2009 Convention

Address at DignityUSA Membership Meeting
July 3, 2009
Marianne Duddy-Burke, Executive Director

It is my proud duty to give you, DignityUSA’s members the “state of the organization” report as we mark our 40^th Anniversary. Read more »

(Keynote Speech by Mary Hunt at the Dignity Convention, San Francisco, July 3, 2009) 

As a member of DignityUSA, let me begin by offering thanks to Marianne Duddy-Burke for marvelous leadership. You and your family are models of the goodness and the generativity that comes with love. You show us what faithful and fabulous look like! Read more »

My great grandparents immigrated to this country from Ireland and from Sweden. I’ve been particularly thinking of the ones from Sweden. It wasn’t too long after they settled in Minnesota that they decided to set out for a new promised land: Southern California. Read more »

Let me tell you about the Parc55 Hotel — site of our 2009 convention! I just spent a weekend there for our April Board meeting. I took Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) from the San Francisco Airport to the Powell Street Station, San Francisco …about a 30-minute ride. BART was a pleasure to ride. It reminded me of Washington, DC’s METRO. When you come out of the Powell Street Station, the Parc 55 Hotel is looming above you! The Hotel has just been renovated from top to bottom. The hotel room was spacious, although storage is scarce. Read more »

Dr. Mary Hunt

Dr. Hunt’s keynote address is entitled “Faithful and Fabulous: Dignity on the Road at Forty.” Elaborating on this theme, she writes, "I will explore how we (DignityUSA) have been faithful to our Catholic roots, faithful to the needs of our LGBTQ community, faithful to other justice movements (including feminism, anti-racism, etc.). Read more »

2009 DignityUSA National Convention

SCHEDULE

We invite you to join us in “Together We Will Reach the Promised Land: Celebrating 40 Years of DignityUSA,” as we gather in San Francisco July 2-5, 2009 for our 19th DignityUSA biennial convention.  On the occasion of DignityUSA’s 40th anniversary, we encourage you to come early and celebrate LGBT pride and freedom during San Francisco’s amazing Pride Weekend (June 27-28), or stay after the convention to enjoy the many attractions the Bay Area Read more »

The San Francisco Convention Committee met with Tom Streeper of the DignityUSA Board of Directors in San Francisco, on the weekend of January 9, 2009. Tom attended the Convention Liturgy Committee meeting on Saturday the 10th, as well as the Core Committee meeting on Sunday the 11th, before attending the Chapter’s Sunday Liturgy. Read more »

By Gary Kayler, Dignity/Indianapolis, Requiescat in Pace

Recently, Lewis Tanner, DignityUSA Secretary, and I were discussing DignityUSA’s Convention 2009 in San Francisco next summer. He asked me to write a few words about it and why I never miss a convention. Like the rest of you, I haven’t received the latest information about details. However, with registration come some free meals, a dinner-dance and loads of fun.

Here are some suggestions: Read more »

The DignityUSA Biennial Convention will be held next year at the Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco CA, from July 2nd through the 5th 2009. Over 400 gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Catholics, as well as our families and friends, are expected to attend. Read more »