Category: Quest Bulletin

My Prayer for Pentecost by Sister Joan Chittister, OSB

The Holy Spirit embodies the life force of the universe, the power of God, the animating energy present in all things and captured by none. On this great feast of Pentecost, the coming of the Spirit of God, I invite you to pray with me: May the Gifts of the Holy Spirit bring fire to…… Continue reading My Prayer for Pentecost by Sister Joan Chittister, OSB

Pentecost: the earthquake that shakes the human heart

On 22nd May 2015, people in Kent were woken at 2.52am to a sound like that of a bomb exploding, beds shaking, windows rattling and doors opening, the result of a 4.2 magnitude earthquake originating 13km off the coast, close to the town of Sandwich. The following day my sister, who lives in the county, told…… Continue reading Pentecost: the earthquake that shakes the human heart

MENTAL HEALTH IN LGBTQ COMMUNITIES: Building Resilience

Four members of Quest East Midlands attended this event that was convened by Professor Julie Fish, Reader in Social Work & Health Inequalities and Director of the Centre for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Research at De Montfort University (DMU). The event was part of De Montfort Uni’s “Pride” month that happens each February (to…… Continue reading MENTAL HEALTH IN LGBTQ COMMUNITIES: Building Resilience

Faith, religion and LGBT mental health problems

In 2012, a Gallup poll conducted in the United States revealed that faith, across all the major faith traditions, is associated with greater positive mental well-being. Religion and spirituality can be a source of great strength in people’s lives, instilling a sense of belonging and community and fostering a desire to improve oneself. Unfortunately, for…… Continue reading Faith, religion and LGBT mental health problems

Gender Identity: Choice or Given?

In March the diocese of Shrewsbury hosted a series of talks by the German writer and sociologist, Gabriele Kuby, author of “The Global Sexual Revolution: Destruction of Freedom in the Name of Freedom”. During the course of a three-day visit, Mrs Kuby (above) addressed clergy and lay people of the diocese, calling on them to…… Continue reading Gender Identity: Choice or Given?

Film Review: “SILENCE”.

Director: Martin Scorsese. Starring: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Issei Ogata. Certificate: 15. Running time: 161 mins. In Martin Scorsese’s introduction to a special edition of Shūsaku Endō’s Silence [i], he claims that the novel ‘is precisely about the particular and the general. And it is finally about the first overwhelming the…… Continue reading Film Review: “SILENCE”.

Book Review: A Christian Epiphany over Same-Sex Marriage.

From Quest Bulletin 77, a book review: Epiphany: A Christian’s Change of Heart & Mind over Same-Sex Marriage. Michael Coren. Signal 2016. 978-0-7710-2411-5. One of the many changes that US President Donald Trump vowed to bring about in last year’s Presidential election campaign was to repeal the Federal Equal Marriage Act. He has since sent…… Continue reading Book Review: A Christian Epiphany over Same-Sex Marriage.

“Forgiving the Church” – Henry Nouwen quotation

 When we have been wounded by the Church, our temptation is to reject it. But when we reject the Church it becomes very hard for us to keep in touch with the living Christ. When we say: ‘I love Jesus, but I hate the Church’, we end up losing not only the Church but Jesus…… Continue reading “Forgiving the Church” – Henry Nouwen quotation