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Historic Documents
Welcome to DignityUSA's archive of historic documents.
1969-1979
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DignityUSA's First National Convention
in Los Angeles, |
Persona Humana: Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, December 1975
Preconvention flyer for DignityUSA's Third International Convention, Chicago, September 1977 (208K)
Prof. John Boswell's keynote address at DignityUSA's Fourth Convention, 1979 (MS Word .doc format)
1980-1989
Seattle Convention Prayer, 1983
DignityUSA Res. H-12-0885 [Passed] calling for the exercise of sexuality in an ethically responsible manner between consenting adults, 1985
Letter on Pastoral Care of Gay and Lesbian Persons:
- Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger's 1986 letter instructing bishops to withdraw support from groups whose teaching on homosexuality differs from that of the Church
- DignityUSA's Declaration of Non-Reception
- DignityUSA's own Letter on Pastoral Care of Gay and Lesbian Persons, approved by the DignityUSA House of Delegates in Miami, July, 1987
Sexual Ethics: Experience, Growth, and Challenge – A Pastoral Reflection for Lesbian and Gay Catholics, prepared by the Dignity Task Force on Sexual Ethics, 1989
1990-1999
Some Considerations Concerning the Response to Legislative Proposals on the Non-Discrimination of Homosexual Persons – Revised statement issued by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, 1992
Pastoral Letter on Homosexuality by Bishop Thomas Daily of Brooklyn, 1993
Always Our Children – The US Catholic Bishops’ 1997 Pastoral Message to Parents of Homosexual Children and Suggestions for Pastoral Ministers, and DignityUSA's response.
A Pope for the Time to Come – 140 countries’ 1998 petition for a Catholic Church that is led by a “discipleship of equals”
Pastoral Statement: Homosexuality and the Roman Catholic Church – (Most Rev.) Joseph V. Adamec, Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown, May 21, 1999
2000-present
A speech presented by DignityUSA Vice Presient Patrick McArron at the Dignity/Pacific Region Conference, November 11, 2000
A speech given during Mass at St. Henry’s on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Dignity in San Antonio, Texas, August 12, 2001
Homily from DignityUSA’s Liturgy of Solidarity and Support, June 14, 2002
Homily from the Dignity/Boston liturgy celebrating the feast of Mary of Magdala, July 21, 2002
Sermon by John J. McNeill in Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Dignity/New York, October 27, 2002
Homily by Stephen McDonnell for DignityUSA's special Mass in Washington, DC during the US Catholic Bishops' Meeting, November 12, 2002
The Beatitudes of Dignity 2003
DignityUSA's National Convention in Las Vegas
August 7-10, 2003
DignityUSA Resolution on Same-Sex Marriage
Keynote speaker: Author and former Benedictine monk Richard Sipe.
Welcome address by Pat McArron, President
Friday Luncheon Speech by Pat McArron, President
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