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World Youth Day Gets Splash of Rainbow Colors

The following story on our World Youth Day pilgrims appeared in the Athens (Ohio) NEWS<br httpwwwathensnewscomohioarticleworldyouthdaygetssplashofrainbowcolorshtml<hOU LGBT Center director attends global event as part of advocacy team<hBy Er

On St. Clare Feast Catholics Support Sisters Pray for Authentic Dialogue LGBT Catholics Part of Group Standing with Nuns

WASHINGTON DC ndash Next week hundreds of Catholic nuns are expected to gather in Orlando FL for the ual meeting of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)On in solidarity with US women religious thousands of Catholics will join in prayer

Father Helmut Schuller: A Call to Disobedience

by Lourdes RodriguezNogues President quotWondering why we are closing parishes rather than opening ordinationhelliprdquoquotCelebrating Gods image in LGBT peoplehelliprdquoquotBetrayed by Church structures that promote sexism heterosexism misogynyquo

DignityUSA Convention Recap

By Mateo Williamson memberWe celebrate the success of rsquos st biennial Convention which marks over years of ministry and advocacy for the LGBT community in the Catholic Church Dignityrsquos call to reform and justice for those marginalized within t

Night Out With the Nats Draws Many Dignity/Washington Fans

Updates from the Board

Submitted by Paula Lavallee Secretary The Board of Directors met in Minneapolis on the days leading up to the Convention and then after the Convention on thThe directors spent the first morning discussing the executive directorrsquos report programs

DignityUSA Mourns Passing of Past President James A. Bussen

LGBT Catholics Respond to Popes Remarks Welcome Change in Tone

Boston Marie DuddyBurke Executive Director of the nationrsquos leading organization of lesbian gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Catholics spoke today about comments made by Pope Francis during an onboard interview on his flight back to Rome follow

Maureen Fiedler SL Convention Speaker Examines Vows for the 21st Century

Are there new vows for committed religious life in the new century? That is the question that Maureen Fiedler Sister of Loretto addresses in her article Poverty chastity obedience traditional vows redefined for the st centuryrdquo published las