Gerard Swan, Chair of Quest, is delighted to announce that at its most recent meeting (19th/20th October) the committee elected Greg Thornton to be DeputyContinue reading Quest’s new Deputy Chair
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Well-attended first Salford LGBT+ Mass
The Bishop of Salford, John Arnold, was principal celebrant of the first Mass hosted by the diocese for LGBT+ Catholics, their families and friends at Holy Name Church, Oxford Road, Manchester on Saturday 12 October. It is estimated that more than 300 people attended the Mass, including members of Quest, among them former Chairs, Ruby…… Continue reading Well-attended first Salford LGBT+ Mass
LGBT+ Catholics Westminster challenge Home Office abuses
The LGBT+ Catholics Westminster Pastoral Council is deeply troubled by reports of humiliating and insensitive lines of interrogation of LGBT+ asylum seekers by the Home Office. Such experiences of Home Office prejudice are often shared by LGBT+ refugees within our own Catholic community. We applaud the Metropolitan Community Church – North London for undertaking this…… Continue reading LGBT+ Catholics Westminster challenge Home Office abuses
Nottingham Diocese: LGBT+ Mass in Leicester – 2nd November
The fourth annual Mass for LGBT+ Catholics, their families and friends, organised by the Diocese of Nottingham, took place in the parish church of the Sacred Heart in Leicester on All Souls’ Day (2nd November). The celebrant was Fr Simon Robson OP, assisted by the two parish deacons, the Reverend Bill Myers and the Reverend…… Continue reading Nottingham Diocese: LGBT+ Mass in Leicester – 2nd November
Reflection: Good Times & Bum Times
Good times and bum times, I’ve seen them all/And, my dear, I’m still here/Plush velvet sometimes/Sometimes just pretzels and beer, but I’m here. These lines from the song, “I’m still here”, written by Stephen Sondheim and featured in the 1971 musical Follies, have a poignancy about them. During 2018, I…… Continue reading Reflection: Good Times & Bum Times
Book Review: Sex on Earth as it is in Heaven
Patricia Beattie Jung, Sex on Earth as it is in Heaven: A Christian Eschatology of Desire, State University of New York Press. This not a book for the faint hearted. The title itself for me I found off putting in its suggestion of “Sex in Heaven”. Such speculation as to how it will be I…… Continue reading Book Review: Sex on Earth as it is in Heaven
Book Review: A Stranger and You Welcomed Me: A Call to Mercy and Solidarity with Migrants and Refugees
Pope Francis, A stranger and You Welcomed Me: A Call to Mercy and Solidarity with Migrants and Refugees, Robert Ellsberg, ed., Orbis, Maryknoll, 2018 This book provides a valuable resource in gathering together homilies, addresses and commentaries by Pope Francis on the subject of migrants and refugees. Part 1 contains 24 entries under the heading…… Continue reading Book Review: A Stranger and You Welcomed Me: A Call to Mercy and Solidarity with Migrants and Refugees
Book Review: In the Closet of the Vatican
In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy by Frédéric Martel (English translation by Shaun Whiteside, Bloomsbury, 2019) Before reading this book, I thought I had a fair idea of the high proportion of gay clerics in the ranks of the institutional Church. After reading it, I realise that I had badly underestimated the…… Continue reading Book Review: In the Closet of the Vatican
Diversity in the classroom
Quest receives a mention in the current edition of The Tablet (14 September 2019 – Celebrating diversity in the classroom). The article written by Sidonie Bertrand-Shelton, head of education programmes at Stonewall, discusses the importance of teaching love, respect and acceptance in Catholic schools, and in all faith schools. Sidonie writes that it is important that young…… Continue reading Diversity in the classroom
Gay Conversion Therapy – a gay Catholic speaks out
Timothy, a gay Catholic who felt called to the priesthood, courageously speaks abou the distressing experience of undergoing gay conversion therapy on advice he wasContinue reading Gay Conversion Therapy – a gay Catholic speaks out
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