBTQ Ministry

Brian Kaufman of New Ways Ministry that Fr James Martin SJ has released a YouTube video entitled the Five Most Common Questions About LGBT Catholic Ministry in which he explores the most frequent questions about LGBT Catholics he receives at his lectures, in his ministry, and in personal conversations: Are you challenging church teaching on homosexuality? What…… Continue reading Fr. James Martin Releases New Video on Top 5 Questions About LGBTQ Ministry

Quest in the North radio interview

If you didn’t hear Gez Hodgson and Mark Dowd from the Quest in the North Group live on Mike Shaft’s, Manchester Radio, Sunday Morning show, you can catch-up now.  It’s a great interview starting at: 01:46:33.  Listen through to 01:58:20 to catch the whole thing (there’s an interesting boxing match interruption part way through so…… Continue reading Quest in the North radio interview