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Quest South East are organising a retreat this September at Wistaston Hall in Crewe, home of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. It will take place on the weekend of 19-21 September 2025. More information will follow in the coming weeks. If you would like to book, please follow this link. Although we expect most of…… Continue reading Quest South East Crewe Oblates retreat

George White on “Dignitas Infinita” “The Church should enter into dialogue with trans people” comments RE teacher and previous Quest trustee George White who has released a personal response to the Vatican document “Dignitas Infinita” which was published by the Vatican on April 8th. You can read George’s full response on his website here.  …… Continue reading Dignitas Infinita

Wonderfully Made LGBTQ+R(eligion) Seeking change through the power of art. “Wonderfully Made — LGBTQ+R(eligion)” is a combined fine art project and feature-length documentary that together strike at the root of anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes by exploring the challenges and aspirations of LGBTQ+ Catholics and, indeed, any religious tradition that does not fully embrace our LGBTQ+ siblings. Quest…… Continue reading Wonderfully Made LGBTQ+R(eligion) – UK Debut Screening

Quest welcomes Pope Francis’ very clear statement that laws criminalising LGBT+ people are ‘unjust’, and his reminder that “We are all children of God, and God loves us as we are and for the strength that each of us fights for our dignity”.  He called Bishops who support criminalisation to a process of conversion. We…… Continue reading Quest’s response to Pope Francis on laws criminalising LGBT+ people

How can anyone not know Alan, who was a quiet, almost shy and retiring man? He was charming, sweet and generous with his time and talents. We found much in common with our interest in photography and with our mutual connection with the now long gone, National Catholic Radio and Television Centre in Hatch End. …… Continue reading Remembering Alan Gerrard

This week the government announced its plans to bring about legislation to ban so called ‘Conversion Therapy’, “an umbrella term used to describe interventions of a wide-ranging nature, all of which have in common the belief that a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity can and should be changed. Such practices aim (or claim to…… Continue reading Quest’s statement on Proposed legislation banning Conversion Therapy

The With Full Conviction project seeks to provide spiritual resources for a peaceable community, through our plays and online prayer courses. Our drama company was set up in 2014 with the aim of reaching those who have become alienated from Christianity or have never seen it as having relevance to their lives. Our project has…… Continue reading With Full Conviction

From 28 Oct-7 Nov 2020, the 28th Raindance Film Festival will screen hundreds of short and feature films, online and free of charge, accessible from anywhere in the UK. One of the festival strands, QUEER, showcases films that examine the everyday life, complexity, frustrations and celebrations of the LGBTQ+ experience.  The selection can be found here. To…… Continue reading Raindance Film Festival 2020

Quest has a strong history of marching in various Prides around the country.  Never deterred by the weather, this year we won’t be deterred by COVID19.  So this year we are doing it online. We celebrate what we have achieved, and we march remembering what still needs to be done. We stand with our siblings…… Continue reading Quest: Celebrating who we are with PRIDE