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Press Release Archive (2001)

Press Statement from Mary Louise Cervone in Rome

Submitted by dignityusa on Sat, 01/06/2001 - 00:00

Friends,

My name is Mary Louise Cervone, and I am the president of DignityUSA, the oldest and largest organization in the United States, of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Catholics, our families and friends.

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Catholics urged to support same-sex marriage efforts

Submitted by dignityusa on Thu, 02/08/2001 - 00:00

Catholics Urged to Support Gays on Freedom To Marry Day

Washington, DC, February 8, 2001 — Leaders of DignityUSA, the nation's largest organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Roman Catholics, today issued a call for Catholics to demonstrate their support for same-sex couples on National Freedom to Marry Day. The annual event will be celebrated this year on February 12.

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Gay Catholic Group to Hold Convention in Chicago

Submitted by dignityusa on Wed, 03/14/2001 - 00:00

Chicago, IL, March 14, 2001 — DignityUSA, the nation's oldest and largest advocacy group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Roman Catholics, will hold its 15th biennial convention in Chicago, IL July 5-8, 2001 at the Westin Hotel on North Michigan Avenue.

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Catholic Gay Group to Honor Nun, Priest Silenced by the Vatican

Submitted by dignityusa on Tue, 05/15/2001 - 23:00

Washington, DC, May 16, 2001 — Leaders of DignityUSA, the nation's leading group of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Catholics and their supporters, announced today that they will present Lifetime Achievement Awards to Sister Jeannine Gramick and Father Robert Nugent during the group's Fifteenth Biennial Convention this summer in Chicago.

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Gay Catholic Group Rebukes Church on Response to AIDS

Submitted by dignityusa on Wed, 05/23/2001 - 23:00

 Notes Insufficient Response over 20 Years; Calls for "Examination of Conscience," Concrete Action on HIV

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Gay Catholic Group, Dignity/Seattle, to Leave St. Joseph Catholic Church After 21 Years

Submitted by dignityusa on Sun, 09/30/2001 - 23:00

 

The membership of Dignity/Seattle, an organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) Roman Catholics, voted overwhelmingly on September 22 to disassociate itself from the Seattle Archdiocesan Catholic Gay/Lesbian Ministry and to leave St. Joseph Catholic Church on Seattle's Capitol Hill, where it has held weekly Masses for the GLBT community, their families and friends, for over 21 years.

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Gay Catholics Call for Remembrance During Time of National Unity

Submitted by dignityusa on Wed, 10/03/2001 - 23:00

 DignityUSA Sponsors Seventh Annual Solidarity Sunday Observance

 Washington, DC, October 4, 2001 —DignityUSA announced today that the Seventh Annual Solidarity Sunday is being celebrated nationwide on Sunday, October 7. The program is a faith-based initiative with the goal of ending violence of all types directed towards gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people.

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